Author: Lynn Weingarten
Publisher: HarperTeen, 2011.
Pages: 352 p.
Source: VOYA
Compensation: None
Lucy starts her sophomore year with a plan—to lose her
virginity to her boyfriend Alex. Alex also starts the year with a plan—to break
up with Lucy. Embarrassed and broken hearted Lucy meets up with three strange
classmates who claim to be able to heal her heart but only if she can get a guy
to fall in love with her and break HIS heart within seven days. At first Lucy
balks at the plan, but then she gets the brilliant idea that she will use the
magic the girls promise her to get Alex to fall in love with her again and hold
on to him for good. Things do not quite work out the way she plans in this
paranormal romance.
Although the backdrop of the book is magical, Lucy learns
some real life lessons as well. She starts the week very naïve and insecure,
but by the end of the seven days she has realized that love does not mean being
someone’s biggest fan and always trying to please him. Lucy becomes a much more
independent and powerful girl. The story starts slow but picks up speed quickly
and the three girls—the sisterhood—are interesting characters. They are much
more mature than Lucy and their lack of parental involvement leads to a lot of
drinking, cursing and late hours. Nothing is out of character and the language
makes sense for the story, but it makes this a definite teen and not tween
book.
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