Emme has long lived in her best friend Sophie's shadow. She writes songs, and Sophie sings them. It's always been like this, and feels like it always will be.
Sophie will stop at nothing to be a star. Even if it means using her best friend and picking up a trophy boyfriend, Carter.
Carter is a victim of a particular Hollywood curse: He's a former child star. Now all he wants is a normal life. But being normal is about as hard for him as being famous.
Ethan has his own issues -- a darkness in his head that he just can't shake. He's managed to sabotage every relationship he's ever been in. Emme's the only girl he's ever really respected . . . but he's not sure what to do about that.
Take a Bow the Review
5 Stars (Only because I can’t give
any more)
This book is my favorite book in the
entire world. I have read this book three different times and it is still my
favorite book. Each time I read it I feel like it only gets better. This book
is one of those books where they just make you feel good after you finish. It
makes you want to read it again right after you finish it, just so you can
relive the moments one last time. This book made me very sad/ happy at the end.
I was sad because the characters went their separate ways, but of course they
had to stay in touch, but it made me happy because the words the author used
were so inspirational and it was written so well.
Take
a Bow is a coming of age story because the main characters all grow up.
They really figure out who they are in the world. The characters depth is
amazing. My favorite character was Emme. She was fun and creative but she was
hidden in the background. Throughout the book she really grows as a person and
she starts to come out her shell. Emme realized how talented she really was and
she used it. Emme reminds me of any other teenage girl. She has problems that
she has to overcome like a backstabbing best friend and a few romances. Through
the book Emme’s strength grows until it can’t grow anymore.
Ethan is Emme’s best guy friend. He is
messed up. He has broken many hearts and he has cheated on his only long time
girlfriend. He has a drinking problem and his friends can’t take it anymore.
Emme blows up at him and he eventually starts sobering up and growing up. He
cares so much for Emme and he hates to see her mad at him. Ethan has a secret.
He is secretly in love with Emme. Has been for a while but he can’t tell her
because he doesn’t want to lose her as a firend. He would rather hide his love
than not be in her life at all. Ethan is passionate about his music and he has
such faith in his friends and his friends only want what’s best for Ethan.
Carter is a child star who wants out
of the spotlight. He feels like the only people who wants to be his friend, are
people who want something from him. Of course when you have a girlfriend like
Sophie it makes sense to feel like that. He feels like his mother doesn’t
understand him but he’s wrong and eventually he comes to understand that.
Carter is an actor who doesn’t want to act. He wants to paint. He wants be an
artist but he feels like on one will understand him. He turns to Emme who is
understanding of everything and she talks him into trying out for a position in
the art program at their special arts school. Along the way Carter learns to
speak for himself and he learns to stand up for what he believes in.
And then there’s Sophie. Sophie
definitely gets what she deserves in the end. She was a good evil character.
She was the type of character that you love to hate. She’s the character that
you realize that even though she’s an “evil” character that she was very good,
in the fact that she was well written. Elizabeth Eulberg created Sophie’s
character perfectly. Sophie wasn’t that talented. She was only talented when
Emme writes her songs because Emme knows that Sophie only has a certain range
that she can use. In the end Sophie uses Emme and Emme finds out. Emme bails on
her and gets Sophie’s spot in the senior showcase. Everybody knew that Sophie
was using Carter and Emme. She was using Carter’s famous name to plant herself
in the people’s eye and she was using Emme for her song writing skills.
Everybody knew it too, especially Ethan who has hated Sophie from the very
beginning. She was the perfect character to play the bad guy.
The plot of the book builds up to the
senior showcase and Ethan and Emme’s auditions for Julliard. I loved how the senior showcase was played out
and I am very happy about the outcome of the Julliard audition. The book was
gorgeously executed and the author has true talent when it comes to writing
inspirational and inspiring books. The things the character said made me laugh
out loud. Some even made me cry. I’m not kidding I cried.
Quote
“I don’t want to ruin our friendship
and what we have, but I cannot for another minute stand in front of you without
you knowing exactly how I feel. Because I can’t see past you. you are
everything to me.”
-Ethan
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