Review Detail

Ideas expressed/message/plot: From inside cover: V Valentine is the queen of meaningless hookups. Ever since her mom dumped her with her grandparents, she has bounced from guy to guy. Bu then, in the spring of senior year, a fateful hockey puck lands her in the lap of Sam Almond. Right from the start, things with Sam are different. V is terrified to admit it, but his might be meaningful after all.

On the afternoon of graduation, V receives some shocking news. Later, at a party, she makes an irreversible mistake and risks losing Sam forever. So when her mom invites her to Texas, V embarks on a cross-country road tip with the hopes of putting two thousand miles between herself, Sam, and the wreckage of that night.

Favorite characters, quotes/lines: V was realistic she was the cliché slut: this just goes to show that you cant judge a book, or in this case a person, but your first look people have more to their stories than the average passerby can see

When I finished this book I felt: I was pleasantly surprised by this book! I was expecting it to be a short, cute read (based on the cover and title), but it actually was a deeper, more honest portrayal of first love and mistakes than I ever would have expected. I definitely want to read more of Macklers books. I like the brutal honesty there was no dancing around unsavory descriptions in this book.

Other books to read by this author: The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, Vegan Virgin Valentine, Love and Other Four-Letter Words

I would recommend this book to: readers who usually read YA books but want a, perhaps, more realistic portrayal of first love