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Reader reviewed by Elise

As far as ChickLit goes, this was pretty good. As a teenager myself, I
find that many of the protagonists in these kinds of novels are
troubled in one way or another -- they smoke, they drink, they have sex
-- and my experience is that not every single teenager is like that.
This book, thankfully, proves this. Our heroine, though she comes from
a slightly questionable background, is somewhat normal and has ethics.
I liked that about her. She had a normal problem, social anxiety and
embarassment, that many, many of these readers can relate to. A lot of
the plot twists were surprising and juicy, though overall I found the
book predictable. And though I know it isn't the author who writes
this, the jacket summary kind of gave it away for me. The mention of
Finn and the cryptic final sentence, "what she wants may not be what
she needs" sort of gives the reader an idea of the whole plotline
before we've even passed the title page. However, the writing is pretty
well-done and overall, I think it was a worthwhile read.