Review: Realistic look at teen life when dealing with poverty, drugs, and pregnancy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2013
The story itself was a good one and I honestly felt torn on how to rate the book overall because of this. I felt for Nikki and her situation. I also understood each and every decision she made and was happy with the way things worked out for her by the end of the story. Like Caroline, I was a teen mom, so I definitely got the difficulties she faced and felt for her. I was glad to see her push through so much and I think her story shows the truth about how often a teen mom loses her support system from baby's dad to her own parents. However, Caroline's story is also where I had some issues with the book. At the beginning of the book, there are some very large hints dropped that Caroline's parents are closet alcoholics and this issue is never dealt with by the end which bothered me. Were they working on that through family counseling???? Another issue for me was that the blame for Caroline's drug issue is suddenly placed on Nikki's shoulders by Caroline's parents. Why??? Nikki had been Caroline's biggest support in many ways and Caroline's parents had started inviting her to dinner, etc. so why did they suddenly blame her for the drug issue? Those two issues really bothered me and I felt like they just weren't reconciled within the book when I would have preferred that they were.*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.flag