Review: Makes Your Heart Flutter
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2012
Your parents were kids when you arrived, so while they're in your life, they're not really. Your refuge is Nana. And how about you? Well, you're the fifteen-year-old who can't afford contacts, or a hair salon. What's worse is you still have braces and your breasts haven't come in yet, not like the other girls. You're the tomboy who loves to play football with the "rag tag" team in your hood. Then Tony arrives and he's the one you crave to notice the young woman behind those horrid glasses and wired teeth.This is a sweet story about first love and all the angst that comes with it. What I enjoyed most were the characters: Nana who says things, like, ". . . in life we get what we get, so deal with it." Dawn, the MC, with the knowledge that, "Every girl has a little `stalker' in her. And, of course, Tony who won't tell a girl he loves her unless he means it.I also loved the authentic and consistent voice of this ten episode story. Well told and interesting from start to finish. A book with lots of heart.