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Top 10 reasons to love Pretty Things

Pretty Things by Sarra Manning1. It’s the second novel from author Sarra Manning, the teen queen extraordinaire who wrote the rocking Guitar Girl.

2. You can read  Sarra Manning’s blog –  Anthems For The Teenage Girl. Her current obsessions range from The O.C. and Veronica Mars to the new Belle And Sebastian album.

3. Four people take turns telling this story.

4. Chapters start with song lyrics from Death Cab, Dashboard Confessional, The White Stripes, Britney, and The Velvet Underground.

5. The characters are kind of based on 10 Things I Hate About You, which is kind of based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

6. Brie is in love with Lancome Juicy Tubes, Louis Vitton accessories, and Charlie, her gay best friend.

7. Charlie is in love with his low-top All Stars, 1980s teen movies, and serial heartbreaker (and straight guy) Walker.

8. Walker has only ever been in love with his VW Bug, until he meets Daisy (who already has a girlfriend.)

9. Daisy is too busy hating everyone for being sexist and homophobic to even know what love is.

10. Despite the mis-matched love rectangle, there is a lot of kissing going on in this book.

Comments

This was a really fun book!

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