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High School Hangover (2012)

by Stephanie Hale(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Stephanie Hale

review 1: If you dislike unbelievable plot lines and twists, skip this one. If you can suspend disbelief sometimes for the sake of laughter, this is a funny little book. Short, fast (rushed, really), and amusing. Reads true to premis. Language and sexual innuendo are mild and mostly from the mouths of some funny senior citizens. Having lived in both Hot Springs, AR, and Memphis, TN, I don't believe that the author has ever been to the hot springs -- they are accessed through baths, not actual springs as described, and I think she was referring to Orange Mound, a rather notorious part of Memphis, but the description didn't ring true. Seriously, if this sheltered white girl went there, she would have been a little more shocked/scared than she was at a party, and she would have be... moreen pretty nervously commenting to everyone in the van. Her foray there really had the potential to add a lot of funny to the story, so I was disappointed. I know every time I accidentally drove through that area, my huge husband acted like a nervous wreck.
review 2: The first two chapters of the books are painful to read. The protagonist (Laney) is established as the stereotypical whiney teenage girl, that constantly feels sorry for herself and has a special snowflake complex. Still hurt by the divorce of her parents, she blames her mother and puts her father on a podest, constantly undermining her mom's achievements. But still it's worth powering through, because the book will take an unexpected turn: It's about how Laney's view of the world and herself changes, and at the end she sees how wrong and stupid she was at the beginning. For a teenage romance novel I found this deeply insightful and a step into the right direction! less

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