The Collector by Victoria Scott

Book:  The Collector (Dante Walker #1)

Author:  Victoria Scott

Publisher:  Entangled

Date:  now available

Source:  Publisher via Netgalley

My grade:  A-

Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence have made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple: weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.

Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal-opportunity collector and doesn't want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment:

Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within ten days.

Dante doesn't know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that’s a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky Nerd Alert chick he’s come to collect, he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector…and uncover emotions deeply buried.

Initial reaction

Oh Dante!  Do I love you or do I hate you?  As a teen girl, I would have thought you were the s**t, but as the mom of a teen daughter, you really scare me.

Cover story

I really liked this title because I thought it was short, sweet and to the point.  The cover is so-so.  I mean, let’s face it, boyfriend on the front is easy on the eyes, but this one is screaming bad romance cover, so I would have to put it inside of a copy of War and Peace if I were reading it as an actual book instead of on my Nook.

What’s the Story?

So, Dante Walker is a Collector, which means he’s sort of like a Mafia hit man, but he works for Satan, running around on earth collecting souls for Hell.  And dude really is like a Mafia hit man.  The only thing he’s missing is an Italian last name, because he has the first name covered.  Imagine Jersey Shore collecting souls for the devil, and you’ve probably hit it.

Which is why this book so got on my nerves at the beginning.  I hate Jersey Shore.  I think those guys are total idiots, so I was seriously concerned that I just wouldn’t make it to the end.  But then, something miraculous happened.

Dante started to experience growth as a human being.  Or as a demon.  Whatever.

In fact, Dante’s amount of character growth was probably comparable to the amount of meaningless hook-ups experienced by the whole cast of Jersey Shore.  And suddenly, he was no longer making me think of Pauly D, which was a very good thing.  In fact, I started to actually like him.

He’s been sent to collect the soul of poor, hapless Charlie Cooper.  He’s not sure why, because Charlie is such a good, good girl.  She’s a little less than average in the looks department, she has frizzy hair and she limps.  But inside, she’s a beautiful soul.

I loved watching the relationship between these 2 develop.  I loved the way Dante started interacting with her friends.  I really enjoyed watching Dante change as a person.  So by the time I reached the end of the novel, I was so glad that I had read it.  I’m really looking forward to the next book in this series.

The Soundtrack

All Night Long by Buckcherry

Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf

That Man by Caro Emerald

Echo by Jason Walker

Holding On and Letting Go by Ross Copperman

Can’t Go Back by Rosi Golan

(I feel like I need to comment on the fact that so many Vampire Diaries songs are on my soundtrack.  Dante is very much like Damon.  I mean, they're like brothers from another mother.)

The Final Grade

My final grade for this book is an A-.  Once Dante lost his Jersey Shore-ness, I loved him and I loved the story.

Trinkets by Kirsten Smith

Book:  Trinkets

Author:  Kirsten Smith

Publisher:  Little, Brown

Date:  Now available

Source:  Publisher via Edelweiss

My grade:  C+

Sixteen-year-old Moe's Shoplifters Anonymous meetings are usually punctuated by the snores of an old man and the whining of the world's unhappiest housewife. Until the day that Tabitha Foster and Elodie Shaw walk in. Tabitha has just about everything she wants: money, friends, popularity, a hot boyfriend who worships her...and clearly a yen for stealing. So does Elodie, who, despite her goodie-two-shoes attitude pretty much has "klepto" written across her forehead in indelible marker. But both of them are nothing compared to Moe, a bad girl with an even worse reputation.

Tabitha, Elodie, and Moe: a beauty queen, a wallflower, and a burnout-a more unlikely trio high school has rarely seen. And yet, when Tabitha challenges them to a steal-off, so begins a strange alliance linked by the thrill of stealing and the reasons that spawn it.

Hollywood screenwriter Kirsten Smith tells this story from multiple perspectives with humor and warmth as three very different girls who are supposed to be learning the steps to recovery end up learning the rules of friendship.

Initial reaction

Meh. 

Cover story

Meh.

What’s the story?

