A review by caidyn
Flirtin' With the Monster: Your Favorite Authors on Ellen Hopkins' Crank and Glass by Ellen Hopkins, Cinda Williams Chima, Terri Clark, Megan Kelley Hall, Niki Burnham, Gail Giles, Susan Hart Lindquist, Micol Ostow, Mary Bryan

3.0

What I looked forward to reading most in this book was the parts given by the family, the people who truly went through this event. Hearing from the actual person and not the character made me like the insight much more and I'm sure when I reread the Crank series I'll enjoy it so much more because of it. The bits that felt unneeded were the parts where it was discussed on how literary sound the series is. If I wanted to hear that I could have picked up a review written by a professional. I did enjoy part one in some of fiction vs. memoir, all of how crystal meth works, the topic of Bree/Kristina, and the judge talking about how it helped him in his job. The other stories about love being a drug. All the other portions felt unneeded and just a filler towards me. I will admit I skimmed through those essays because they didn't capture or hold my interest.