Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe by Shelley Coriell

Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe

 Big-hearted Chloe Camden is the queen of her universe until her best friend shreds her reputation and her school counselor axes her junior independent study  project. Chloe is forced to take on a meaningful project in order to pass, and so she joins her school’s struggling radio station, where the other students don’t find her too queenly. Ostracized by her former BFs  and struggling with her beloved Grams’s mental deterioration, lonely  Chloe ends up hosting a call-in show that gets the station much-needed. publicity and, in the end, trouble. She also befriends radio techie and  loner Duncan Moore, a quiet soul with a romantic heart. On and off the air, Chloe faces her loneliness and helps others find the fun and joy in everyday life. Readers will fall in love with Chloe as she falls in love with the radio station and the misfits who call it home.

First off, a big big thank you to ABRAMS for approving my request to read Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe! :)

When I first saw this book I expected it to be light and fluffy. The book didn't disappoint my expectations too much, it had a much stronger plot line than I expect. It was still quite humorous though which was good.

The story was written in first person, with either an e-mail, voicemail or some form of advertisement in between chapters. Some of the font was a little unreadable in places though.

One thing I loved about this book is that every character has flaws. Chloe is self centered, Clem isn't very trusting and is judging and Duncan doesn't like sharing information and keeps secrets that would be better known.

Another good thing about this book is that in most books when somebody gets shunned by their friends they haven't done anything wrong. Chloe on the otherhand has done something wrong which makes the story more believable though spoiler alert the bit with the fire made it a lot less believable end spoiler.

Mercedes is probably my least favourite character in the book. Sure Brie is a lot more mean, but Brie has a reason to be angry. Mercedes doesn't.

My main nit picking problem with this book is Grams. Now a character called Grams is obviously going to be the grandmother. I got a little confused at the beginning though, that maybe Grams was Chloe's unfortunately named big sister as she acts like a teenage girl with her obsession with Brad Pitt and all.

This book also doesn't have an ending. No closure, no nothing. It just ended. I wish you found out spoiler alert who started the fire end spoiler and what happens with everybody at the radio station.

Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe is a humorous and light book with a lot of more serious underlying themes like exclusion, drug abuse and Parkinson's Disease. It is a book I easily managed to read in one go and the best luck to Shelley Coriell when the book is released!

Overall I'd give this book three and a half out of five stars!

Will be published on the first of May!