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Great book. Let me just get that out of the way right off the bat. Let me also say that the kids in this book are way too cool for me (either now or back when I was in high school). They navigate nighttime Manhattan like pros and could hold their own in a conversation with any music executive. But thats all beside the point&let me get back to the story.

Nick is in a band. Hes also suffering a broken heart from his girlfriends recent dumping of him. When Tris shows up at his bands latest gig, he impulsively asks the girl next to him to be his girlfriend for the next 5 minutes.

Norah, who happens to be that girl, winds up taking him up on that and grabs him for a kiss that will change both their lives&partly because she wants to cadge a ride for her not-very-sober friend and partly because Tris (yeah, the same Tris that Nick wants to avoid) is headed straight their way and she wants to avoid her like the plague she is (Tris, that is, she of the well-endowed but mostly shallow personality).

The rest of the book deals with the consequences of their kiss and unfolds over the rest of the night, with New York as the backdrop. It is told in alternating chapters by each character, so you get both sides of their insecurities. It is easy to root for both characters they are both flawed, vulnerable people who really need each other&if they can just get past their own fears.

Recommended for readers aged 12 and up (though some parents may want to bump that to 14 and up due to some language and situations). Good for both girls and boys, even though this is primarily a romance (albeit an unconventional one).