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Reader reviewed by abscae

This is definitely just as good as the first, catching me by surprise, and just eating my heart out.

While the other novel featured Mara as the narrator, it's not V's turn: the trial and tribulations of V's love life. V, now 17 and a senior, faces hard disappointments: the fact that her mother once again canceled oh her, first promising to be there, and then missing out on her own daughter's graduation. Everyone but V sees the disappointment, all V feels is hurt.

But the story doesn't start from there. It starts with a puck hitting her in the forehead. And it starts with the boy who cradles her head, wiping away the blood, while making underhand comments at the stupidity of others in the stands. Sam's character automatically caught my eye, and the same goes for V. Trouble is, she's not ready to commit to saying it's love: not ever. And when V cheats on Sam, she drives across the country to meet her mother, Aimee. Through that journey and at the end of it, comes realizations for V.

Charming and beautiful, this book could stand alone or with it's previous; it doesn't really matter. What matters is the subject matter.