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Reader reviewed by abscae

I judge a book by it's cover. Unfortunately, I judged this one to be all pink and fluffy, and passed by it on the shelves. However, when I read it, it gave me a new insight into a girl's perspective.

First, there's Josie, a girl who promised never to put her friends below a boy. Yet when she catches the attention of a jock, all ideals and morals fly, and she is left falling for him. When their relationship is torn when the jock leaves her, Josie recooperates through reading Blume's Forever. Scribbling a warning for other girls into the very last pages of the novel, Josie finds closure.

Next comes Nicolette, a girl aware of her sexual abilities. When she dates the jock, she finally sees the difference of love and sex, only to have the boy leave her. Finally, there's artsy Aviva who gives her virginity to the jock, only to find it all lacking. When once again dumped by the jock, she finds solace in Forever, which now holds many rantings of other teenage girls.

Funny and heart wrenching, the characters come to life in one's mind and leave a reader breathless.