It looks like lukewarm is the theme of this novel.  It wasn’t a bad novel, it just didn’t rock my socks off, if you know what I mean.  This novel had a lot of potential, but it didn’t quite live up to that potential for me. 

So here’s the deal.  There are 3 girls and they all have some issues at home for various reasons.  Things are just not very Leave It to Beaver in these homes.  I mean, there’s no violent abuse or drug trafficking or anything, but there is some slight neglect I suppose.  None of these parents are going to win the Parent of the Year award, but DSS is not ready to show up on their doorsteps either.

So the three girls all turn to shoplifting as a way to deal with the emotional turmoil they are experiencing.  Now, I have to say that I did enjoy reading the 3 voices in the alternating chapters.  That is hard to pull off, but it worked for me.  And I think that Kirsten Smith did a great job of capturing each girl’s voice.  I also liked that the 3 girls from different social groups came together to find common ground.  I mean, it’s a total cliché, but it’s a nice one.

So what was it that made this novel just so-so for me?  Maybe I’m showing my age here, but I would have liked to see the girls show some remorse for what they did.  I mean, these girls committed crimes!  And I feel like the seriousness of that gets a little swept under the rug.  I like to read books where the protagonist grows and learns to be a better person and I’m not sure that happened here.  I call it the Wimpy Kid Syndrome, because just like in that novel, it feels like the girls only felt bad about what they were doing after they got caught and because they got caught.  There was never really an a-ha moment where the characters redeem themselves.  That really bothers me.  I mean, isn’t one point of literature to help us grow as human beings?  This book isn’t teaching us anything except that you shouldn’t get caught shoplifting and the support groups are lame.

I never lost interest in the story, but I never really felt connected to it either.  There are probably a lot of people who will like this book and feel ok about its seeming indifference to the moral wrongs of shoplifting, but I’m not one of them.

The Soundtrack

Been Caught Stealing by Jane’s Addiction (I couldn’t resist this one at all….sorry!)

Everybody’s Changing by Keane

My Friends by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

We’re All in This Together by Ben Lee

The Final Grade

My final grade for this book is a C+.  It was a pretty average read.  I didn’t have difficulty finishing it, but I closed the book wishing it had just been more.

The Murmurings by Carly Anne West

Book:  The Murmurings

Author:  Carly Anne West

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Date:  Now available

Source:  Publisher via Edelweiss

My grade:  B+

Everyone thinks Sophie’s sister, Nell, went crazy. After all, she heard strange voices that drove her to commit suicide. But Sophie doesn’t believe that Nell would take her own life, and she’s convinced that Nell’s doctor knows more than he’s letting on.

As Sophie starts to piece together Nell’s last days, every lead ends in a web of lies. And the deeper Sophie digs, the more danger she’s in—because now she’s hearing the same haunting whispers. Sophie’s starting to think she’s going crazy too. Or worse, that maybe she’s not….

Initial reaction

Holy creeptastic story, Batman!!

Cover story

Hmmmmmm…..I think that the face is sufficiently creepy, but why is it sideways?  That’s sort of freaking me out.  I like the title though.

What’s the Story?

So, Sophie hears voices in her head.  Not schizophrenia voices, but actual voices.  Her sister Nell heard them too, but she ended up dead, hanging by one toe from a tree.  It was a bizarre death and Sophie is haunted by it.  She is also haunted by the fact that she didn’t believe her sister and Nell spent the last months of her life in a mental hospital.

Sophie’s mom is drowning all her sorrow in alcohol, so Sophie has no one really to turn to.  The kids at school all think she is weird and she now has the stigma of being the sister of the crazy girl who committed suicide.  So enter cute new guy, right?

I have to say that at first, I was skeptical.  The relationship with Evan was weak.  But I like the way the plot played out with Evan’s revelations to Sophie about his cousin.  I also think that as the novel progressed, I felt myself being drawn into the mystery of the story.  I couldn’t wait to get to the end and see how it all solved itself and worked out.  It was non-stop, heart pounding action for quite some time and that was awesome!  Sometimes, the romance felt like it had been thrown in as an afterthought, so I just let it become an afterthought.  In fact, the romance subplot is what kept this novel from being an A for me.  It either needed to be more developed or just totally ditched.

