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''dirty angels'' bag a place on a European tour and Laura looks on it, at least in part, as a chance to escape the horrors of home. She's soon disobliged of that notion - she's actually thrown even more deeply into the spiral of destructive events created by climate change. And if that wasn't enough, Adi seems more interested in Monica than Laura, and Sam turns out to be an excellent kisser...
I absolutely loved Saci Lloyd's [[he The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd|first book]] about Laura and I love this one even more. It continues with the blend of teen chicklit and dystopian sci-fi, but it is quite a bit darker. ''2015'' was all about losing the luxuries and home comforts of a carbon-heavy lifestyle. ''2017'' is all about showing how precarious society is, how easy it is for law and order to break down, and how difficult our lives would be if it ever came to pass. If Laura got a rude awakening in book one, she's getting an absolutely vicious one in book two. Lloyd particularly highlights the dangers of water shortages in the future - and climate change combined with population growth without doubt make this a severely under-reported issue in terms of its consequences for us.
But y'know, this book is ''so'' not a downer. It's funny and smart and sassy and if it's relevant on the political issues, it's as apropos to the preoccupations of its readership. As Laura tracks Adi across Europe, she's as intent on their relationship as she is on any of the riots or protests she gets involved with. She and her friends fall in and fall out and are impulsive and foolish and kind and, well, alive. They truly are a charimsatic bunch and the teen drama aspects of the book aren't in any way diminished by the overriding theme.
