Juvenile Fiction
Poppy
June 7, 2011
Hardcover
304
Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn't think she's the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She's also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her "the Duff," she throws her Coke in his face. But things aren't so great at home right now, and Bianca is desperate for a distraction. She ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she likes it. Eager for escape, Bianca throws herself into a closeted enemies-with-benefits relationship with him. Until it all goes horribly awry. It turns out Wesley isn't such a bad listener, and his life is pretty screwed up, too. Suddenly Bianca realizes with absolute horror that she's falling for the guy she thought she hated more than anyone. And eventually, through this realization, Bianca begins to see how harmful her unhealthy way of dealing with her problems has been, and finds a way to confront them head on.
WrensReads Review:
I haven’t seen the movie.
I am happy that I decided to read the book and watch it later because based on commercials and looking at the cast, the added some characters which also means the story is different.
I don’t like that stuff.
I absolutely love this book. It actually has kind of a “lesson” at the end of it which doesn’t happen a lot for literature anymore. Usually books are like “love conquers all” and I’m like gag. This one doesn’t have that and I absolutely loved it. They have love, obviously, but it is just more than that.
Story starts off like most teen stories: the guy that everyone thinks is smokin’ hot (Wesley) talks to a girl that finds him repulsive (Bianca).
He calls her the DUFF (designated ugly fat friend… how charming) and says if he gets on her good side he can sleep with one of her two hot best friends.
She spills her Cherry Coke on him. *applause*
Then we find out there is drama at home. Bianca wants to escape.
Her escape = shagging Wesley
Girl ends up keeping him a secret from her friends and family and starts to distance herself from all of them. It doesn’t go unnoticed.
Then things at home get worse…
Then her friends start to get mad…
Then someone she always wanted to notice her notices her…
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce *drum roll* the love triangle. Every book these days has them, because hey they make the stories even more interesting.
Well who will she pick?
This isn’t something I would like my young daughter reading (if I had one) because it does have some sex scenes in them, though it isn’t as graphic as some other novels.
Honestly, I loved this story. The writing was a okay, not the best, and the ending was predictable (to me at least); but overall, it was completely entertaining and I finished it within three hours. I am excited to see what the movie has in store, but I can already tell you I will probably like the book more.
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