Review: This series is a must read!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2013
This is the third book to the Grab Your Pole series and I have been highly anticipating it.... especially after the ending of The Other Fish in the Sea. This book is told from all of the guys POV which I loved!! It was funny, heartbreaking, and infuriating at times!! It is a great YA book.This story is mainly focused on the what happened at the end of TOFITS. Camie and Tristan constantly broke my heart and I just wanted to scream at them to TALK  (especially Tristan).Tristan is a given but I have to say.. I really fell in love with Pete. He is so loyal and true. I can't wait to read more about him.Lots of answers and problems were resolved.  The whole crew was funny as usual. Some of my favorite scenes I will always remember..... unicorns, Tristan in the fashion show ( LOVED THAT), a certain campfire scene (so completely realistic and just an all around awwwwwww moment), rose bushes and latices, Tristan's inner monologue when asked by Camie's dad how he was doing (that made the whole book for me!!! So funny), and Romeo and Juliet!!I only had a few issues with the book. One issue was that some parts seemed to drag a bit. The no communicating went on forever. (I just tried to remind myself these are high school kids and what it was like). Also, there were numerous times where I thought I just read the longest run on sentence of mankind and it drove me crazy. Things just got so wordy at times. However, that could have been the authors intent since it is from the guys POV and they do tend to ramble!!! It just got a bit distracting. I also had an issue with a certain procedure that occurred at the very end. I really hoped it didn't go there but some people are stubborn!! We will just have to see where Mrs. Cooksey takes us with it.Having said all that, I really liked this book and series. It is one of my favorite young adult series. Although set in high school, these kids are so much more mature than your normal YA books. Jenn Cooksey has a way with words (even when lengthy!!) and it amazes me how she is able to tie up so many things and come up with some of this stuff!! I can't wait for the fourth book. I hope the concentration of it will focus on Romeo and Juliet!!!!