A 3.5 on the blog


I decided to read this book because of all the rave reviews of Sarah’s new book, Ten Things We Did (but probably shouldn’t have), and I knew that I had to read her other books. This was my first book by Sarah Mlynowski (I still have no idea on how to say that name…anyone know?) and it won’t be the last.

I loved the plot. How cool would it be that the only number you can call with your cell is to your own sell phone when you were fourteen? This is what happens to Devi after a break up with her boyfriend and after she drops her phone in the fountain at the mall. Devi is okay with this though because she, 17-year-old, Devi realizes that she can tell 14-year-old Devi what to do in order to not mess up their lives. That way, Devi won’t spend all of her time with a boyfriend who’d dump her before prom and have no friends life because abandoned them.

I think my problem with this book had to do with the characters. Devi, both at 17 and 14 years old, got on my nerves a lot. First, 17-year-old Devi wants to erase Bryan from her life forever. She’s willing to do whatever she has to in order to have a better, more perfect life. She doesn’t think about the consequences until something goes wrong. Then, when things go wrong, she doesn’t take responsibly for them. She just blames 14-year-old Devi who goes with it all. I just wished that both girls were written better.