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Lauren Oliver has taken "Mean Girls" and mixed it in with "Groundhogs Day".  She definitely takes the lives of these shallow and mean-spirited high-school girls and brings them all to life.  I'm sure that everyone of us has either known a girl like that, or maybe some of you were one of those mean girls. But either way, we can all relate to someone in this story.

I started out really hating Sam and all her friends!  I mean I really really hated them...lol.  But, that was the point!  They were horrible to people at school and all around whiny and stuck-up.  They think nothing about the results that their taunting and bullying could have on others.  But as Sam loses her life and has to relive that last day over and over, she will begin to realize that every action really does have a consequence.  And all the threads of life are weaved together.

I eventually came to really like Sam, but I think my favorite character of all was Kent.  He was goofy, yet sweet and fun loving, just my type of male lead :-)  I really experienced a range of emotions with this book, the day she lived with her sister really touched me.  My little brother was my shadow when I was growing up and it really made me think about what he would remember of me if I died. 

All in all, this was a great concept and the writing was fabulous, my only complaint was sometimes I felt that the repeating of the day could have been cut short by a day or two.... I will definitely look forward to the next book from this author.  I would give this a 4 1/2, but since I can't I'll just make it an even 4....