Guyaholic (V Valentine #2)

Reader reviewed by Sara

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

Reader reviewed by mine

i think this book is awesome. The in it is very strong.in it she meets a boy named sam .she absolutly loves him.I liked it becouse some of the things she got through amazed me like when her mom didnt com to her graduation and she drove a lone way t see her.I think if my mom didnt come to my graduation i woul of been very mad!So the way she handled that was very strong indeed.i also liked it becouse she goes through a lot of adventures to see her mom.

Reader reviewed by nadia

V really messed up this time. she really misses scott.she didnt really mean for what happend.go into the journy o a girl who wishes so could go back in time aand change what happened.but in reality you cant really do that so whats she gona do? lets se...

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.