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4.5 stars, reviewed for MM's by Cynthia-

Imagine living on your own at sixteen years old with one of your best friends and no parents, yeah that would have been a dream come true for me and many others when I was a teenager, well April our main character makes it happen. After her father drops the bomb that they're moving with his new wife to Cleveland, far away from April's friends and long time boyfriend, she quickly comes up with a plan with her friend Vi to convince her father to let her live with Vi and her mother. The way that they plan this whole thing and actually got her father to agree to it seemed impossible but was also pretty hilarious, I was laughing out loud between the emails that April's father and "fake Vi's mother" kept sending back and forth.

Now that April is living with her friend who's mom is traveling and has left them both alone for the next few months she plans to lose her virginity to her boyfriend Noah, who she's being with for a couple of years and helped her through the depression that she went through after her parent's divorce. She plans on it being special and she is convinced that she's ready but something's going on with Noah, he's starts acting weird and doesn't seem as excited as he was a few months ago. The reader right along with April begin to notice the changes in Noah, he starts acting distant, like he's hiding something, it seems a little suspicious and April's uneasy feelings about her relationship felt very vivid and true, that I started feeling the same uneasiness and angst right along with her. It was quite emotional because you know there has to be something going on but you just don't want to admit it and you keep hoping that you`re wrong. Since Noah has become so distant, and doesn't spend as much time with April, she starts getting closer to Vi's friend Hudson, she finds him easy to talk to and begins to feel attracted to him, and well who wouldn't really? This guy was great, he was there for her every time that Noah wasn't and he was sweet, funny, much more mature and caring, he was a good guy.

I loved that each chapter is titled with one of the ten things they did, and they are all hilarious, like paying $3000 for a cat, buying a hot tub, or harbored a fugitive. The chapters were lengthy, each had a story to tell and they included a few flashbacks of April's life, which was helpful in connecting with her character. The writing was fun and easy flowing, you get to the end of the book in no time because it hooks you from the very beginning, and you really don`t want to stop reading it. I thought April's voice was pretty realistic for a teenager, I'm sure that most including me would have done those crazy things hoping not to get caught and it was fun seeing it all through April's eyes, feeling her emotions and nervousness, anger and thrilling happiness at having this sudden freedom. There were also a few heartbreaking moments toward the end that made me so angry that I wanted to punch someone in the face. Ten Things is definitely a fun realistic read of teenage angst, letting go, falling in and out of love, broken families and lasting friendships. I loved this novel, it was such a fun ride with great likable characters that I couldn't get enough of and made it hard to put the book down.


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Ten Things We Did and Probably Shouldn't Have Sarah Mlynowski Books Reviews

I actually liked the end of the book but that was about the only time I did.

April, Vi and friends aren't exactly bad characters but it was all just a little too out there. She doesn't want to move to Cleveland because of a boy so she winds up moving in with a friend who has no parental units whatsoever and getting a grand a month from her father at which point she had said friend start partying, drinking and having sex. I guess it's a teenagers dream come true but honestly I got bored with it pretty quickly. Also I think April is the only one in the book, including the reader, who can't see something's up with Noah right away.

I did like the kitten. There's also a misunderstood blackmailer, a misunderstood hit and run and a misunderstood hot guy. It's a party book basically kind of unbelievable at that. Too bad because both April and Vi have some real issues that are kind of addressed at the end I just wish the author would have found a way to maybe loose some of the silliness and have a little more depth. Honestly, my biggest problem with April isn't that I didn't like her it's that about midway through the book I no longer cared about her.
Although the main character had a lot of growing up to do, and it annoyed me at times, I enjoyed this book immensely. It made me laugh, explored family relationships, and had the right amount of devious-ness. There was also the right amount of tension between Vi and Dean, plus Hudson!!! My favorite scene was the chlamydia freakout. "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck chlamydia?" Ha! Living by yourself and your parents being so self-absorbed that they don't mind? Yeah right! Not to mention Hudson ' s actual job.
I have to admit that I put off reading this novel for a while because I was worried that it would be all about illicit behavior and sex, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it really wasn’t. Yes, the parents are out of the picture due to some ingenious leg work by April and Vi, but it’s not just a tale about girls and boys gone wild. It’s really more so a story of love, betrayal, and coming of age in the real world. Growing up. And it’s a really cute tale that took hold of me from the very beginning and didn’t let go until I turned the final page. This was a fantastic read!

