I
feel like an adult most days, what with my 9-5 job, monthly bills, car,
etc but sometimes I need an escape back to the days when every small
thing seemed critically important and that single thing (the boy, the
trip, the college acceptance) that would change your life was right
around the corner. Here some of my recent favorite young adult reads:
Go Fug Yourself
was one of my main entertainments back in my bored at work days. I
loved the snarky commentary on celebrity outfits and how often they were
into the same things I was. When I found out that they had written a YA
novel, I was super excited to pick it up. Spoiled is the story of a
midwestern girl who finds out one of the biggest movie stars in the
world is her father. She moves to LA to get to know him and her
glamourous half sister, who doesn’t exactly welcome her with open arms.
Spoiled has that GFY wit and skewering of Hollywood culture. It’s a very
enjoyable fluffy read.
High
school brings many changes and none more than when you go from being
invisible to a curvy mastermind of a plot to overthrow a secret society.
This is the story of that transition. Frankie is a sophomore at
boarding school with a gorgeous senior boyfriend who is a member of an
exclusively male secret society. She learns their codes and secretly
begins to manipulate the society. I enjoyed this funny book with a
strong female lead.
The
Mockingbirds explores the consequences of date rape at a boarding
school with a student society, the mockingbirds, dedicated to
maintaining justice among their students. Alex wakes up after a party in
the bed of a popular senior and has to determine what happened and how
she can stand up for herself. While the book focuses on a difficult
topic, Alex is a strong heroine and there is a little romance to enjoy
along the way.
Sam
is a popular high school senior who has everything going for her, right
up until she dies in a car crash. She is surprised to wake up and
relive the day she died over again, at first deciding to act recklessly
and without thought to how her actions affect others. When she continues
to wake up in the same day, she slowly learns how to be a better, more
selfless person. While this is a story that has existed before, it was
an entertaining read and a good reminder to think before you act.
Anna’s
life in Atlanta seems perfect, it’s her senior year with her best
friend and she has an almost boyfriend that she really likes. Then she
learns her father is sending her to boarding school in France. It’s a
difficult adjustment but she quickly falls in with a good group,
including an adorable British guy who immediately entrances her. This
was fun, quick will they or won’t they novel.
