Pre-Owned Not That Kind of Girl (Hardcover) by Siobhan Vivian (Good)

from akmargie

It had one of those crash landing type endings that I kinda hate. I know, it's a PUSH book, I wasn't expecting Chaucer. Still I think the ending could have been fleshed out a bit more and it seemed contrived that all the major issues were solved with a few conversations. Like they're magical conv...

from Urbanfan

High school can be rough. No matter where you are or what school you go to, gossip is a given. In this book, Vivian delves into the adolescent mind to bring about an all too 'could be real' book about coming of age. The struggle everyone has to be accepted, but feeling the need to stretch budding...

from lynnm

It was hard for me to grade this book. While I found it immensely readable and compelling - I started it one evening and stayed up to the wee hours to finish it - the story's heroine was a little too hard to like for my tastes. Natalie Sterling is judgmental with a capital J. Even her best friend...

from ericajsc

Natalie Sterling is not the most likeable girl. She's judgmental; she holds people to her high standards and dismisses them when they disappoint. But what makes her a great character is that she is so complicated that she even confuses herself, and the hardships she encounters as she struggles to...

from mountie9

The Good Stuff * Very realistic and true to life, so I think teens will really gravitate towards it, especially teens that are a little mature for their age like Natalie * Author understands the whole high school experience and the drama involved * Lots of thinly veiled moral situations that ...