teen romance

Friday Film Review: The Sure Thing

Friday Film Review: The Sure Thing

The Sure Thing (1985) Genre: Coming of age romance Grade: B Once I’d seen “Say Anything,” I knew I’d eventually have to finally, after all these years, watch this whole movie. Yep, I’d seen bits and pieces of it on TV but always ended up flipping the channel, maybe because I’d never seen it from(…)

REVIEW: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Dear Ms. Marchetta, I have a bone to pick with you. I’ve got a packed read-and-review schedule for the next month or so, and I need to be able to move from book to book. But you’ve made that impossible. Yes, I blame you. It’s your fault that your book, Jellicoe Road, left me so(…)

REVIEW: Crash Into Me by Jill Sorenson

REVIEW: Crash Into Me by Jill Sorenson

Dear Ms. Sorenson: I have read your category novels and thus I was excited to make the transition to full length mass market novels.    This book had very real characters and very steamy love scenes. I found the suspense to take kind of a back seat to the deception/romance story and that, at times,(…)