Review: Great story!! Well written story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
I received an arc of this book for a review. Well I have to say Trailer Park Princess by Delia Steele was awesome! A story about a teenage girl that was a dealt a bad hand from the day she was born.I have never lived in a trailer or a trailer park, but Delia has a way of describing it that makes you want to think twice about living in one.The story is about a teenage girl,Rory, that has had to grow up too fast. She has a younger brother that she has to take care of beause her mother is a drug addict and alcohlic that never wanted children to begin with. Some days shes there and others she may be gone for days. But never sober or straight. Rory is a teenage girl in a new town in a new school. She has met one friend here and only one friend. She never had many friends before because her mother moved from town to town while she was growing up. This time shes staying put! No matter what she has to do to support her brother and her.Rory's first day of school here she is more or less ran over by the star football player and one very good looking young man. Almost intstantly she becomes more than just a hit and run. Toby is not the average guy to date if your living in a trailer park. Hes from an upstanding family, only child and wealthy. Rory is not the type of girl his mother wants him to date. If Rory is going to date him he has told her that he will never come to a complete stop to pick her up for a date because if he comes to a complete stop the place may suck him in and he plans on getting her out of there. They have a typical boyfriend /girlfriend relationship but being from the wrong side of the track no one paticularly likes her and especially Toby's ex. She is out to make Rory's life a living hell. She is the snob girl we all knew in high school that thinks she better than anyone else. Rory is a year behind Toby because of all the moving her mother has put them thru and caused her to fall behind but not because of Rorys grades. Shes smart and does well in school.One night one of her mothers many one night stands decides to take advantage of Rory. Her mother being passed out Rory is screaming. A young man going by hears her screams goes in to help her. In comes this beautifully built good looking young man she has no idea where he came from. Rome is his name and he is raising his 2 much younger brothers after the death of his mother. He lives a few trailers up from Rory. Their relationship blooms into good friends. But Toby is a jealous guy and doesnt want anything to do with him. Rory tries to set Rome up with her best friend "Mando" (short for Amandolette). She has mixed feelings about it but she loves Toby and he has plans for them when they graduate. Prom night comes and Toby is not happy that Rome is there with Mando. So he sits with his ex thru prom til Mando tells him how it is. After Prom Rory and Toby go to their favorite place. Toby takes things a little farther than Rory wants.From here on the story changes from Toby & Rory to Rome & Rory.I loved all the charactures in the book. They have a special place in Rorys life. Where are your friends now after graduation?Did they go to college? Or did they stay behind and start families in their home town? Read the story and find out what Rory does after high school. Does she graduate? You'll have to read to find out!A definite 5 star for me. I loved Rory's story and Im sure everyone else will too.