By: Brian Rowe
Published By :Brian Rowe
Released : Available Now
Details : Digital , 298 Pages
RATING : 4 BIRTHDAY STARS!
Received from Brian for honest review.
Book Blurb : Taken From Goodreads
Seventeen-year-old Cameron Martin has a huge problem: he’s aging a whole year of his life with each passing day!
High school is hard enough; imagine rapidly aging from seventeen to seventy in a matter of weeks, with no logical explanation, and with prom, graduation, and the state championship basketball game all on the horizon. That’s what happens to Cameron, a popular pretty boy who's never had to face a day looking anything but perfect.
All Cameron wants to do is go back to normal, but no one, not even the best doctors, can diagnose his condition. When he finds love with a mysterious young woman, however, he realizes his only hope for survival might be with the one person who started his condition in the first place...
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REVIEW by Michelle :
Brian has written quite an original tale that had me laughing
at his sense of humour, but, at the same time there is an underlying message
that is woven in to the story.
Cameron Martin, basketball player and athlete , he has the
looks and he has the popular girl. He is a bit of a stirrer and that is where
this story takes its direction.
Cameron finds himself aging one year per day .
The start of the book has Cameron at age eighty and in
hospital......I am intrigued already.
The thoughts that came to mind when reading this book, were,
the movie 17 Again with Zac Efron....but in reverse, and Beastly with Alex
Pettyfer, that whole moral of the girl that teaches the popular guy a lesson.
Brian gives us chapters in ages and you ‘feel’ for Cameron
and how people treat him. On the inside he is seventeen on the outside every 24
hours he gets a year older. The once selfish teen is starting to get a speedy
view of growing older and body issues. There are funny moments throughout this
book, but there is the serious issue of a boy rapidly aging, and getting closer
to death every day.
One minute he has his whole life ahead of him at seventeen,
but then, that could be over in less than three months. A hard thing for a
family to watch happen.
I did shake my head at Cameron’s father. I am not sure if I
would have had him up on charges for one thing he did...yowzer. His father just
did not cope well with what was happening to Cameron. The impact his rapid
aging had on the people around Cameron was interesting, and yes, with Mrs
Gordon...... errr that was creepy to watch, ha!
When your mum mistakes you for your father, cause you look
like him, well that could make for a rather...oh dear...momentJ..hehe!
Charisma , Cameron’s girlfriend, the aspiring actress....not
that she has a lot of charisma, takes Cameron on a bit of a donkey chase ,
promising him sex when he grows facial hair. Well, little did Cameron know it
would only take a couple days from that night at Uncle Tony’s to get his wish.
Be careful what you wish for.
Wesley Craven...haha!!..get it Wes Craven...see Brian has humour,
he is Cameron’s best mate, an aspiring film maker. There is a side story going
on with Cameron’s story. I liked Wes, he means well, but he does think like a
guy sometimes.
And then there is the mysterious Liesel..........
And then there is the mysterious Liesel..........
I would have loved the cover of this book to have had a blurb
that separates it from looking like a birthday book with a blurb that shows the
reader some intrigue....like.... ‘when you age one year a day, the motto, life
is too short, really does take on a whole new meaning’..yeah I know..I was
tryingJ
But you get what I mean. I love the titles of these books as
they really do have meaning to the story. I think they just need a blurb that
peaks more interest...just sayingJ..could be
wrong, most probably am.
I gave this 4 stars as I was entertained, I laughed, it was
an easy read with an interesting idea that made me stop and think a bit about
my life and what would I do with my time if I was aging one year per day.
What would you do?
Michelle
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