Confessions of a High School Disaster, Emma Chastain

Chloe Snow's story was told through a entry in her diary everyday - it all begins just before freshman year of high school, Chloe Snow has high hopes, new year new school, she has expectations to live up to one of which is to have her first kiss - and since everybody else has and already on second base, she feels she need to have it by New Year's Eve. Along the way she meets the heartfelt Tristan, her best friend and not so nice people as well. Her freshman year takes her on a journey of self discovery, facing new challenges and also exceeding her own expectations but at the end of the day she realizes it's about being herself.

Chloe Snow reminds me a bit of me - I think we all have those thoughts about boys, friendships, school life at that age. Chloe isn't a stranger to making bad decisions, and she messes up a lot which you will get annoyed at, but it's her quirks and redeeming qualities that make her who she is. What I loved was that aside from the funny, the cringe and the constant smile you display on your face when you are reading, it also focused lightly on the serious of your teenage years too.

I hope we see Chloe Snow a lot more - I would love to go through her sophomore and senior years and see what other trouble and cringe worthy moments she gets into. Confessions of a High School Disaster is ingeniously funny and every teen girl should read it! *JK*

Boys of Summer, by Jessica Brody

Boys of Summer by Jessica Brody, is a nice contemporary story with a bittersweet ending. The story is told from the perspective of three guys, Grayson, Mike and Ian. Boys of Summer is a book that follows these boys through a summer on an island where secrets and emotions get in the way of their friendship. It's the summer between high school graduation and the start of their new lives.

Mike, Ian, and Grayson have been friends since they were children and have always spent the summers together on an island. However, this summer each boy is dealing with their inner turmoil. Ian just lost his father, Mike has to help his family pay the bills by taking on two jobs, and Grayson is hiding an injury that can ruin his entire future. We follow each boy this summer as they deal with each problem. Their lives are still connected in some way before going out into the unknown and leading separate lives.

I think it's a bittersweet story because of how realistic the story is and when the summer comes to a close, the boys are still figuring things out, but at eighteen, they still have their entire future ahead of them. *JK*