Terra Elan McVoy

told in alternating chapters between Becca and Camille, one in verse and the other in kind of stream of consciousness. They relate the incident where Camille, the new girl in town, kisses Becca's boyfriend and how their lives intersect. I expected more fireworks based on the cover copy.

Becca and Camille don’t know each other; in fact they don’t even go to the same school. After Camille kisses Becca’s boyfriend Alec, their paths begin to cross. Told in alternating chapters both girls describe what happens in their lives after the kiss. Becca tells her story in verse and Camille’s is stream of consciousness prose. Camille is the perpetual new girl having moved around a lot in her life. Becca thought Alec was perfect for her, smart, athletic, and a poet but then he starts to distance himself from her. Both voices are distinct and communicate the pain and confusion of first love. Girls who like Ellen Hopkins will like this one but the subject matter is not as mature and dark.… (meer)