Almost as memorable as her summer romance with a heartwarmingly flawed suitor is the cast of idiosyncratic characters who watch from the sidelines. Readers will need to hold on to their hats as they accompany Remy on her whirlwind ride, avoiding, circling and finally surrendering to Cupid's arrows. But when rocker Dexter "crashes" into her life, her resolve to remain unattached starts to crack. They all thought they were permanent, too") and her brother's infatuation with self-improvement guru Jennifer Anne. High school graduate Remy has some biting commentary about love, including her romance-writer mother's betrothal to a car dealer ("He put one hand on my shoulder, Dad-style, and I tried not to remember all the stepfathers before him that had done the same thing. This modern-day romance narrated by a cynical heroine offers a balance of wickedly funny moments and universal teen traumas.
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