Teen fiction, romance. Kasie West is a go to author for teen clean romance reads without a ton of predictability. I like her characters and the story line moves along well. I was having one of those unable to get to sleep because I have a cold and my brain wouldn't shut off nights and as I went out to the couch so as to quit disturbing my husband's sleep with my tossing and turning I discovered the light on in the living room and my daughter on the couch. She had just finished this book. So as she went to bed I picked it up and read the entire book from start to finish. It was the perfect insomnia book and I finished it in a couple of hours and then, thankfully, went to sleep.
Gia is an uber popular girl, student body president at her school, and the center of lots of attention. In the midst of her perfectly scripted world her boyfriend dumps her as they are walking into prom. In a panicked response she grabs a random guy who happens to be in the parking lot and convinces him to pretend to be her date so she doesn't have to walk in alone. This decision sets off a chain of unintended consequences that gets uncontrollable as Gia has to spin more and more lies to make everything work. To her credit she is able to own her poor choices and go forward even when things don't tie up nicely in the end.
Recommend: Yes.
