Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com

Evyn's father has just announced that he is getting remarried, and they will be moving from Maine to Boston immediately. With barely time to say good-bye to her best friend, Jules, Evyn finds herself living with a constantly smiling and cooking stepmother and five new step-siblings.

Evyn's mother died in a car accident when Evyn was only one. Since then it's been just her brother Mackey and their dad, who they both call Birdie. Things have gone along just fine. Now her world has turned upside down.

It is one major adjustment at a time. There is a new school to get used to. A group of popular girls seems ready to admit Evyn into their sacred circle, but she soon finds out it's because they have a total fascination with her new stepbrother, Ajax. Then there's the loud, over-friendly stepmother to contend with, and the sudden changes that have her father acting like someone she's never met before.

In an effort to deal with all of the change, Evyn finds herself continuing the mental conversations she's been having with her dead mother for as long as she can remember. It helps for a while, but Evyn eventually realizes she is going to need to make some adjustments and learn to live in this new and strange family arrangement.

Natasha Friend, author of PERFECT and LUSH, takes readers on the roller coaster ride that is Evyn's new life. You'll feel her frustration, sadness, and fear on every page. ( )

When her widowed father remarries a woman with five children and moves 13 year-old Evyn and her older brother to Boston, she resents leaving her home and friends, but gradually comes to terms with the situation.

I live with a thirteen year old girl. They aren't that rational or logical about things. Evyn is just far to sweet to be believed. The family in this story is fairly cookie cutter. It reads quickly. Other than that, it leaves a lot to be desired. ( )

I read this in about an hour and a half. It was almost as good as Perfect and Lush... Basic plot: Evyn has trouble adjusting when her dad remarries a Greek woman who has 6 kids. I think what stands out the most for me about these 3 books by Natasha Friend is the voice. All 3 of the girls feel very authentic and by the end of each book I felt like I really knew Evyn, Samantha and Isabelle. ( )

good plot...but very boring at times ( )