What do you do when you think you're attracted to boys, but then develop a crush on a girl? Nicola Lancaster spends the summer at the Siegel Summer Institute for Gifted Youth to decide whether or not she wants to be an archaeologist. There she finds out more about herself then she ever thought she would. Sara Ryan has some how made archaeology interesting and finding not only ones self, but real friends just as important. On the first day she meets Katrina, the excentric computer science geek, Kevin the spaced out music theory composer and Isaac the Jewish boy whos parents want him to be a doctor, so he decides to take Political Science. The thing that changes the most in Nics live is when she falls in love with Battle. Nic being there for archaeology, needs to have things in categories, while Battle thinks that "words fail". Things turn sour and both try to figure out their lives.
The title is a bit confussing for the book, until you read the two pivital points in both Battle and Nicolas lives. Although it was kind of obvious that she would end up with the "perfect" girl, by the synopsis on the back, it was nonetheless a good read. I'm itching to read the sequel The Rules For Hearts, as the ending was a bit open ended. For picking this book up on a whim after hearing Ryan speak, it's a great debut book for somebody whos just as funny in person as she is on paper. Ryan has somehow taken the struggles of girls who are trying to find themselves, and does so in a not a sterotypical way. I say if you are a fan of a good coming of age book, you'll love Empress of the World. So Check It Out.
-Chrissy
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