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What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

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This book was amazing.
I got it out of the library this morning and I already finished it.
It's a quick read. all in poems.
but it's so powerful.
I was just left with this uplifted happy feeling when I finished.
but it is not a fairy tale kind of book, it's a real story & you must go read it.


like now.


and get What My Mother Doesn't Know while you're at it.
they have the same characters.

I loved What My Mother Doesn't Know and have been anxiously awaiting the sequel. I was not disappointed at all. Sones again captured all the excitement and confusion of young adult love that I so appreicated in What My Mother Doesn't Know. I was thrilled that this title was written in the male voice. What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know is a great title for young adult readers who like a romance story with more to it than just the romance.

This is just as good as What My Mother Doesn't Know, if not better. (Don't read this without reading WMMDK, it'll make sense, but it won't be nearly as good) This book is from Robin/Murphy's point of view, and its really sweet. You should get it!

I was waiting for this book ever since I heard Sonya Sones was making a sequel to What My Mother Doesn't Know. When i read it, couldn't put it down. Hearing Murphy's side of the story made feel for him. This book is a great read and I encourage anyone to read it. You'll finish it in one reading, and it'll make you crave for more. I still want to know what happens afterwards.

I read the unpublished manuscript before it was published. The author told me to write the review-no lie, sonyasones.com. Its better than the first, which was my favorite book up to then. Ur missing out if u haven't read it, so please do. Robin and Sofie are so awsome, SO JUST READ IT!

Sonya Sones, well-known for her novels in verse, has written a sequel to What My Mother Doesn't Know. The sequel continues to follow the unlikely relationship between Robin and Sophie.

Robin Murphy is still amazed that the beautiful and popular Sophie Stein is actually his girlfriend. They are getting closer by the minute. Their great conversations are turning into some equally great make-out sessions, and Robin's mind is spinning 24/7.

Now that their relationship is out in the open, Robin and Sophie are noticing the reactions of those around them. Sophie's best-friends-forever are stopping her to question her sanity. They are openly asking her why she's spending time with a dweeb like Robin. All it seems to do is further cement their feelings for one another.

Adding an extra boost of confidence for Robin is the invitation to audit a college drawing class at Harvard. How many high school freshmen get a chance to sit in on a college-level art class? Robin is nervous as he enters the classroom the first night. His nervousness goes off the charts when he discovers the figures he'll be drawing are real, live, nude models. Concentrate on drawing when there's a gorgeous, naked woman mere feet in front of him?

Unaware of Robin's actual age, the college students admire his drawing skill and begin to involve him in their after class plans. These new friends and their honest acceptance are great confidence builders for Robin. But after each college class, he must return to the high school scene and reality the following day.

Fun, fast, and full of surprises, Sonya Sones has another hit with WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESN'T KNOW. If you liked the first book, be ready for a long waiting list at your local library when word gets out about this one.

Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"

Sonya Sones is another fantastic author. She writes in poems, so her books are always really fast. I couldn't even put this one down for more than 30 seconds, I was that hooked. It's interesting for me to read a Sonya Sones book from a guy's perspective, and I think I might have liked it just as much or more as I liked the others. Something about Robin is just so compelling... he is one of the most interesting and funny guy characters I've ever read about.

This is the sequel to What My Mother Doesn't Know, and if you are looking for a funny and not so deep read, pick up both of these books. They are beyond excellent, and I know you won't regret it.

I work in a library, and, admittedly, picked up this book because of the title.

The fact that it's a Young Adult book aside, I thought it was well-written, well-developed, and touching. The main characters (and their parents!) are written like many average teenagers actually behave. I appreciated that this didn't turn into an "I don't want to have sex, I don't want to have sex, I don't want to have sex, OK, I'll do it to prove my love" book.

I wasn't too keen on the ending, because there was no closure, whether positive or negative. Hopefully, there will be a follow-up. I've checked out "What My Mother Doesn't Know" to get some of the back story.

Finally, I've never before read a novel in verse before, and I thought it was an interesting way to write a novel. It flowed nicely, and actually helped the reading process along. The only complaint I have about the style is actually due to something I do when I read. I didn't like that the segment titles were part of the "verse." I rarely read chapter titles (I feel they give a lot away), so I would get confused when the verse started seemingly mid-sentence.

Positives:

* I got into these novels written in poetry over the summer and this was pretty good. Even the title of each poem moves the story along.
* You get the guys perspective of a relationship that really shouldn't be allowed according to the social structure in high school.
* You can see that talent can take up places just like intelligence can.
* It's a very fast read because it is full of short poems.

Negatives:

* I'm not sure you can count this as a particularly happy book. I left feeling kinda blah. I had no real attachment to anything.
* It was not the best written book that I read over the summer, so it was a let down.
* I felt like I would make fun of the main character also, which is sad because I was never really mean in high school

"Whirling around in the spot where my heart used to be. All I want to do is run away, run as far away from here as I can get. But I force my legs to carry me toward Sophie instead. A second later, when we're standing face to face. and I'm looking into those heartbreakingly blue eyes of hers, I know, beyond a shadow of doubt, that Sophie saw everything." This passage is found in Sonya Sones novel called "What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know", a realistic fictional novel that is hard to put down. This story is about a boy named Robin Murphy who lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts during the cold winter based in present day. Robin has an amazing girlfriend named Sophie Stein and you could say they were starting to really love each other. But there was a problem. Sophie came from popularity and beauty and Robin was a joke to everyone, that's how he got his nickname Murphy. Once the kids at school started seeing that Sophie and Robin were together everyone started to treat her different. Her friends left her and her popularity went down the drain. Robin knew this was all his fault but didn't get why people looked down on him as if he were nothing. But once Robin starts an art class at Harvard and sees that he is just like any other student and that people liked him maybe this college life could actually work out for him. But what happens when the life your trying to hide takes a turn to reality? I think the theme of this novel is Murphy vs. Robin's life. I think this is the theme because the novel is mostly about how both of the lives he is living changes him as a person and who he really becomes in the end. I thought "What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know", was a novel that showed real courage and appreciation for someone special to you. I thought that was shown on page 13 of this novel. "But when I try to let go of her hand, so that people won't know we're together- she won't let me." Also, I found this novel very unexpecting and sad for Sophie. This passage on page 260 made me feel this way. "I want it all. And I should be able to have it all, shouldn't I? Because Tessa knows about Sophie, and she doesn't mind. And Sophie doesn't know about Tessa, so she doesn't mind either." I mostly recommend this novel for girls who are 13 or older. Sonya Sones in my opinion is a fantastic author who wrote this novel with humor, love, adventure, and sadness. The sequal to this book "What My Mother Doesn't Know", fits right in with this novel. This book made me realize that its not worth changing for people who don't even matter in the first place and also that you should always be proud of who you are.