

For her, a shallow shopaholic, being forced to leave her cushy life in New York for a new one in rural Oklahoma seems like the worst possible thing that could ever happen to her. The reader feels a little like God must when we see her fumbling her way through the obstacles of life. Bella, like real people, has faults, and like real people, she is mostly blind to them. Jones, for Bella, a realistic, three-dimensional character who also happens to be a great role model. Buy So Not Happening to enjoy a riches-to-rags story today! If you like charismatic teen characters, witty humor, and a sprinkling of romantic intrigue, then you'll love Jenny B. Can Bella expose a small town's shocking secret before she's dead on arrival? So Not Happening is the first book in The Charmed Life series of YA mysteries. But when she overhears a cryptic conversation about a football player's fatal so-called accident, she sets her sights on the scoop of a lifetime. Relegated to the school paper, Bella jumps at the chance to win over classmates she burned-and maybe even impress the hot editor. After her brutally honest blog rant goes viral, the former trendsetter turns into a social reject. But her faith is tested when her mom falls for a blue-collar country bumpkin and relocates them both to rural Oklahoma. Can an uptown teen solve a murder mystery in down-home Oklahoma?īella Kirkwood loves her glam life in New York City.
