As we soon find out, she's claustrophobic - only her fear of small spaces and entrapment encompasses her entire life. She dyes her hair crazy colours (currently it's blue), she sleeps around (currently with the town's drug-dealing golden boy Eric), and she pisses off her parents.

The story is told from the POV of 17-year-old Meg McPherson, the resident Bad Girl of her dinky little hometown near Birmingham, Alabama. When I think YA, however, I think, 'Yes, everything is Big and Burninating in a Teenager's Life, but is it Interesting To Read?' This of course led to lots of completely stereotypical and ignorant assumptions about plot lines having to do with Dating, The Popular Crowd, and Lip Gloss. Even more hypocritical since I've only not been a teenager for about five years. This is horrible and hypocritical of me because I loves me some children's and teen's lit - even if most of it is nostalgic stuff I read as a kid. I was a little hesitant about reading YA. Yup, this fits into my RITA Reading Challenge.īut man, am I glad this fit up to the hype - and rose way, waaaay beyond the hype. But hey, when both Katiebabs AND the Booksmugglers and a HOST of others name it one of their favourite books ever, I gotta at least try it - especially now that it's been nominated for a RITA for Young Adult Romance. Yeah, sure, every reviewer is original and has their own opinion but sometimes it's a little depressing when everyone loves a book and you don't - and this has happened to me several times (Nalini Singh and C.L. This book has been hyped to kingdom come, and, as much as I wanted to read it, I was almost afraid to because of all the high praise. John: That'll work! Let's blow this Popsicle stand! Meg: How about I manipulate a situation until you emotionally crack like an egg? Meg: Best Spring Break ever! Wait a minute, I wanna leave town, you wanna stay, how can we be together? Did I mention I'm also built like a wrestler and have secret issues? Meg: Worst Spring Break ever! Wait a minute, how old are you? John: You'll be tagging along with me instead of going on Spring Break, you no-goodnik! John: BOO! Order! Law! Keeping the hell away from dangerous, dangerous bridges! Meg: WHOO! Rebellion! Booze! Pot! Making out on dangerous, dangerous bridges! The Rub: However, a relationship between them is impossible - he's determined to stay in his small town, and Meg seems just as determined to leave. He can't understand why girls like Meg want to throw their lives away, especially once he gets to know her. Despite his youth, he's dedicated himself to law enforcement. The Rub: After pulling a stunt on a railway bridge gets her arrested, the only way to avoid charges is to spend a week with the cop who arrested her - so much for Spring Break.

Wild and blue-haired, the town troublemaker refuses to be tied down - and she's just counting down the days when she can escape for Spring Break.

Going too far by jennifer echols