The whole thing takes a bit of focus when you’re reading, this was not a book I could multitask while listening to. The story is good and kept me interested the whole time. 

At about 50% the stories of the 3 girls who became pregnant on prom night and their kids really converge. The first half of the book takes place in 2007 and the second half bounces between 2007 and 2024. At this point I also seemed to figure out who was who and it made listening to it a little easier. I listened to the last 40% in effectively one sitting. 

Whole book was intense. Really explores the question of nature vs nurture, as well as deals with some very important topics like SA, consent, and reproductive rights. I appreciate the authors notes at the end touching on when the book was written, how things had changed from the time it was written to publish, as well as resources available. considering this target audience for this book is teens, I feel like it’s essential information. 

I wish I had books like this when I was younger and I will be suggesting this book to ALL of the younger people in my life. 

The narration was good, with a decent pace. My biggest hurdle was that I had a difficult time keeping the voice for each character straight in my head. This is likely a me problem as I seldom listen to books with more than 2 people in the cast.