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Addison Blakely: Confessions Of A PK (2012)

by Betsy St. Amant(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1616265558 (ISBN13: 9781616265557)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Barbour Books

review 1: Addison Blakely’s life is about to unravel. The new boy, Wes Keegan, is continually standing outside her window with ‘Poodle Girl.’ Austin is hot after her, constantly kicking her chair in class. Luke stands up for her when Austin keeps acting like a jerk.Addison’s best friend, Claire Pierson, starts to change for reasons unknown, and suddenly becomes Addison’s enemy. Marta, a German exchange student, steps in and becomes a close friend to her. In fact, because of Marta, she’s now in charge of the talent show.Addison’s dad talks only mundane things with her, i.e., cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, how’s school, etc. Nothing deep or personal. However, he has strict rules she must adhere to, though he’s not mean-spirited about it. Up until then, ... moreAddison never gave him any problems. Something else changes when her dad meets an old high-school flame.Betsy St. Amant, in Addison Blakely: Confessions of a PK, takes you inside the mind and heart of Addison, the PK. She interweaves the wild thoughts and sneaky behaviors of Addison’s worldly ideas when she has three boys vying for her attention, while at the same time keeping cool with her dad. She normally is a not-going-to-date girl. Her foot-in-mouth disease is hilarious. Addison’s love affair with her chocolate mocha lattes with whipped cream and sprinkles at Got Beans also becomes her secret rendezvous place with Wes. The romantic tension with Wes is palpable. Is he really who he puts himself out to be? What’s behind his bad boy persona? Is he good for her?I love Addison, but I also love the character of Marta. Being from Germany, she openly talks about sex and abortion, as well as the selfishness of American students. She asks in-your-face questions of Addison as only a close friend would dare. She challenges Addison’s way of thinking and brings out a side of her that one wouldn’t know was there.With each rendezvous with Wes, he challenges Addison’s faith and current role as a PK, whether she wants to continue abide by the rules. While at the same time Addison is questioning her commitment to the Lord. Betsy did a wonderful job with the internal tension and pressure continually swirling within Addison’s mind.This book brought back so many memories of high school and truly captures the distraught feelings of a teenager finding her way through high school as a PK. It’s an intimate read that pulls you into the emotions of Wes, Marta, and Addison, as well as the interactions and gossip that travel around, particularly with the other girls who are jealous. The personal decisions were sensitive and difficult, yet appropriate for the situations.This was one of the best, perky, snappy YA read I’ve read in a very long time. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Betsy knows her way around the minds of young girls! It was real, painful, entertaining, and very informative of the issues girls go through in today’s world. You’ll fall in love with the characters, as they are so real. For a great read, pick up Betsy’s book! It’s an eye-opener and it’s entertaining.This book was provided by the author in exchange for my honest review. No monetary compensation was exchanged.
review 2: Being a Preacher's Kid is hard work!At least that's what Addison Blakely thinks. Addison struggles to fit in with her peers, yet at the same time be the epitome of perfection expected of a PK. Addison navigates her way through High School, friendships, romantic relationships, and her dad dating again. Can Addison keep up with the unfair expectations handed down to her, can she be a good PK?Written in an entertaining first person style, Addison Blakely: Confessions of a PK, is a book that was a bit slow to start but got better as it went along. There were elements to the story that I thought were a bit too cliche, but then this is a book about High School! My favorite character ended up being one that wasn't really in the book as much I hoped he would be, because I thought that Luke was awesome. What I really liked about this story was how it showed how sometimes we can substitute being good and following the rules for being solely dependant on Jesus Christ. And we shouldn't do that.Overall, this was a fun book, with an ending that surprised me a bit, and I wasn't quite sure if I totally liked...But ya'll will have to read the book and make your own impressions :) For the most part, I would recommend this book more towards people who read alot of YA fiction. I received this book from the publisher in return for an honest review. less

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