Boy, did this bring me back! Daria Snadowsky's coming-of-age book caught all the emotions on paper so well, that I couldn't help but reminisce to that time in my own life... That's always a sign of a good book!Dominique is 17 and doesn't really have much experience with boys - until she meets Wes. They start dating and then fooling around. Their time together has many firsts for them both and the I thought that the author described them to a T. The strength of Dominique's emotions was so apparent and so raw, it hurt to remember that intensity sometimes.
Snadowsky also added an extra dimension to the story - choosing a college and going off to college - without your high school boyfriend. So hard when you think that your high school boyfriend is all that there is to life.
This book has been comopared to Judy Blume's Forever and Judy Blume liked it herself - can you get better praise than that?
If you like teen literature then I highly recommend this. But be warned, it'll probably take you back to when you were young (and stupid) too! :-)
Challenges: YA Romance, Young Adult Challenge
2 comments:
This definitely took me back as well! She captured the way things felt back then so well. I need to read Forever now :)
Hi Nymeth - I read Forever when I was 12 or so and recently re-read it, it's also very good. Although I think this one brought me back more to my first experiences, probably because Forever just brings me back to when I was 12! ;-)
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