Reviewed by Emma (SCR) on
We meet Emma on the first day of school. She has spent the whole summer trying to avoid her screaming parents. Her Dad cheated on her Mum and over the summer they have been arguing constantly. I really sympathised with Emma at this point. When I was 7 or 8 my parents were arguing all the time and eventually they split up. I think it was quite a relief when they finally did because it meant it was over. No more arguing, no more screaming and although I was upset my dad was moving out and all of that it was nice to have the constant arguments done with.
I liked Emma. She is an introvert but also a sweet girl. I could feel all of her emotions pouring off the pages. The hurt over her parent's marriage breaking up, the anger to both of them, the butterflies over Jake, the loneliness when Genna is busy. CeCe's words made me feel it all.
Jake hottt, like DDG hot!! But he is also pretty messed up! He was a bad boy in high school. He had quite the reputation. What with it being a small town where everyone knows everyone and everything it's hard to leave that sort of reputation behind. Jake is trying to clean up his act but his guilt is making it so much more difficult. He doesn't think he deserves anything. While he may have been a bad boy in school he's actually pretty clever .
Genna lovely girl but I could feel that she didn't quite understand Emma's pain through her parent's divorce. I mean I get it her parents are in love and she's never experienced it but I could feel that Emma needed more from her than just an "it's going to be ok". It seemed like Genna wasn't treating it like that bigger deal, when to Emma her whole life was crashing around her.
I really enjoyed this book, I couldn't put it down. I urge you to click that button and buy this, you won't regret it. I can't wait to see what is next from CeCe.
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- 23 September, 2014: Finished reading
- 23 September, 2014: Reviewed