Review: A journey through lots of emotions . . .brilliantly written!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
INITIAL THOUGHTSSo what was I thinking approaching this book? Mmm I'm interested to see how well the abusive relationship is covered having been involved in an abusive marriage I wonder how realistic the book will be.MY REVIEWBasically Briana one of the "popular girls crowd" is in a relationship with "the popular crowd guy" which all sounds great but Briana's boyfriend is both emotionally and physically abusive with her. Briana is trying to find a way to break off the relationship when Mike decides its time their relationship went to the next level of having sex. Mike feels like he has waited long enough and pressures Briana into having sex with him.Then Briana finds out she is pregnant . . . what should she do? Her mother is very pro-abortion to get rid of "little problems" and her father will do as her mother demands, so Briana feels she cannot tell them. Briana wants to keep the baby despite how he/she was conceived and all the hardships she will endure to keep her child.Luckily Briana does have a close male friend called Matt and his family to help her through. Matt's parents are initially mortified when they find out the truth of what Briana has been going through. Matt's parents are the type of parents everyone would wish for. Though Briana does try her best to go it alone to show everyone hat she can cope.Briana suffers a lot, from being ridiculed at school to being beaten up by her babies father wh wants the "little problem" to go away.As time goes on and Brian struggles after her parents remove support of any kind she is drawn closer to her close male friend Matt, could they be more than just friends?Though the two are close friends they have both with held secrets from each other, can they learn to trust each other again? Can they remain friends through all the drama?This book flowed really well and covered more than one difficult subject, teen sex, abusive relationship being just two of them. I really didn't want to put this book down until I had finished it. I was of course routing for Briana for everything to work out for her. At times I wanted to shake her parents. I also thin the character of Matt was brilliantly written, everyone need a friend like Matt in their lives. Though I have only mentioned what happened between Mike and Briana there is much more depth and drama to the story.So did I enjoy the book? Yes, the book really drew you in and made you care about Briana and her baby. You really want her to succeed and do it her way. As a reader you always want to see justice served to Mike. Would I recommend the book? Yes, if by teens reading it, the book prevent a teenage pregnancy, or being pressured into having sex then its moral has been delivered well. The book also contains messages for a more adult audience too about not staying in an abusive relationship, getting help from others as well as being supportive to your children too. Would I read other books by Candy Crum? I'd certainly read another of books in this genre ad I thin I may give her paranormal/fantasy titles a go too.