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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Tempted

The book is called Tempted.  The book is by Cecily Von Ziegesar.
 
     The book takes place at a boarding school in New York.  The school was called Waverly Academy.  Tinsley was the most popular and the prettiest girl in the school until she tried to kick Jenny Humphrey out of Waverly Academy by setting a barn near the school on fire and now nobody likes her.  She lost her friends and her hot boyfriend.  To make things worse, Jenny is getting all her attention and taking her place.  She won the best costume contest at the Halloween party. Jenny has a hot senior boyfriend, but right now all Jenny cares about is who can save her from getting expelled.
      I like how the book’s different chapters are different characters and how their life in the dorm has changed after the fire.  I also like the random quotes at the beginning of each chapter.  It gives an interesting look into what the chapter will be about.  It also makes you want to keep reading and figure out what the quotes refer to and what their symbolic meaning is.
 
    My favorite part of the book was when Jenny won the costume party.  Tinsley  had always won before and to be beat by a new girl was humiliating.  She even started to accept her award just assuming she would be the one called on stage.  This book does not remind me of a particular movie or book but it seems to be typical high school drama. One girl hates another girl, one girl loses her boyfriend over a misunderstanding, and all the girls have great “stuff” .

     If you like teen books full of drama this would be a good book for you. This would be a good book if between the ages of 14 and 19 years old. I rate this about 3 and a half stars because I like reading high school stories but some parts of this book were confusing.  Think you should read this book because it is very interesting.  I did not get bored or lose interest in this book while I was reading it.  I am interested in reading others similar.

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