I won this sweet little puppy with the gorgeous cover, over at Bloggin' 'Bout Books. The cover alone seemed so fresh I couldn't wait to dig in. Plus for you Meg Cabot lovers, her recommendation is on the back of the book.
Leigh is in her first year at a bitty little liberal arts college in California. She comes from a nutty, psychic B&B in Arizona where her dad wears and eye patch and her mother takes aura pictures. Leigh is majoring in Psychology. As she wades her way through Psych 101 Leigh begins to self examine. She is pressing herself to keep the relationship going with Andrew, her high school boyfriend. He attends the same college. Leigh wants to prove that they can stay together despite everyone else assuming that they will break up.
She rooms with unconventional artsy Ami. Despite being polar opposites they become close friends immediately.
Leigh is also trying to prove herself in a highly focused educational arena. She signs up for a mentoring program in a local middle school and finds herself in over her head from day one.
Ami doesn't think that Andrew is the right guy for Leigh. Andrew's roommate Nathan seems to feel the same way. Whenever Leigh is around he acts mean and aloof.
As a former Psych major (this was after elementary ed, pre-med, nursing, and special ed........) I was laughing out loud at times. I loved that the author incorporated real psychology terms at the beginning of each chapter. Leigh was a sweet and innocent main character. I loved this most of the time........except when it was glaringly obvious that Andrew was a freaking idiot and she still couldn't give him a swift kick. The wrap up ending was predictable, which I don't really mind. I would have liked a little more......uh, romance......by then though.
Rating 4
Rating PG 13 During mentoring the teens talk about premarital sex, abortion, and contraceptives. The near sex scene never became intense or graphic.
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