As much as that concept has been examined and re-examined to the point of cliché, I think Final Draft is a reminder that just because it's familiar doesn't mean it's any less real. It's an exploration of what it means to 'put yourself out there,' to push the boundaries of what you've taken for granted. And its this unquestionable sense of something always being on the line-socially, romantically, academically, personally-that makes Final Draft feel so affecting. ★ More than anything, Redgate renders vulnerability with so deft a hand in this novel. And so much of the book is about that, about becoming attuned to her experiences, feeling them as keenly as she does. She is an open book to you, but never comfortably so, never to the point of becoming predictable or easily definable.

Laila wants so fiercely, aches so candidly. The result is a character that is nothing short of brilliant. It paints Laila's internal environment so vividly and so poignantly that her being a fully-fleshed character becomes not so much a possibility as an inevitability. Final Draft is one of the most introspective books I've read in a long time. Riley redgate is a treasure and i loved this book so much Thank you so much to ABRAMS Kids/Amulet Books for providing me with an e-ARC of this via NetGalley!!!!! For a horrible moment, she wondered if she'd only ever written science fiction to build an escape chute from her life's insistent monotone.' She felt like a witness to the massacre of all her time. 'When had she risked anything, really? She looked back through her life and saw a procession of schoolday routines, chores, conversational chatter.

Final Draft by Riley Redgate