Review: "Love thuggin's hard if you can't do no wrong"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2013
Okay, Love Thug may not be great literature, but it's a fun read. The story should appeal to elementary and middle school kids, as well as grown-ups who act like they're still kids (okay, I'm guilty). The story reminded me of the Archie comic books that I read many years ago, with Archie Andrews mooning over the aloof and unattainable Veronica Lodge, while smart, sweet, and funny Betty Cooper was there for him all the time. In Love Thug, Billy Cantrell is dying to be best boyfriend with the alluring Veronica, while Laurie, his less flashy neighbor, is the girl who pines for him.Billy thought he knew the way to Veronica's heart. It was a simple plan, really. Veronica dug Lester, Wannamaker Secondary School's bad boy. All Billy had to do was be a badder dude than Lester to take over his place in Veronica's heart. But he would quickly find out that for a long-time nerd to shift gears and become the school's new bad boy wasn't as easy as he imagined. As Billy's best friend Kevin concluded, "Love thuggin's hard if you can't do no wrong."Love Thug was a well written, funny story that captured both the humor and the pathos of adolescent love.A review copy of the book was provided by the author.