{"id":45166,"date":"2026-07-29T11:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=45166"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:36:31","slug":"the-orion-sessions-3-book-series-by-cheryl-daveiga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=45166","title":{"rendered":"The Orion Sessions (3 book series) by Cheryl DaVeiga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fresh, perceptive, and irresistibly readable\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In DaVeiga\u2019s The Orion Sessions trilogy, thirteen-year-old Orion Casey navigates friendship, creative ambition, betrayal, and the complicated relationship between identity and attention. <em>Best Friends<\/em> introduces Orion after humiliation has driven her away from singing. When anonymous, perfectly timed messages signed \u201cJ\u201d begin encouraging her talent, Orion finds the confidence to explore songwriting and reconsider how much of her self-worth depends on other people\u2019s approval. <em>Stolen<\/em> takes that emerging confidence to songwriting camp, where social-media-famous Ava Rae invites Orion to co-write \u201cJersey Style,\u201d then posts the song as entirely her own. With Orion\u2019s notebook\u2014and her strongest proof\u2014missing, betrayal becomes a fight to be believed. <em>Viral<\/em> reverses the situation: evidence of the theft emerges, Orion becomes an overnight sensation, and the girl who wanted recognition must contend with thousands of strangers watching and defining her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first installment is the most intimate, grounding Orion\u2019s struggles in recognizable middle-school insecurities: shifting friendships, mean-girl dynamics, crushes, embarrassment, and the exhausting awareness of what everyone else might be thinking. The mysterious messages add intrigue, while Orion\u2019s relationships with loyal Izzy and musically gifted Jesse give the story warmth. Music becomes more than a talent; songwriting gives Orion an outlet for feelings she struggles to express and gradually allows her to reclaim the confidence she surrendered after being ridiculed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Stolen<\/em> delivers the trilogy\u2019s sharpest central conflict. Ava\u2019s theft hurts not simply because Orion loses credit but because Ava effectively erases her from their shared creative experience. DaVeiga makes thoughtful use of Ava\u2019s popularity, showing how status and visibility can make one version of events appear more credible than another.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Viral<\/em> is the most ambitious installment, shifting the focus from invisibility to overexposure. Orion finally receives recognition, followers, media attention, and industry interest, but vindication creates new pressures. Strangers treat access to her music as access to Orion herself, friendships strain, and private moments acquire public meanings. Particularly effective is Orion\u2019s discomfort as Ava\u2019s public downfall fuels her own rise. The same online culture that helps deliver justice also reveals an appetite for humiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orion remains an engaging protagonist because DaVeiga allows her to stay convincingly thirteen: funny, insecure, impulsive, perceptive, and occasionally shortsighted. Her conversational narration, humor, texts, and original songs keep the series moving, while Izzy, Jesse, Daisy, and Ava give its friendship conflicts texture. Together, the novels form a cohesive exploration of voice, identity, and self-worth. The series examines the courage required to express yourself, claim what belongs to you, and remain grounded when other people\u2019s expectations threaten to shape your identity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For readers who like their middle-grade fiction packed with music, friendship complications, and contemporary drama, this trilogy hits all the right notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GFC9WKNX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Waterhole Productions LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Friends: A Contemporary Middle-Grade Story with Music (The Orion Sessions Book 1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-1958050279<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Price $9.99 Paperback, $10.72 Audible, $2.99 Kindle edition $0.00 Kindle Unlimited<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stolen: A Contemporary Middle-Grade Story With Music (The Orion Sessions Book 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-1958050293<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Price $10.99 Paperback, $10.72 Audible, $4.99 Kindle edition $0.00 Kindle Unlimited<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Viral: A Contemporary Middle-Grade Story With Music (The Orion Sessions Book 3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-1958050323<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Price $4.99 Kindle edition&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh, perceptive, and irresistibly readable\u2026 In DaVeiga\u2019s The Orion Sessions trilogy, thirteen-year-old Orion Casey navigates friendship, creative ambition, betrayal, and the complicated relationship between identity and attention. 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