Amelia's Book Room: The Unwritten Rule

Sarah has always placed second when it comes to her and her best friend Brianna. Brianna is pretty, talented, and never has trouble getting a boyfriend. Sarah has never even had one. She does, however, have a crush: Ryan. And he seems to like her back. The only problem? He's dating Brianna.

The Unwritten Rule is a very true-to-life portrayal of the confusing situation of having to choose between a boy and your best friend. It also deals with Brianna's struggle between her divorced parents, who really don't seem to care about her.

Sorry this review is so short, but I think you'll enjoy Elizabeth Scott's novel! You can check out a cover story for it over at Melissa Walker's blog.

We're reading Susane Colasanti's Waiting For You this month for the Dekoposh Book Club; make sure you look for it at your local library or book store!

Amelia's Book Room: Take Me There

Here comes another great book from Susane Colasanti, author of When It Happens! Yup, I recently finished her third novel, Take Me There.

Narrated in sections by the three main characters, Rhiannon, Nicole, and James, Take Me There explores the many perils of relationships, break-ups, love, and karma. Rhiannon's boyfriend, Steve, just inexplicably broke up with her, and she is desperate to get him back. But her friend Nicole, who recently broke things off with her own boyfriend, knows a secret about Steve. Meanwhile, she has a secret of her own: she's got a wild crush on her Jude Law-esque math teacher. And James, Rhiannon's best friend, is slowly discovering that maybe he wants to be more.

This may sound like your typical teen love story, but you'll soon find it goes a lot deeper than that, as we discover something very dark in Nicole's past. This was a highly enjoyable novel, and kept me paging for hours at a time! Once again, Colasanti has created a story I think us teens will really like, and relate to. I was just browsing her homepage, and discovered something very cool: a photo tour of locations from the book! So great! You can also follow Susane on twitter here, and don't forget to look out for her latest book, Something Like Fate.

Happy reading!

Amelia's Book Room: When It Happens

In When It Happens, Sara just wants to do well in school and find her true love, to make it happen. Tobey wants to win Battle of the Bands and make Sara fall in love with him.

However, the new guy in school, Dave, asks Sara out before Tobey can work up the courage. Dave isn’t the greatest guy, though, and Tobey knows this, while Sara thinks he’s the best thing that has ever happened to her. But Tobey, who used to be a good friend, is suddenly looking much more inviting. I don’t want to give too much away; one of my favorite things about this book is that it goes beyond where you think it would end!

This is a great teen romance novel with believable characters, like Sara’s best friends Laila and Maggie, who sense her drifting away from them when she goes out with Dave. It can be a real page-turner at times, too!

You can check out Susane Colasanti’s web site here; she has written another teen novel, Take Me There. Remember to join the Dekoposh book club, and keep on reading!