Publication Date: September 5th 2017
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
My Goodreads Rating: 2/5
Source: Publisher (Through Edelweiss)

Charlotte and Frankie are ordinary, boring high schoolers who live with their almost-normal parents. They don't have a perfect body, or a soulmate (except maybe each other). They haven't had the perfect romance, the best adventure or the wildest party. They are just teenagers.

Until Charlotte decides to document their lives in a book to prove how boring they are. Sophomore year is just the same as freshman year, her friends are still the same and she's the kid she always was. Or is she?



One of the things I loved about this book was the character development. Although it took a while for me to understand the characters in the beginning, near the end of the book I realized how much they'd grown. After having achieved goals and a more optimistic take on life, Charlotte and Frankie said goodbye to the readers as matured girls.

I must also commend Barrows on her writing style. It honestly felt like the book was written by a teenager! In different contexts, some of those words could have come straight out of my own mouth! While this was very impressive, I felt that the casual style of writing and constant swearing took away from the relevance of the book.

Apart from the language- which I didn't mind so much- the story development was quite slow. Although the middle and end of the story had me hooked and wanting more, the beginning was tedious to get through, and was filled with unnecessary details.

I'd recommend this book to fans of Young Adult Contemporary written with this realistic style. I'll admit, that while I do like Contemporary books, I've never read a book in this style before, and I've discovered that it just isn't for me.