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Release date
February 3, 2009 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781456109417
- File size: 304568 KB
- Duration: 10:34:30
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 820
- Text Difficulty: 3-4
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Reviews
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May 3, 2004
According to PW
's starred review, "This modern-day romance narrated by a cynical heroine offers a balance of wickedly funny moments and universal teen traumas." Ages 12-up. -
Sarah Dessen's adventure is enlivened by Ali Ahn's favorable narration. Her youthful voice brings freshness to the production as she narrates 18-year-old Remy Starr's transformation from skeptic to true believer in love. Remy dates only college-bound boys who are rich and meticulous with their appearance. She also has a reputation for dumping them before things become too entangled. Then, while planning her mother's fifth wedding, Remy meets Dexter, a musician. His overly confident manner and disheveled appearance are everything she hates, yet Dexter finds a way into Remy's heart. The mix of male and female voices in the story could prove challenging, but Ahn does a fair job of imbuing each one with a distinctive personality. Dessen fans will approve. L.A.C. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine -
Starred review from May 20, 2002
This modern-day romance narrated by a cynical heroine offers a balance of wickedly funny moments and universal teen traumas. High school graduate Remy has some biting commentary about love, including her romance-writer mother's betrothal to a car dealer ("He put one hand on my shoulder, Dad-style, and I tried not to remember all the stepfathers before him that had done the same thing.... They all thought they were permanent, too") and her brother's infatuation with self-improvement guru Jennifer Anne. But when rocker Dexter "crashes" into her life, her resolve to remain unattached starts to crack. Readers will need to hold on to their hats as they accompany Remy on her whirlwind ride, avoiding, circling and finally surrendering to Cupid's arrows. Almost as memorable as her summer romance with a heartwarmingly flawed suitor is the cast of idiosyncratic characters who watch from the sidelines. There's the trio of Remy's faithful girlfriends, all addicted to "Xtra Large Zip" Diet Cokes—practical-minded Jess, weepy Lissa, and Chloe, who shares Remy's dark sense of humor—as well as Dexter's entourage of fellow band members, as incompetent at managing money as they are at keeping their rental house clean. Those expecting a Cinderella finale for Remy will find a twist consistent with the plot's development. Contrary to any such implication in the title, this one will keep teens up reading. Ages 12-up.
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