Still, this book left me breathless to the end and I think it would be fun to read some more about the Seers and Takers in this world. 

The Soundtrack

Into the Void by Nine Inch Nails

Dead Souls by Joy Division

Haunted by Evanescence

Death Come Near Me by Draconian

Papercut by Linkin Park

The Final Grade

My final grade for this one is a B+.  The creepy parts of the story were fantastic, so even though there was a pretty bad case of insta-love, I must admit that I wouldn’t mind seeing some more of the Takers and the Seers in another book.

Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt

Book:  Going Vintage

Author:  Lindsay Leavitt

Publisher: 

Date:  now available

Source:  Publisher via Netgalley

My grade:  A

When Mallory’s boyfriend, Jeremy, cheats on her with an online girlfriend, Mallory decides the best way to de-Jeremy her life is to de-modernize things too. Inspired by a list of goals her grandmother made in1962, Mallory swears off technology and returns to a simpler time (when boyfriends couldn’t cheat with computer avatars). 
The List:
1. Run for pep club secretary
2. Host a fancy dinner party/soiree
3. Sew a dress for Homecoming
4. Find a steady
5. Do something dangerous
But simple proves to be crazy-complicated, and the details of the past begin to change Mallory’s present. Add in a too-busy grandmother, a sassy sister, and the cute pep-club president–who just happens to be her ex’s cousin–and soon Mallory begins to wonder if going vintage is going too far.

Initial reaction

Oh my gosh!  I just knew I was going to love this book!  And I did!!!

Cover story

The cover on this one is perfect and I think the title is catchy.  Just look at that font!  And all the vintage stuff!  And the carpet!!!  This one is a winner for me.

What’s the Story?

Just as the cover and description suggest, this is a lighthearted contemporary about a teenage girl who swears off of all technology after her boyfriend cheats on her with a cyberspace girl.  She discovers her grandmother’s 1962 yearbook and decides that she wants a time when life was simpler.  Funny and lighthearted, right?

Right, but my gosh, this book is so much more than that!  There are all sorts of plot additions where the characters learn so much about other people and about themselves!  There’s a huge surprise dropped near the end of the book that left my mouth hanging open and that totally secured in my mind that Lindsey Leavitt is a genius when it comes to making a compellingly readable contemporary that is both fun and weighty.  Exhibit A:  Sean Griswold’s Head.  Then Going Vintage offers even more proof.  I’m pretty sure this book just made Lindsey Leavitt a member of my Have-to-Read author’s list.

I really liked Mallory.  She was just a regular girl who was having a hard time trying to figure out what to do next.  It was so easy to identify with her, because every teenage girl, and grown-up girl, for that matter, has faced this sort of situation.  Her sister, Ginny, was so, so funny!  Honestly, I didn’t really see what Mallory liked about Jeremy, but Oliver was a totally different story!  He was perfect!  He was sort of geeky, but a real hipster and it was nice to see the smart guy be the hero for a change instead of the athlete.  It was obvious to me that he had liked Mallory for quite some time, and he was so cute!  Oliver is now one of my favorite book boyfriends!

I love the way that Lindsey Leavitt can address heavier issues without making the book feel like it’s about a heavy issue.  She makes the story feel real life.  Because real life has fun, messy and ordinary all mixed up together all the time and that’s what this book does.  It has characters trying to clumsily figure life out and making mistakes sometimes, but getting it totally right at other times.  It’s perfect simply because it’s not.

This book is definitely going to become a book that I recommend to lots of kids in my library.

The Soundtrack

A book called Going Vintage has to have a vintage soundtrack, right?

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do by Neil Sedaka

Big Girls Don’t Cry by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

All Alone Am I by Brenda Lee

Can’t Help Falling in Love with You by Elvis Presley

Sweet Little Sixteen by Chuck Berry

Unforgettable by Nat King Cole

From Me to You by The Beatles

The Final Grade

My final grade for this one is an A.  It’s a sweet read that manages to hold a lot of substance on the inside.  This book made me smile and finish the last page with a satisfied sigh.

