After Reading

By: Meradeth Houston on 12:34 AM

• The pranks. They were awesome. Coming from a family of pranksters (and never being the best one at it) I totally loved them and had a good laugh at each. Especially "In The Ladies We Trust."
• Frankie's attitude. As I mentioned, she's really a strong female character, and her questioning of those things around us that may seem so innocent, but really are out-dated and nasty ways of putting down women, are great.
• The voice was totally spot-on. Very teen, and very funny. I love laughing in books, and I giggled my way through most of this.

Really, there was only one thing that kind of bothered me about this book: I didn't like the end all that much. It felt a little forced, like the reader is being forced to see Frankie in a specific way (and I honestly didn't enjoy the way she was characterized--I think it is very possible for women to be strong and defy social norms without being seen as a little 'crazy'). The ending made me step back and go "well, Frankie, I honestly hope you come out better than how your author thinks you might."

Anyhoo, this is definite Must-Read, and I really enjoyed it!