Ah, teen fiction. You are my proverbial golden calf. I worship secretly at your alter. Nothing entertains me more than drama written about the lives of 17 year olds (also, I am now addicted to Veronica Mars). This book is one taken from the much heralded "Sarah Dessan" shelf - a former high achiever who has experienced some past trauma and is working through her issues through the usual new boyfriend/new best friend/drinking inappropriately/secret new hobby.
It reads much like a Sarah Dessan in that it is real and rings true. Courtney Summers (a Canadian), doesn't quite get to the level of Dessan at her best, but I think her future books might show more of an individual voice and hit that really excellent level.
Totally worth an afternoon in the sun (which is the conditions in which I read it, poolside in Radium). 3.5 tortured teenage souls out of 5.
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