Due to the fact that February was the month of love, many would expected to see a bunch of young adolescent girls or middle aged women crying their eyes out over a soggy paperback romance novel. So, I decided to read a book about book clubs instead. Yes, I know it is not the most appropriate book for the month, but I didn’t want to spend Valentine’s Day with a box of tissues.

The book is centered around Adrienne, a girl stuck in her town that is forced into a book club that her mother created. At the club, she meets three other girls, each with their own unique backstory and personality. After joining the book club, Adrienne reads many classics, goes mini-golfing at night, gets drunk, finds herself, and even goes so far as to cause someone’s unfortunate death.

The book is written like an essay, which is the effect that the author intended to have, as the main character uses her experience to complete an assignment for her AP English class.

The characterization is realistic, with Jill filling the role as a pragmatic yet haughty student, with Ceecee as a sarcastic and adventurous rich girl, and Wallis as an enigmatic child who is the secondary focus of the story.

Not all of the questions raised in the book are actually answered at the end of the book, which frustrated me to no end. Besides that, the book forces you to continue reading on in order to see what will happen next, but it is a quick read, so remember to slow down. I highly recommend it to someone who wants to read something different.