Review: Popping the Cherry: A fun adorable coming of age story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2013
ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.Popping the Cherry was an adorable coming to age story of a young girl named Valentina Bell, whose virginity became the main subject among her friends. Her friends have decided that its time for Lena lose her" virgin status" and hence Operation Popping the Cherry comes about. Operation Popping the Cherry has a list of potential male candidates but one man has caught her attention, her best friend's older brother, Jake. Lena tries to deny the attraction but she is finding it very hard to stay away from him.Through this project, Lena discovers that giving away her virginity to a random guy was not what she wants. She wants her first to be special. Jake became the epitome of the male hero. He was always there to help Lena whenever she found herself in trouble.This coming of the age story was a quick, fun and adorable love story between two young adults realizing their feelings and attraction for each other. Lena and Jake's story was a reminder that sometimes the person you seek might be standing there all along through the good and hard times. The book also delivers a simple and direct message to it young adult readers that there is nothing wrong in taking it slow and waiting till you know you are ready.