Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com

Can four minutes really change your life?

When Mary Jane leaves a party for four minutes with a boy to grab more soda, rumors start flying out of control. The boy in question is the school hottie, and boyfriend to Star, a very popular girl, not to mention Mary Jane's friend. She can't believe that people are talking about her and acting as though something major happened during that short time.

Now Star's bent on revenge and boys are phoning Mary Jane's house day and night asking for special privileges. As for the boy in question, Jackson admits wanting to date Mary Jane, but isn't sure if he can end it with Star.

Does Mary Jane have the gumption to straighten out the rumors?

How far will girls go for the right boy and is the cost worth it in the end? Devour this book along with A BAD BOY CAN BE GOOD FOR A GIRL by Tanya Lee Stone and kick girl power up a notch. ( )

Ok. So, apparently, I was a little touched in the head to pick up this book because you'd have to be crazy to read it.

Ridiculousness abounds!

I'm forced to admit that the usually-suppressed-shiny-object-lover within me ran rampant upon sight of the glittery cover. And it all went downhill from there.

What's most difficult about this book is the target audience. It's, without a doubt, a young adult book, but it's very young young adult and yet...mature...

The way the main character, Mary Jane, thinks and deals with things is incredibly juvenile (very middle school) and yet she spends a lot of time trying to decide whether or not it's ok to have sex with her new boyfriend, Jackson House---which is definately not middle school.

The characters also suck. "The Girls" are far too many in number and carry no meaning. Seriously. Alicia. Lauren. Jiminy Cricket.
What did I care what their names were when there was no point in trying to remember which one was being a good friend/bitch at that moment?
"The Girls" were all built up in the beginning and then they suddenly just disappeared.
Poof! Now you see them, now you don't.

Clearly, with this book, the author is trying to tell young girls that they shouldn't feel like they have to have sex, that's it's ok not to, but right when it seems like the message might finally get some foundation under it, Mackall rips the rug out from under the reader's feet.
Mary Jane tells Jackson no.
He gets upset.
She explains her rationale.
He calms down, even looks a little relieved, and then drives away.
Mary Jane isn't sure whether or not he'll ever call again.
The End.
Basically, Mary Jane comes to terms with herself and leaves the reader going, "What!?"
Probably not the best way to prove to girls that abstinence is the Doctor Recommended, Number 1 Choice.

P.S.: This review is also a post on my blog :) ( )