Just because Piper's birthday is on Valentine's Day does not mean she's a romantic. In fact, after watching her father and then her stepfather leave, she's pretty sure she doesn't believe in love at all. Then her friends concoct a plan to find them all Valentine's dates, and somehow Piper finds herself with the most popular guy in school. But true love never follows a plan, and a string of heartfelt gifts from a secret admirer has Piper wondering if she might be with the wrong guy.
In this heartwarming romance, true love is more than a maybe - and it might be closer than you think.
In reading this one, I discovered how much I love books set in candy stores/chocolate shops/bakeries. Bittersweet just got bumped up on my TBR list as a result. One thing I loved about Heather Hepler's writing is how she subtly (and successfully) works thoughtful, hefty themes into a heartwarming light romance.
And now I've started Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca, after finding out it's a favorite of eleventy-billion people I know. Sidenote: Reading a book with your name as the title feels weirdly narcissistic. I wonder if any Jane Eyres out there, or Emmas, feel the same way?
What are you reading this week?
12 comments:
I need a book with "Jennifer" in the title, so I can experience this feeling...haha
I just added Love, Maybe? to my TBR-list the other day - it sounds adorable!
I'm a 90's kid, too, and I can't wait to read THE FUTURE OF US! :) I totally slow danced to Boys II Men. And it was soooo romantic, lol.
I once read a trashy romance novel with a Crystal as the leading lady, and it felt so wrong. The story wasn't very good, and overall, the name thing was really distracting for me.
I have to admit to playing one of my old 90s mixtapes (on iTunes, though!) while reading.
I have THE FUTURE OF US sitting about three arms lengths away from me right now (whoa, that made it sound like I have three arms). I almost picked it up to read next and decided on SHINE in the end (good choice, BTW), but I think this could be my next read :-)
P.S. As a fellow 90s high school student, I found myself listening to Counting Crows yesterday. Holy, did that ever take me back!
Ha! (about feeling narcissistic)...Jennifer is so common, though not the title of a book, that I don't feel any personal ownership when it's used for character names and in songs.
Add me to the billions who loved Rebecca too. In fact, I gobbled up almost everything by Daphne Du Maurier in my younger days because she was done unabridged in audio back when much fewer female author books were. Barbara Michaels, Anne Rice and Jean M. Auel, fall into that category too. Well, and Jane Austen and the Brontes, but they're sort of in a different category all their own :)
I'm excited to read The Future of Us. I was a 90s child so it'll be fun to remember all the references! Love? Maybe sounds really cute too, and I'm already planning to read Bittersweet. :)
I love how the love of sweets can transfer over to love for books about sweets.
I really enjoyed The Future of Us :D It also brought me back to my high school years...and I think I should add Love? Maybe to my TBR :D
Any book that involves descriptions of desserts = awesome
Can't wait to read the Future of Us. It looks really good.
So glad you enjoyed Future of Us! One of my favorite reads of 2011 :)
Hi- Just found your blog from YA Highway. I can't wait to read The Future of Us - I have so many other books to get through but this one keeps popping up. I've also been very into contemporary YA lately. I just read How to Save a Life by Sarah Zarr, and I'm ready to read the rest of her books!
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