Amplified is about a girl named Jasmine who moves to Santa Cruz, CA to try to make it as a musician, despite facing opposition from her dad and dwindling finances.
I like that the book is a realistic look at what it’s like to chase your dream and struggle to make it. Jasmine really is struggling in this book. Her car breaks down, she barely has a home or a band and half the time she doesn’t know if she has friends. Her relationship with her dad is rough too. I really enjoyed the parts about her playing guitar and playing with the band.
The book was pretty good up until the last 100 or so pages when I felt like too many side stories were added in. Most of them weren’t really dealt with, so it just took away from the story for me. I gave this a 3.5 and I’d read the sequel.
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