rakishabpl's review
2.0
I stopped reading it in the middle. I found it slow-moving, and the main character unsympathetic. Where are the positive books where teen girls embrace their sexuality and release themselves from the confines of what they've been taught by society?
bananakushh's review
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kilks401's review
5.0
While her story is informed by her surroundings, she is not defined by them. Kendra makes mistakes, but it's clear why she makes them. There is no moralizing but also her mistakes are not trivialized. Just a great book.
julia_dale's review
3.0
Some parts were hard to get through and I wish it was longer and a little more developed. Kendra makes some pretty big decisions really fast and seemingly really easily especially at the end. It was good to get back to this genre though.
lisamquinn's review
3.0
I like this book because teens read it. I did not like this book as much as Tyrell. I was very invested in the plot of Tyrell and what happened to his brother. I didn't really care for or about Kendra...
thisgrrlreads's review
3.0
I'm not really certain why everyone is thrilled with this book. It's a good book, I liked it better than Tyrell.
rkk104's review
4.0
The writing in this book is pretty straightforward, however, the subject matter and character growth was great. Kendra is a 14 year old girl from the Bronx. Raised by her grandmother after her mother had her when she was 14, and left for college/graduate school, she's spent her whole like waiting for the moment her mother was going to come back and reclaim her as hers. The book explores this subject a lot, as well as her relationships with her friends and boys. It was a bit of a refreshing story amongst many of the typical, cookie-cutter YA books you see these days.
crystal_reads's review
4.0
Kendra is a companion book to Tyrell. I didn't realize that until I got into the story a bit. The teens in these books are all dealing with adult situations. What I like about the books is that the characters are so real. They have hard decisions to make and they don't always take the path that I, as a mother, would choose for them. The choices they make though make sense through their eyes and emotions. Booth lets us in there. Her books are not easy to read lightly. I enjoyed getting to visit this setting again through different eyes.