Book News: My So-Called Afterlife by Tamsyn Murray
July 10th, 2009 by Leah
Tamsyn Murray’s debut teen novel My So-Called Afterlife will be released in February 2010 and sounds like a really great read. I haven’t read any YA books, as I don’t have any, but I know many people love them and there are some I’d love to read – if I could find them! The synopsis for My So-Called Afterlife sounds great and reads:
So, you’re a fifteen year old girl on your way to THE best New Year’s party in London. Dressed to kill, you’ve got a certain school heartthrob on your mind and you won’t rest until you’ve snogged him to within an inch of his life. And if the rest of the school happens to see it and marvels at your general fabulousness, so much the better.
The next thing you know, you’re staring down at your lifeless body and suddenly, everything you know has changed. For Lucy Shaw, the phrase life’s a bitch and then you die never seemed more true.
Trapped haunting the men’s toilets on the corner of Carnaby Street, Lucy whiles away the time rating her visitors according to their bathroom habits. By the time mid-twenties Jeremy walks into her squalid home, she’s crawling the walls for a two-way conversation. So when she realises Jeremy can actually see her, she’s determined to make him a regular visitor. Soon he’s bringing Lucy magazines, newspapers and – most importantly – details of what’s been happening on her favourite TV shows.
Jeremy figures out way to get her out of the toilet and before you can say ‘social networking’ Lucy has hooked up with fellow ghosts Hep (a poltergeist with anger management issues) and Ryan (officially the most gorgeous boy EVER). With their help, Lucy gets the answers to some of her burning questions (Just how do you snog the boy of your dreams when you don’t actually have any lips?) But when they get close to tracking down Lucy’s killer, things take a turn for the worse. Will she lose everything she cares about again?
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I don’t like the cover, but otherwise the plot sounds quite interesting really!
ps: I assume the title was inspired by My So-Called Life so that’s an A++ right there!
We wanted a stand-out cover to distinguish from all the other pastel teen covers out there on the bookshelves and I think we’ve definitely achieved that
Lucy is a feisty, rock-chick kind of girl. She doesn’t do ordinary!
I didn’t mean that the cover was bad as such, I think it’s quite clever really and it goes with the plot, it’s just a matter of personal preference – the reason why I said *I* don’t like it is simply because I have this strange aversion to the colour blue (and brown and green for that matter), that’s all. Other than that, it does stand out and it’s nicely done, no complaints there so no offence.
No offence at all taken
Let me know what colour you fancy for the sequel and I’ll see what I can do!
Utterly different. Hungry for more….
Sounds a brilliant book!
Wahey, I’m cool with anything that’s not brown, green, blue and possibly orange, but that’s just silly and crazy old me, hehe. I’m sure you’ll be able to choose the colour that’ll suit the sequel just fine!
ps: Just though I’d let you know that they’re reeeeeally looking forward to your book on Chicklish: http://keris.typepad.com/chicklet/2009/07/news-my-socalled-afterlife-by-tamsyn-murray.html Good news and I’m sure it’ll do well as the story does sound pretty interesting!
Sounds brilliant, Tam! Looking forward to reading the whole thing. Hey, you’re never too old for teen novels, are you? I was recently asked my age when I bought a craft knife, therefore I qualify as an honorary teen.