Megan Williams’ novel Let’s Never Speak of This Again focuses on the issues that most teenagers experience during their adolescent stage in life.
This story explores changing friendships, self-growth and tackling grief as a teenager. Set in Brisbane, tenth grader Abigail faces an unfortunate and unexpected passing of a close friend. Alongside her grief, the new girl at school, Chloe, is fitting in a bit too well and is doubting Abigail’s relationship with her best friend. This leaves her to face her emotions up against reality. This coming of age story has humour, high school drama and the true meaning of friendship.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in core values of relationships alongside the ups and downs of life. Personally, I quite enjoyed this novel and Megan Williams’ has done a wonderful job to capture the essence of a teenage girl’s life featuring personal experiences we can all relate to.
Reviewed by Yashica
Year 10, Cerdon College
Merrylands NSW
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Megan Williams won the 2022 Text Prize for her debut YA novel Let’s Never Speak of This Again. She lives in Brisbane with her husband and their three children.
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