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  • This was recommended to me by students and I have been meaning to read it for a while, but just got to it. I thought it was ok. I think it was interesting topic...how parents relationships can affect how their children function in relationships, however, I did think it was little slow. The same stud ... Continue

    This was recommended to me by students and I have been meaning to read it for a while, but just got to it. I thought it was ok. I think it was interesting topic...how parents relationships can affect how their children function in relationships, however, I did think it was little slow. The same student that recommended this novel to me also thought it would make a good discussion book which I think might be the case. There are a lot of topics that could be discussed--maybe next year.

    

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  • I really like Sarah Dessen, and her style of writing. I think she can write in a way that is familiar to the reader, as if the story is a robe the reader puts on and then expieriences in first person.

    

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  • I was hooked from the first page. Not bad for a teen book, not bad at all. I highly recommended.

    

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From Publishers Weekly
This modern-day romance narrated by a cynical heroine offers a balance of wickedly funny moments and universal teen traumas. High school graduate Remy has some biting commentary about love, including her romance-writer mother's betrothal to a car dealer ("He put one hand on my shoulder, Dad-style, and I tried not to remember all the stepfathers before him that had done the same thing.... They all thought they were permanent, too") and her brother's infatuation with self-improvement guru Jennifer Anne. But when rocker Dexter "crashes" into her life, her resolve to remain unattached starts to crack. Readers will need to hold on to their hats as they accompany Remy on her whirlwind ride, avoiding, circling and finally surrendering to Cupid's arrows. Almost as memorable as her summer romance with a heartwarmingly flawed suitor is the cast of idiosyncratic characters who watch from the sidelines. There's the trio of Remy's faithful girlfriends, all addicted to "Xtra Large Zip" Diet Cokes practical-minded Jess, weepy Lissa, and Chloe, who shares Remy's dark sense of humor as well as Dexter's entourage of fellow band members, as incompetent at managing money as they are at keeping their rental house clean. Those expecting a Cinderella finale for Remy will find a twist consistent with the plot's development. Contrary to any such implication in the title, this one will keep teens up reading. Ages 12-up.
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