Synopsis
Being young is all about the experiences: the first time you skip school, the first time you fall in love…the first time someone holds a gun to your head.
After being held hostage during a robbery at the local convenience store, seventeen-year-old Edie finds her attitude about life shattered. Unwilling to put up with the snobbery and bullying at her private school, she enrolls at the local public high school, crossing paths with John. The boy who risked his life to save hers.
While Edie’s beginning to run wild, however, John’s just starting to settle down. After years of partying and dealing drugs with his older brother, he’s going straight—getting to class on time, and thinking about the future.
An unlikely bond grows between the two as John keeps Edie out of trouble and helps her broaden her horizons. But when he helps her out with another first—losing her virginity—their friendship gets complicated.
Meanwhile, Edie and John are pulled back into the dangerous world they narrowly escaped. They were lucky to survive the first time, but this time they have more to lose—each other.
Review
"Being young is all about the experience: the 1st time you skip school, the 1st time you fall in love... the 1st time someone holds a gun to your head"
This was just amazing. I loved this book from the start, the middle and all the way to the end. The book is told from Edith (Edie's) point of view. Edie is overweight and struggles with bullies in her life because of her weight. Being overweight and having being bullied because of this I could empathise well with her. Definitely my favourite book of 2017 so far.
Edie's life starts off like most young teenagers. Her plan to is to graduate high school and move on to Berkley. This plan was going well until Edie is held at gunpoint at her local late night store. She goes that night to grab snacks for a Harry Potter movie marathon (my kind of person). While being held at gunpoint she gets to know another hostage called John. John who was at the late night convenience store selling weed to another high school student helps her through the situation.
After the robbery at gunpoint, Edie decides enough is enough, life is too short to worry about others or put up with other people's behaviour. So she leaves her private school and starts to attend her local high school. Here she reconnects with John and tries to trust people again. But she has an attitude of I can do as I wish, just watch me. John, on the other hand, is trying to sort out his life. He also tries to help out Edie as well in the process.
This book made me laugh and cry. At one point I laughed so hard it hurt. I enjoyed the stage dive series by the same author, but this is my favourite by far. If you want a good laugh, cry and a little bit of sexy time then this is the book for you.
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