Remy is a bit caustic about love. Her father wrote her a lullaby that turned him into a one hit wonder. The lullaby was the only thing he ever gave her. Her mother is a romance novelist on her fifth marriage.
Remy just graduated from high school and this story is about the summer 'between' before she heads off to Stanford. She has always been the mother in the relationship with her mother. She has always taken care of everything. Remy has always protected herself from love by having a formula by which she picks up a guy and dumps him within a short amount of time. This summer she is ready to have another fling and then head off empty handed to college. Then she meets Dexter. He is a musician that eats in her car, doesn't tie his shoes, make his bed or even have food in the fridge. Dexter is quirky and a much freer spirit than Remy.
I picked this book up determined to hate it. I thought it was going to be like all of the other teen lit that I have seen lately. Way over sexualized and without a point. Well the book was meh. I did not like the constant drinking and smoking. The underage drinking did lead Remy into trouble which was only touched on. Remy was able to acknowledge that she was heading down a bad path because of the way she acted. She was also able to realize that she was wrong about many of the things that she thought. She was willing to change when she learned something about herself.
Rating 3 Not bad. I did like that the character was able to she her errors and change. I also liked that despite what I thought........there wasn't sex.
Rating PG 13 to R Potty potty potty mouth. Underage drinking, smoking and sex. (The sex is not explicit. It is indicated that the character has had many sexual relationships during high school.)
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