I really enjoyed this book. I laughed out loud, cried a little and honestly thanked the heavens I haven't needed closure in a long time. Everything about the story was fun and honest. Tara has had a horrible year but looking back through her eyes, the worst year may have been the biggest blessing...
I enjoyed this story quite a bit even though several parts struck me as implausible. A lot of times, implausibility will throw me out of a story, but Usher managed to keep my attention in spite of that. I love how Chanel ended up joining the police department, and I found her quest for change amu...
I tripped on the cuff of my pants and cracked my head on the corner of the vanity, and then I couldn’t get my arm back through the sleeve of my shirt. It was still hooked up around my bra-line when I scooped up my sandals, dumped them in my bag, and then opened the door slowly till I could peer d...
She held me out a mug of coffee and I clutched at it like a drowning man would a life jacket. ‘We aim to please,’ I said, slumping into one of the chairs. She peered at me. ‘You look awful.’ ‘I feel awful.’ ‘Your first hangover,’ she said as if she were congratulating me on my first real bra. ‘Tu...
‘By the Great Dark Sky,’ Sabby said as she threw herself at me, ‘I freaked when you came into the ball covered in blood.’ ‘Most of it was goblins’.’ I looked over at Mum and Grams. ‘You’re not going to stop doing this sort of thing are you?’ Mum asked. &n...
Parade, lessons, lunch, more lessons then P.E. After dinner Susie and I went to the gym and tried to train. The problem was neither of us had ever worked out before so we weren’t sure what we were doing. But after the first couple of weeks Susie stopped throwing up during P.E. so I figured we wer...
‘Weeeeee,’ Nick hooted. ‘It’s so much bigger than my bed.’ I put a pillow over my face and rolled onto my side. He ripped the pillow off and then used it to beat me. I pulled the cover up and bent my arms over my head to defend myself. ‘What are you doing?’ I screeched. He stopped jumping and col...