The Nightmare Affair by Mindy Arnette

Book:  The Nightmare Affair

Author:  Mindy Arnette

Publisher:  Tor Teen

Date:  Now available

Source:  Publisher via Netgalley

My grade:  A-

Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare.

Literally.

Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy, is hard enough. But when Dusty sneaks into Eli Booker’s house, things get a whole lot more complicated. He’s hot, which means sitting on his chest and invading his dreams couldn’t get much more embarrassing. But it does. Eli is dreaming of a murder.

Then Eli’s dream comes true.

Now Dusty has to follow the clues—both within Eli’s dreams and out of them—to stop the killer before more people turn up dead. And before the killer learns what she’s up to and marks her as the next target.

Initial reaction

 It was a lot like Harry Potter……until it wasn’t.

Cover story

 I really like this cover and I really like the title.  The title is catchy and the cover is pretty while remaining appropriate to the story.  Plus, I love purple.  I think this one is a winner.

What’s the Story

 When I first started reading this novel, it felt like I was having Harry Potter flashbacks.  Teen girl discovers she is magic and she has to go to a special boarding school for magical teens.  There are prejudices against magical kids who are not pure blooded.  In fact, those who are half-bloods (one magical parent and one non-magical parent) are called “mules”.  Sounding familiar?

I almost closed the book at the beginning because it just felt too much like HP.  I’m really glad I didn’t, because as I was reading, I suddenly realized that the book wasn’t so much like HP after all.  The beginning is for sure, and there are similar elements, but I found enough that was totally different and that made the book ok for me. 

Honestly, the creature aspect is very original.  Dusty (dumb nickname though) is a Nightmare.  Meaning, at night, she gets into people’s dreams and turns them into nightmares and she feeds off that energy.  She is a dark magic being, along with all sorts of demon creatures.  There are also witches and wizards and then a huge collection of other magical beings.  But all of them can perform magic.

As I got into the book, I found that I was intrigued by the relationship between Dusty and Eli, I was pulled into the mystery story line and I loved the references to classical mythology and Arthurian legend.  There were some really cool twists with those things that made this story very unique.  And even though the storyline sort of wrapped up, I was glad to see that there is another novel planned.  By the end of this one, I really liked the 3 main characters as well as Dusty’s mom and I was ready for another mystery!

So why the A-?  That beginning was really just a little too much Wizarding World for my comfort.  But in the end, the book delivered a really fun story that kept me entranced and entertained until the end.

The Soundtrack

Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice Cooper (Did you really think I wouldn't use this one??)

Lullaby by The Cure

Welcome to My Life by Simple Plan

Below My Feet by Mumford and Sons

Leave My Body by Florence + The Machine

Hello by Evanescence

All Around Me by Flyleaf

The Final Grade

My final grade for this one is A-.  There’s a minus because of the first part, but overall this novel was a dream, not a nightmare!!!

Review of Things I Can't Forget and a special guest post from Miranda Kenneally!!!

Today is my lucky day....and yours too!  I not only have a review of Miranda Kenneally's new book, Things I Can't Forget, but she also stopped by to give me a list of her favorite guys from her own books!  So without further ado, lets get on to the good stuff!

Book:  Things I Can’t Forget

Author:  Miranda Kenneally

Publisher:  Sourcebooks

Date:  now available

Source:  Publisher

My grade:  A

Companion to Catching Jordan and Stealing Parker. 

Kate has always been the good girl. Too good, according to some people at school—although they have no idea the guilty secret she carries. But this summer, everything is different…

This summer she’s a counselor at Cumberland Creek summer camp, and she wants to put the past behind her. This summer Matt is back as a counselor too. He’s the first guy she ever kissed, and he’s gone from a geeky songwriter who loved The Hardy Boys to a buff lifeguard who loves to flirt--with her.

Kate used to think the world was black and white, right and wrong. Turns out, life isn’t that easy…

Initial reaction

I thought all the Jesus stuff would make this book weird for me, but it totally didn’t!

Cover story

I love the covers of these books.  It’s nice the way they all work together.  Even with all the headless people.  And the titles are great as well.

What’s the Story?

