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Book # 19

Today I had a day off, so I spent my day cleaning my apartment, listening to christmas music, catching up on shows, and the best of all, reading. I started and finished the 18th book, Something Like Fate by Susane Colasanti.
Another wonderful book from the warehouse book sale.
This is by far my favorite of the three Colasanti books that I own, and have read recently. This is a book that really shows the reality of high school: the pressures, the people, the attitudes, the cruelty, the mocking, the relationships, and the hardness. I remember high school and how easy it was for someone to ruin another person's reputation with a few words that might not even be true. That's what happens in this book, Lani and Erin are best friends and then Erin starts dating Jason. Although, Jason and Lani are pretty much soul mates for high school anyways. The chaos ensues from there, and we see how relationships are built, torn down, and how reputations are ruined. This book also adds in family relationships, and homosexual teenagers and what they have to deal with during high school. Another reason I love this book, is because it shows how some people really do fall in love in high school. I am married to my high school sweetheart, so I know what it's like for people to doubt the intenseness of our love, it was extremely frustrating. I hated how adults always viewed our relationship as passing, cute, or doomed to fail. I am still with him, and we are extremely happy especially now that we are finally married. It's unusual to find your soul mate in high school, but not impossible. Overall I like this book a lot, and it was a fast but fun read. I recommend it to those who do like teenage drama, but who also like a good love story and a struggle to keep that love.


Rating: (out of 7 stars)

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