I wish i could say good things about this book, I really do.But I honestly hated it when I tried to read it as a preteen, so I thought why not give it a go now that I'm older and know what the word "mascara" is. I truly disliked this book, none of my friends enjoyed it either that borrowed it. The story was not that great or interesting. The characters did not make me fall in love with them, I simply bared them for the time they were on the page. Also the names felt awkward in it to me. Over all, I did not enjoy this book as a preteen or a teenager, which is the age(s) the book is aimed for.
I've read the first two books in this series many times throughout my teenage years and I love them still every time I read them. One thing I did notice this time around though was the use of the word 'retard'. It's so offensive and I have no idea why I never noticed before but I guess that when I was a young teen, that's what people would say and that's really sad. Anyway, I still give this book 5 stars purely because of how much I related to it as a young teen and the enjoyment that it brings every time I read it.
