View Book Info Page. Freaky in Fresno is a blast. In this book, two cousins who were raised like sisters but have grown apart, switch bodies Freaky-Friday style. What ensues involves romance, make-up, an angry chihuahua, wolf dogs, classic horror movies, and a very beautiful car. Ricki works for the Starlight Drive-In Theater.
She loves horror movies and horror cosplay and has a crush on her coworker, Jake. Ricki resents her glamorous cousin, Lana, believing that Lana ditched Ricki as soon as Lana became obsessed with makeup and fashion. Lana is a BubeTube channel star who specializes in make-up tutorials. Anyway, Lana has a fake relationship with another star, named Erik contrived for publicity , who she does really like unbeknownst to him.
Lana is being managed by her ambitious mom and, in contrast to the messy Ricki, Lana is always dressed and made-up to camera-ready perfection. The two cousins used to be very close, but they grew apart as Lana became more and more popular online. Everything changes when their hippie Aunt May rolls into town and gives them a bubblegum-pink Buick Skylark convertible!
Hijinks ensue. While I will never say which of my own relatives this book reminded me of, I certainly saw a lot of myself in both Ricki and Lana. I related to how family casts us into certain roles and how family can pull together and apart depending on how much we rely on each other in times of crisis versus how much we try to impress each other.
The romances are cute but barely there. Jake and Erik are always confused yet always reliable, cute, kind, and patient. The focus of the book is much more on the relationship between the girls.
