Cassie's Crush product reviews

I picked up this book to read on Monday and quickly devoured it in two reading sessions. I knew the moment I saw the cover that it was going to be a nice easy read. The bright pink colour and font on the cover just said fun, junk-food-for-the-mind style book. Its like chick-lit for teens (and pre-teens).

This is definitely a girl's book! That said, it's also a really good authentic teenage girl's voice. So if you happened to be a teenage boy wanting to look into the mind of a teenage girl, this might be your chance. I found the lead character, Cassie, easy to relate to. She was different from me, in that she is the baby of the family, both her parents work full-time, and she has a sister. But the feelings and thoughts in her 13 year old head were not unfamiliar to my own thoughts at 13.

Your first crush is a big deal. This book covers the list of emotions you go through as well as the silly things you do. Cassie goes a little further than I might have. This makes it a fun, though sometimes very awkward read. There were moments when I was groaning because I could see where the action was headed - usually towards great embarrassment!

Another thing I liked was that the other teenagers, were pretty realistic too. The more popular characters were properly nasty. None of this "I'm just misunderstood" stuff. The adults, however, were written a bit strangely. There was a lot of subtext that I couldn't figure out. Still, you didn't need need to understand to enjoy the book for what it is, a good light read.