Read My Lips

Reader reviewed by Bookluver-Carol

Popularity is as easy as a good secret.

Serena just wants to fly under the radar at her new school. But Serena is deaf, and she can read lips really well-even across the busy cafeteria. So when the popular girls discover her talent, there's no turning back.

From skater chick to cookie-cutter prep, Serena's identity has done a 180...almost. She still wants to date Miller, the school rebel, and she's not ready to trade her hoodies for pink tees just yet. But she is rising through the ranks in the school's most exclusive clique.

With each new secret she uncovers, Serena feels pressure to find out more. Reading lips has always been her greatest talent, but now Serena just feels like a gigantic snoop...
I do get why other people have said this book is predictable because it is. Serena does anything to try to fit in because she's never fit in anywhere and is doesn't help that she's deaf.The fact that she's deaf was pretty original. I haven't read any books in which the main character is deaf. She does become fake but then she tries to redeem herself at the end. I didn't really get why the author decided to add that Serena is a skater chick. It didn't really fit in with the book. It was just there to explain why Serena wore dark clothes and that's it. I found this book to be more of a light, guilty pleasure read than a substance book. Some of the slang was kind of dated but at least the book wasn't full of cussing which can be a turn off. Serena's character didn't have a lot of depth and she really wasn't easy to relate to.At the end Serena tried to blend her skater chick self with her new self which was good. Overall this was a good book. If you want to read it just keep in mind that it's fairly predictable.

Reader reviewed by graceface

Serena Nelson is deaf. She can read lips. And all she ever wanted was to fit in. So when the popular girls at her new school seem to have taken an interest in her, Serena can't help but go along with whatever the popular girls asked her to do, even if it means the possibility of hurting someone, including Miller, the guy she has a crush on. This is a classic YA book and I'll recommend it for all young adult book lovers.