So, this book has a lot of religion talk in it.  Now, normally, I’m just not into that sort of thing, but honestly?  It didn’t bother me in this book.  And I think it’s the way Miranda handles it.  It’s not preachy, it just is.  Not to say that Kate isn’t sometimes preachy and judgmental, but it doesn’t branch out into the tone of the book.  The book stays neutral, even if the characters don’t.  That’s a hard thing to pull off, but Miranda rocks it!

This story was really compelling.  I loved being able to see Kate grow and change and examine herself, her beliefs and her actions.  I think that’s one reason why the religious aspects of the book worked.  Kate’s self-reflection led her to look at her actions and how she came across to those around her and seeing her growth as a person was amazing.

Of course, the setting is epic!  Summer camp, people!  Remember going to summer camp?  Sitting around the fire at night, singing silly songs, doing crafts, swimming in the lake, catching glimpses of cute new boys?  Yeah, it’s all here!  Only now I got to see the grownup side of it, and you know what?  It wasn’t much different!

I really loved Matt.  He was just swoony.  He was so nice and so thoughtful, but he wasn’t anywhere near perfect.  Which is what made him perfect.  He struggles with his own religious beliefs and it was nice to see him respect Kate’s beliefs.

Which leads me to one thing that I loved about this book.  I loved seeing Kate stand up for herself and what she believed in and seeing the boy respect her for that.  I think that’s a good message to send out to teenage girls, because too many of them are giving in to pressure and engaging in activities they really don’t feel comfortable about, but they don’t want to lose face.  It was nice to Kate come to a compromise about some things, but then stand firm on the things that really meant something.  Go Kate!!

One last thing that I really enjoyed about this book was seeing the characters from the first 2 books show up in various ways throughout the story.  It was nice to re-visit those characters, like seeing old summer camp buddies year after year.

The Soundtrack

Of course, no summer soundtrack would be complete without the original summer love song:

Summer Lovin’ by Olivia Newton John and John Travolta

Summer of Love by The B-52s

Stand Up by Fireflight

Trying by Lifehouse

Wait for Me by Rebecca St. James

All In by Lifehouse

The Final Grade

My final grade for this one is an A.  I wasn’t sure going in, but I ended up loving this one as much as I loved the first 2 books.  Miranda Kenneally has become an author that I will automatically read when she publishes a new book.

Miranda Kenneally's favorite guy characters from her books

They say you shouldn’t play favorites, but we all do! So here are my favorite guy characters from my books, counting down from 10.

10. Ty Green: He is a love interest from Catching Jordan, and he works hard to take care of his family. He sure is pretty to look at. He even makes leaning against a school desk sexy.

9. Jeremiah Brown: He’s the younger brother of the main guy character from Things I Can’t Forget. Jeremiah only appears in one scene, but he made an impression on me. I’m planning on making him the love interest in a future book! Jeremiah is addicted to texting.

8. Drew Bates: Drew is in Stealing Parker. He stayed loyal to Parker even after her other friends ditched her. Drew is obsessed with Harry Potter and likes having Harry Potter marathons. He wants to be a sports reporter for ESPN one day.

7. Mike Woods: Mike is Jordan Woods’ older brother. He teases Jordan, but also looks out for her and isn’t afraid to tell her the hard truths. I would love to write an adult book about Mike and his college escapades one day!

6. Will “Corndog” Whitfield: I love Corndog because he has a great sense of humor but isn’t afraid to speak his mind. I didn’t intend for him to become the love interest of Stealing Parker, but he kept showing up and wouldn’t take no for an answer, so I went with it! (Also, author Trish Doller kept wanting to read more about Corndog, so it’s partially her fault he exists).

5. Jack Goodwin: You’ll get to meet him in Racing Savannah (December 2013). He is the owner of the farm where the main character works. Jack has three hound dogs that follow him around everywhere: Thor, Athena, and Jasper (he let his little sister name his dog after a Twilight character).

4. JJ: JJ is Jordan’s friend in Catching Jordan. Yeah, he’s kind of a man slut and he gets kicked out of all-you-can-eat buffets for eating too much, but he has a good heart.

3. Sam Henry: When I set out to write Catching Jordan, Henry wasn’t even a character! He just showed up one day and started taking over every single scene. At first I started to fight him, but then I realized there was no use in fighting Sam Henry.

