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Ready? (Love Trilogy, No. 1)

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When I read the first few sentences of this book I expected a trashy romance-type novel. While the book does contain some of those elements, its realistic enough to teach valuable lessons about sex to those just beginning to discover it, or even those who have only been at it a few years. Colette plays a great heroine, even to the point of performing a few heroic acts herself against drunk would-be rapists. And then there is Art, the affluent, arrogant, muscular, every-high-school-girls dream type who is used to getting what he wants, sexually and otherwise, no thanks to the flighty free-spirited dad and stepmom he has who go to almost any lengths to ensure he gets the sex he "deserves as a young man." Colette's parents, and most especially her mom, play a counterpoint to Art's free-spirited folk. I didn't quite agree with the character development of Colette's mom...I believe she went much too quickly from the overbearing, highly feminist dragon-type to the loving woman willing to go to any lengths to protect her precious daughter, although the point where she storms in to yell at Art's parents had me smiling and saying "good for her" at the end. All the other friends tie in well to the story where it is appropriate, but those are the characters you remember most after reading this book.

I highly recommend this story for any teenager, sexually experienced or not, for the values and trials it teaches.

I must also state that the book is written in British dialect, and American teens may not understand some of the words used. But the glossary at the back of the book is helpful, although I would have put it in the front of the book, or at the very least a note that readers might refer to the back of the book for American translations of British words they might not understand (after all, one does not expect to find a glossary in a work of teen fiction).

I went to the library to get books for a paper that I had to write, and as I was browsing through the teenage section, I picked out a few books that I thought looked interesting. As I was walking away, this book just caught my eye. I went up to it and read the cover and I decided to get it. Well that night I started reading it at like 9:30, and I couldn't stop, and I am not an avid reader, so to find a book that I liked was interesting. I stayed up (even though I had school the next day) and I read the WHOLE thing. I was up until 1:30, I just couldn't put the book down. So, I went to school the next day and I was telling my best friends about it. I passed the book to my friend Jess, and she started reading it and couldn't put it down. Now, 3 of my other friends want it next. Stupid me didn't realize that there are 2 more books, I was sooo happy. This is one book that me and my friends can DEFINITLEY relate too. It is about something that every teenage girl is faced with and to read something that I can relate to makes me happy... I just wanted to tell all the young girls out there that are around my age, to READ THIS BOOK. You will LOVE it... I can't wait to get the next one...