#Radio silence comic tv#

She doesn't get in, and she feels like all the work she's put in to get to this point has been for nothing and that her entire life has been a waste. Aled decides to go straight back to uni again because he can't stand to be near her, and before he goes he tells Frances about a time when his twin sister Carys had bought some clothes that she was really excited about and his mum burned them in front of her.įrances receives a letter from Cambridge University a while later. Frances manages to convince him to come and stay at her house for Christmas, but when he arrives he goes over the road to talk to his mum and discovers that she has had Brian, Aled's Labrador, put down.

She saves a box of a few leftover things and then at home for the first time in months, she tries calling Aled, and this time he actually picks up. It's the Christmas holiday so she goes over to Aled's house across the street to see when he's coming home for Christmas, but his mum informs her that he's decided to stay at the university over the break, then shows Frances up to Aled's room, which she has stripped of all its decoration and all the things that made the room feel like Aled's, which Frances is horrified by. When Daniel finishes his interview the two talk for a bit about Aled and Daniel tells Frances about how their relationship started and the fact that he doesn't think Aled ever really liked him that much.įrances had stopped listening to Universe City for a while after Aled left, but after the interviews, she starts listening to one just to see what it's like and when she hears how incoherent and chaotic the latest episode is, she becomes more seriously concerned about Aled's well-being. It's only when Frances is in the middle of her interview that she realizes that she doesn't actually care about studying English Literature and it all goes horribly. On the day of Frances' and Daniel's Cambridge interviews, their friend Raine skips school to drive them, and they all reflect on the purpose of the education system and on why Aled might be refusing to talk to them. Aled goes away to university and cuts off contact with Frances and with his boyfriend Daniel. When Aled's identity as the creator of Universe City is uncovered by obsessive fans as a result of mistakes made by Frances, their friendship falls apart. At the same time, Frances begins to doubt how much Aled actually wants to go to university September and question her own reasons for working so hard for school.

#Radio silence comic tv#

Over the summer when Frances has just left year 12 and Aled year 13, they become close friends and bond with their similar tastes in clothes, TV shows, films and enthusiasm for Universe City. This changes her life because (spoiler alert), she soon realizes that this mysterious creator, the anonymous 'Radio Silence', is, in fact, Aled Last, the boy who has lived across the street her entire life. The novel begins when one day, Frances receives a message from the creator of Universe City asking her to become the new Universe City artist. This is just School Frances though - Real Frances is a massive fangirl who spends all her time (when she's not doing homework) drawing fanart for a fantasy YouTube podcast called Universe City.

Frances works very hard at school, is head girl and has her sights set on studying English Literature at Cambridge University, which means that she has a reputation for being clever, sensible and boring.

The book is told from Frances' perspective as she lives through A Levels. To confess why Carys really disappeared.įrances is going to need every bit of courage she has.' Plot Now Frances knows that she needs to confront her past. So when the fragile trust between them is broken, Frances is caught between who she was and who she longs to be. Then Frances meets Aled, and for the first time, she's unafraid to be herself. Nothing will stand in her way not friends, not a guilty secret - not even the person she is on the inside. ' What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?įrances is a study machine with one goal.