Review: Not what I expected
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2013
**Contains minor spoilers**When I read the blurb of this book, I thought it sounded pretty interesting. I thought it was going to be a romantic comedy of sorts, and I was looking forward to it.I couldn't have been more wrong. Instead of being comedic, Chessie's actions were downright embarrassing and I'm left wondering if the author actually thinks 14-year-olds are willing to do the things Chessie did in school.First of all, I've got to give props to Chessie. She's very determined and stubborn--I'll give her that. But it gets to a point where honestly I was left going, "Oh no, what's she going to do now?" I got tired of her antics to try and get Lloyd's attention--and quite honestly, I was pretty shocked and worried in one specific circumstance.It seemed like there wasn't a shortage of embarrassing circumstances that the author could use. She put Chessie through so many problems and troubles. It felt like I was reading a sort of soap opera where everything is exaggerated and there is one problem after another.Chessie will go to any lengths to get Lloyd to notice her, and I'm not even kidding on this one. She even tells him that she's being abused by her step-father (she doesn't have one and she's not being abused) to get him to keep talking to her. What? That's not a joking matter and in that scene I pretty much gave up on the book.The only thing that kept me reading was figuring out how in the hell she was going to get to her "happy ending" after everything she's been through. But even that was a disappointment. The ending wasn't what I hoped for and ended up making me sad.It looks like this book was really only meant to show girls that you don't need a guy to make you happy, which is not a bad thing, but the way the author did it wasn't my cup of tea.All in all, I don't recommend this book for those who want a funny romance, but instead like seeing high school girls make fools of themselves and get in horrible situations so boys notice them and then in the end learn that the don't need boys anyway.