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Reader reviewed by K. Hager

I absolutely love the books in this series. The characters are realistic and the plots are never forced with the author trying to hard. In this book, Izzie is tryingto act more grownup and rebellious and she's piercing her navel and drinking a lot. The way this unfolds is realistic and not one of those books where the character goes out of their norm and completely loses control. Izzie justifies what she's doing and you understand why she doesn't see a problem or why she starts drinking in the first place.

In the end, it's resolved without Hopkins preaching at the reader. The character realizes what she's done isn't right, but it's done in a realisitc way and not in an overly dramatic, phony moralistic way. An excellent book.