Review: An awesome YA story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
This second book in The Girlfriends Series is intelligently written by author Jodie Esch, challenging not only the psyche of a teenage girl, but the human one in general. Addiction, in one form or another, is something the majority of us can relate to; whether we crave alcohol, nicotine, a TV programme or even chocolate! In Little White Pills Steph relies on sleeping tablets, then any form of medication she can find. She justifies her addiction by claiming the tablets she takes are 'prescribed', but not to her. She resorts to stealing them, not only from her mum, but her best friend's parents too.Rather than encouraging a reaction from her reader, Jodie Esch presents us with the facts about Steph's life and leaves us to form our own opinions. Steph is no longer the strong young woman who supported Rachel through her problems in Little White Lies; we see her transformed into a vulnerable, introverted and insecure girl. Although I wanted to condemn her choices I found myself unable to, instead just feeling sympathy and despair that she was allowed to sink this low.Little White Pills provokes a reaction in its reader, asking us to think and feel, while also compelling us to continue with the series and uncover more about Steph and Rachel.I received this as a complimentary review copy, but this has had no influence on my opinion.