Review: Intriguing YA Novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
Somehow I missed that this was a YA novel (didn't scroll down that far into the summary - it's at the very bottom), and I had assumed that this "class project" was for a college class (I've never heard of IPC as a high school elective - and what junior or senior has time for it in their schedules packed with AP classes?).So when I started reading the first paragraph, I could not believe it was so juvenile and realized that I was definitely in the wrong place.  But...I was stuck at the doctor's office without anything else new downloaded on my Kindle and kept at it.And I was pleasantly surprised.  It's a quick, light read.  I would give this a "2-stars" for myself, or had I not gone back and seen that the summary DID say "YA", but I don't want to ding a book because I misunderstood.Because it's a pretty good book and "I liked it" (Amazon 4-star).  Reminded me of middle school and high school and all the drama.  I even had a roommate in college that was too much like Tessa - all caught up in acting a certain way to impress a guy instead of just being herself.  And having dating rules, like kissing on the second date and all that.  Ridiculous to me, but I know there are middle-schoolers who buy into all that.I thought the way the whole thing played out was pretty realistic - although I agree with one reviewer that a good teacher would have interfered much sooner.  Role-playing experiments can be dangerous.Some great lessons learned, but I doubt the folks who could use the lesson would read it.  I just wish they would.