Summary:
Natalie is a sophomore who just made the varsity cross country team. She's a fast runner, and she knows it. What she doesn't know is geometry, and her spot on the team is in jeopardy after she fails the third test in a row. She's forced to get a tutor, who thinks that jocks are snobs, and treats her with disdain at every turn. The trouble is, Natalie doesn't want the world to know that Matt is her tutor. Instead, she tells everyone he's her new boyfriend, which leads to all kinds of high school drama.
Thoughts:
It's not the worst, I suppose. It's your classic "two people meet, hate each other, then realize their true feelings at the most inopportune time" story. Every romantic comedy follows this formula, and of course, this is no exception. The writing is kind of bland, and there's not a whole lot of meat to the story. It's only 178 pages, for God's sake. Usually this kind of story gets filled in a little bit with more substance. The most dramatic part of the whole thing is when she finally calls out her best friends for ditching her for their new boyfriends.
All in all, not the worst crap I've ever read. (That will continue to be Raiders of the Low Forehead until the end of time.) But I could have written this a lot better, and with a lot more substance to it. Oh, and the author's bio at the back of the book is completely lame. Also I literally ingested this whole book within a few hours.
11 books down, 39 to go!
Pages: 178
Genre: Teenlit, romance
Grade: C+
Would I Recommend?: Probably not.
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