Book Review: Sloppy Firsts

Book: Sloppy Firsts
Author: Megan McCafferty
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Cakester Rating: awesome awesome awesome



This is my first book review, so be kind! I'm not the best technical writer in the world and because of that, my anxiety level increases and it's hard to post my writing. Anyway, to the story!



I can't tell if this is a young adult or an adult novel; I'm going to say that's it's more young adult due that it's based on a high school girl. I enjoyed it either way! I'm a chiclit/YA junkie and this book was a perfect fix!



It's about a 15/16 year old girl named Jessica Darling. You would think a name like that would mean that she is this sweet, innocent, happy girl, but that's not the case. She is a sarcastic, cynical, witty, independent, athletic, smart, unhappy teenager. I adored her, but it's not that surprising since I tend to enjoy these type of characters in stories. In this story, she is very unhappy for the most part and that's mostly due to her best friend moving away right before she starts sophomore year of high school. She hangs out with this group of friends that she cannot stand one bit and the only reason why she converses with them is that she's lonely. This group of friends is catty, spoiled and ditzy. Basically, nothing like Jess. Her relationships with her family are not the greatest. Her parents and her do not get along very well. Her mom wants her to be social and date and that's not what Jess is and wants and her dad pressures her a lot about running. Jess is a great runner who is involved in the track and cross country team. Jess loves running, but her dad's constant hassle on her performance is waning on her. Everything that bothers Jess is builds up inside of her and she just keeps it to herself or in her journal. For the most part, she does fill her best friend that moved away, Hope, in on some of her frustrations and problems by writing her letters and talking to her on the phone. There are some things she doesn't say to Hope and one of those things is her newly developed relationship with the intelligent/bad-boy Marcus. May I add that I love bad boys. There is something about them that makes me swoon. I can't help but fall for most bad boys in books, tv shows, and movies and Marcus is falls right in that category. The sexual tension that builds between Jess and Marcus is scorching!



The format is mostly of her journal entries and her letters to hope. The journal entries are nice because it gives you an insight on her thoughts and the conversations she has with the people her life. This is the first book out of five (I believe) about the character Jessica Darling. The ending of this story does leave you at a blank which will make you want to read the next in the series. There is literally no ending! It's driving me crazy wondering what the next book will offer. I'm very excited to start reading the next couple of books in the series. If they're anything like this one, I won't be disappointed.

-Megan

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