Lock and Key

Rating: 4.5 (Out Of Five) 

Information: 

Original Title: Lock and Key

ISBN: 0142414727 (ISBN13: 9780142414729)

Edition Language: English

Literary Awards: Iowa High School Book Award Nominee (2011)

Book Review: 

This book was an awesome summer read. I always walk away from Sarah Dessen’s books thinking about how she always hits teenager’s emotions right on the nose. She has an amazing talent… I am envious. 

I enjoyed the main characters, but fell in love with Jamie within the first few chapters. He, in my opinion, made the entire book. He was so funny, yet so realistic in his own way. His voice let in that little bit of humor that Dexter (This Lullaby) had whenever the book was getting a little to serious. 

Ruby Cooper was serious, as most of Dessen’s main characters are, and at times was a little annoying. I did however love how she took it on herself to find out who Nate really was, and the way she could relate but didn’t suffocate him, that was very well written. Her emotions were true and I could feel them coming off the page. 

Sarah Dessen has a way of making her characters stick with me and that is something i cherish in any author. Her talent baffles me and, as mentioned before, I am envious. 

-Jordan

The Juliet Club

   

                     
Rating:  5.0 Out of Five

Details: 

Hardcover, 402 pages

Published: May 27th 2008 by Harper Teen

Original Title: The Juliet Club

ISBN: 0061366919 (ISBN13: 9780061366918)

Edition Language: English

Book Review: 

Whoa, all I can say is Whoa. This. Book. Was. Amazing. It did not disappoint. It had elegance and grace with a little bit of teenage angst. It was an amazing read. 

There were several things I liked about this book, most of which will not be mentioned for the sake of spoilers. I do, however, want to tell you to go buy this book. This was a fantastic book. 

I honestly would never have purchased it if it hadn’t been half priced -what a jewel I would have missed. It was such a good summer read. I honestly have nothing bad to say about this book. So what’s the purpose of this book review if I cannot tell you anything without telling you the entire plot? I just had to tell someone how good this book was. AMAZING! 

-Jordan

Anna and the French Kiss

Rating 4.5 Out Of Five 

Synopsis: Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming,beautiful, Étienne has it all…including a serious girlfriend. 

But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?

Details: 

Hardcover, 372 pages

Published: December 2nd 2010 by Dutton

Original Title: Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)

ISBN 0525423273 (ISBN13: 9780525423270)

Edition Language: English

Series: Anna and the French Kiss #1

Characters: Anna Oliphant, Étienne St. Clair

Setting: Paris (France) 

Literary Awards: Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2011), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Goodreads Author, Young Adult Fiction (2010), The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky longlist (2011), Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2013) 

Book Review: 

This is the second time I have read this book and it is still a good book. I thought re-reading it would ruin the feeling I had the first time I read it. I was wrong. (Obviously, as stated above.) The book flowed and each page turn was as easy as re-reading Twilight. After the book ended I felt lost because I wanted, NEEDED, it to keep going. Nonetheless  This book will forever be in my heart and possibly a must read every summer.