Caroline Hickey

Taryn has found the boy of her dreams, Epp. Unfortunately, Epp is already going out with the most popular sophomore at their all girls private school, Isabelle. But when Taryn becomes friends with Isabelle, her life is totally different. She's dating, hanging out with her new friends, and going to high school parties. The only problem is that Epp is still going out with Isabelle and Taryn's old friend, Lila, isn't really speaking to her.

The concept of this book was really interesting. I was show more totally ready to watch Taryn steal Isabelle's boyfriend from her in some elaborate and evil plan. Unfortunately that didn't actually happen. Though it didn't exactly meet my expectations, it was a pretty good book. It wasn't the best I've read in a while, but for a short book, it was fun. The writing was good and I really preferred reading about Taryn and her mother. (Her awkward actions when she was with Epp and on her dates made me feel slightly embarrassed for her, though it was very comical at moments.)

Overall I'd probably only recommend this book to someone looking for a light book to read. It was sorta slow, but at the end I felt satisfied with the book. It wasn't my favorite, but I didn't hate it either. show less

Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com

Taryn Greenleaf just wants to change into warmer clothing before walking their dog, Camille, after school. But Camille is impatient, so Taryn, dressed in her school uniform, heads out for their daily walk. It's snowing and it's cold. During the walk, Taryn stops to let snowflakes fall on her tongue. She glances up and encounters an absolutely gorgeous guy walking towards her. And he stops!! And of all things for this boy to talk about, it's Camille.

He show more introduces himself as John "Epp" Epplin. Taryn's never seen him around before, and she soon learns the harsh truth. He's in the area to take care of his girlfriend's dog while her family is off skiing. And his girlfriend is none other than Isabelle Graham from school. Isabelle is everything Taryn isn't, and thus goes all of Taryn's hopes of anything happening with Epp.

Taryn tells her friend, Lila, all about meeting Epp. He's everything that Taryn's ever wanted. Lila doesn't think a little thing like Isabelle being his girlfriend should deter Taryn. So the two of them start to brainstorm on ways for Taryn to run into Epp again. Since he goes to St. Ivan's, the boy's school, it's not like they will see each other in the hallways. They stumble across his name on the driver's education class sign in sheet, and things start to look up.

But then Isabelle returns home. Isabelle and Taryn aren't NOT friends, but they haven't hung out together since they were much younger. When Isabelle finds out Taryn has met Epp, all of a sudden, Isabelle is talking to Taryn and inviting her to hang out with them. Lila warns Taryn to be careful, and watches as Taryn does things to hurt their friendship.

When Isabelle and Epp set Taryn up with their friend Pete, things get even more complicated. Taryn realizes she's using Pete to get what she wants, but she can't seem to stop the snowball effect of her actions.

Ms. Hickey slowly builds the story to the point where the reader knows something is going to happen. And usually, in most cases, that something generally is bad. It takes a revelation from the most unlikely source to bring everything to a head and make Taryn realize how awful she's been behaving. show less