Sarah W. (lucyhoneychurch) reviewed on 2/13/2013 + 12 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 7

This book was so dreadful! It poorly written, the plot meandered vaguely without ever gathering steam, there were multiple elements introduced in the beginning in a confusing mishmash or foreboding that were left hanging without ever being referred to again, the emotions were bland, and the teen angst insipid. Although the authors seemed to attempt to include a social commentary about the sometimes insular, bigoted attitudes of the deep south, they did so without including the complex, nuanced human emotions which might have really brought that world to life. But worst of all was the authors' use of that puritanical American trope so beloved in the Twilight series that, "[Pre-marital]Sex Will Kill You!" - I mean a story about a teen couple that can't get physical because it will incinerate one of them? Everything that's wrong with America's attitudes towards responsible sexual behaviors right there.

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