Now, while I don’t think some of the situations within the novel would actually come to pass, or are one hundred percent believable, I am able to easily overlook that because Mlynowski is such a superb story-teller! The situations the girls find themselves in are comical on the one hand, yet present real life morals on the other. And, the characterization within the novel is amazing! I was afraid that April would be a bit bratty and selfish after reading the first few pages, but I found that I really took sides with her and cared about her as the story unfolded; she’s a very well written character that evoked protective feelings from me as I read. I’d like to meet her in real life; I think she’d make a great friend, and I truly enjoyed reading about her rollercoaster of a ride junior year as she begins to figure herself out.

And yes, there is sex in this novel. But, it’s tastefully done. This YA novel doesn’t give the reader play-by-play erotic descriptions, but rather just brushes over the act, as it should. I was very thankful for this, especially as I’m noticing that many YA novels are now leaning towards more explicit descriptions of the act in their books, and that’s not something I want to read about in my novels, especially a YA book. I also loved that sex is not glorified as the end all be all of April and Vi’s lives, and that there are very real consequences involved. This made the story very endearing to me, as well as the superb characterization, hilarious situations, and fabulous morals. Mlynowski is an outstanding writer and I will definitely be reading more of her work!
4.5 stars, reviewed for MM's by Cynthia-

Imagine living on your own at sixteen years old with one of your best friends and no parents, yeah that would have been a dream come true for me and many others when I was a teenager, well April our main character makes it happen. After her father drops the bomb that they're moving with his new wife to Cleveland, far away from April's friends and long time boyfriend, she quickly comes up with a plan with her friend Vi to convince her father to let her live with Vi and her mother. The way that they plan this whole thing and actually got her father to agree to it seemed impossible but was also pretty hilarious, I was laughing out loud between the emails that April's father and "fake Vi's mother" kept sending back and forth.

Now that April is living with her friend who's mom is traveling and has left them both alone for the next few months she plans to lose her virginity to her boyfriend Noah, who she's being with for a couple of years and helped her through the depression that she went through after her parent's divorce. She plans on it being special and she is convinced that she's ready but something's going on with Noah, he's starts acting weird and doesn't seem as excited as he was a few months ago. The reader right along with April begin to notice the changes in Noah, he starts acting distant, like he's hiding something, it seems a little suspicious and April's uneasy feelings about her relationship felt very vivid and true, that I started feeling the same uneasiness and angst right along with her. It was quite emotional because you know there has to be something going on but you just don't want to admit it and you keep hoping that you`re wrong. Since Noah has become so distant, and doesn't spend as much time with April, she starts getting closer to Vi's friend Hudson, she finds him easy to talk to and begins to feel attracted to him, and well who wouldn't really? This guy was great, he was there for her every time that Noah wasn't and he was sweet, funny, much more mature and caring, he was a good guy.

I loved that each chapter is titled with one of the ten things they did, and they are all hilarious, like paying $3000 for a cat, buying a hot tub, or harbored a fugitive. The chapters were lengthy, each had a story to tell and they included a few flashbacks of April's life, which was helpful in connecting with her character. The writing was fun and easy flowing, you get to the end of the book in no time because it hooks you from the very beginning, and you really don`t want to stop reading it. I thought April's voice was pretty realistic for a teenager, I'm sure that most including me would have done those crazy things hoping not to get caught and it was fun seeing it all through April's eyes, feeling her emotions and nervousness, anger and thrilling happiness at having this sudden freedom. There were also a few heartbreaking moments toward the end that made me so angry that I wanted to punch someone in the face. Ten Things is definitely a fun realistic read of teenage angst, letting go, falling in and out of love, broken families and lasting friendships. I loved this novel, it was such a fun ride with great likable characters that I couldn't get enough of and made it hard to put the book down.