2. Jake Reynolds: He is Jordan Woods’ brother’s perverted best friend who loves cheesy pick-up lines. “I may not be Fred Flinstone but I sure can make your bed rock.” He was in Catching Jordan and he might be making a cameo in another book of mine very soon…

1. Matt Brown: The love interest in Things I Can’t Forget. I love him because he’s broken, but still finds the fun in life. The little boys at camp call him “The King.” Also, he’s a lifeguard and who doesn’t like lifeguards?!

Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg

Book:  Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality

Author:  Elizabeth Eulberg

Publisher:  Scholastic Point

Date:  Available now

Source:  Publisher via Netgalley

My grade:  A

A hilarious new novel from Elizabeth Eulberg about taking the wall out of the wallflower so she can bloom.

Don't mess with a girl with a great personality!

Everybody loves Lexi. She's popular, smart, funny...but she's never been one of those girls, the pretty ones who get all the attention from guys. And on top of that, her seven-year-old sister, Mackenzie, is a terror in a tiara, and part of a pageant scene where she gets praised for her beauty (with the help of fake hair and tons of makeup).

Lexi's sick of it. She's sick of being the girl who hears about kisses instead of getting them. She's sick of being ignored by her longtime crush, Logan. She's sick of being taken for granted by her pageant-obsessed mom. And she's sick of having all her family's money wasted on a phony pursuit of perfection.

The time has come for Lexi to step out from the sidelines. Girls without great personalities aren't going to know what hit them. Because Lexi's going to play the beauty game - and she's in it to win it.

Initial reaction

Oh my God!!!!  HONEY BOO BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cover story

I have some serious love for this cover.  And the title.  And the two of them together.  I think this is one of the best covers ever.  It’s funny and snarky and it captures the feel of this novel perfectly.  I want to marry this cover.

What’s the Story?

Why is this book make of awesome?  Because of this line:

"I can take off the makeup, but I'm still a good person...but there's no such thing as a bitch remover" (242).

Any time that the mean girls get told what’s what, it is made of win!  And that’s what this book is.

I knew this would be a funny novel.  I mean, just the description had me laughing.  And then add in the whole Toddlers and Tiaras twist, and this one just had to be a winner.  And it was! 

I loved the whole storyline.  It was great to see Lexi find a happy medium between her bumming around look and her totally made up look.  It was great to see her have such wonderful friends.  Cam and Benny were so fabulous as friends.  I seriously wanted to have a sleepover with all 3 of them so we could sit around and braid each other’s hair.

Lexi’s mom, however, is a different story.  Now, Mackenzie, the beauty child, doesn’t start out really nice, but she’s 7.  It’s forgivable.  Lexi’s mother is old enough to know better.  I got so angry at her so many times for the way she treated Lexi.  She was the worst mom in the world.  Of course, her dad wasn’t much better.  He pretended to be supportive, but when she really needed him, he totally bailed.

I did get a little aggravated with Lexi and the way she treated Travis.  I didn’t think he liked her just for her new look because of a couple things that happened, but you can see for yourself what you think when you read it.  I really liked Travis and out of all the characters, he’s the one that really got the shaft.  Travis, I feel your pain. 

The reason that this book is only an A and not an A+ is because of the ending.  Or lack thereof.  This is the 2^nd or 3^rd book I’ve read in the last while that has this sort on noncommittal ending.  It drives me crazy.  I realize that I don’t need her to get married and ride off into the sunset, but a little more closure would be a nice thing.  Authors, are you listening?????

Non-ending aside, this is one of the best books I’ve read all year.  I loved the main characters, I hated the parents and I laughed out loud at the ridiculousness of the pageant circuit.  And with a great title and cover to boot, you can’t go wrong with this one!

The Soundtrack

Don’t Hold Me Down by Colbie Caillat

Waiting for My Real Life to Begin by Colin Hay

Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield

Beautiful by Christina Aguilera

Somethin’ Special by Colbie Caillat

The Final Grade

My final grade for this one is an A.  Except for the non-ending ending, this book was pretty much perfect.