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Thinking of You (Sweet Dreams #15)

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A lot of anticipation amounts to little action in "Thinking of You", a somewhat grating tale about standing up for oneself.

Main character Fran Pastore, a socially inept school nerd whose oppressive Aunt Jane tries to run her life, is a little too mousy and whiny to be likeable, as she fumbles her way through a summer program for gifted students, all the while pining away for Paul Wingate, the hottie who works at the bicycle repair shop across the street from her class. At the insistence of her perky younger sister Maggie, Fran undergoes a stereotypical Sweet Dreams makeover, thereby gaining Paul's attention and the scorn of Aunt Jane, who tries to fix Fran up with sweet but dorky Ajit Banerji.

Since Fran barely interacts with Paul until the last couple chapters of the book, the remainder of the novel unfortunately focuses on Fran's neurotic, melodramatic obsession with being considered a "brain," a conflict that grows old very quickly.

When Fran's journalist father is away during the summer, it gives Fran's aunt Jane the opportunity to run her and her sister Maggie's lives from up close as she stays with them. Meanwhile, Fran's sister insists she shake up her mousy appearance just a bit- knowing Fran secretly has a crush on local dreamboat Paul. The pursuit of Paul is inhibited by her own shyness, and the romantic overtures of another fellow brain.

Fran must decide what changes in her appearance mean to her, and must strike a balance between crawling into her social shell, and her desire to go out with Paul. Will she finally approach Paul? Will he approach her? Will she cave to her aunt's demands or tell her off? Tune in- same SD time, same SD channel...