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A review by catherine_mack
All I Ever Wanted by Vikki Wakefield
4.0
What a breath of fresh air this book is! The author has captured some truly believable characters - ones that are for the most part under-represented in YA literature. These are girls that you really want to get to know, in fact ones I do know from my own adolescence.
As young girls/women we judged other women harshly,yet jumped into situations without much realistic forethought. We had very vague dreams and tended to know what we didn't want more than what we did. As a TL in a high school I'm sure (based on observation) that this is still very true. Wakefield has captured all this superbly and so much more.
I would have given this book 5 stars but for the resolution of the package. As the catalyst for this whole story (without spoiling the end) I felt that the author should have given the same serious attention to aspects of it as she did to her characters.
Having said that I am really looking forward to reading whatever this author may have to share next.
As young girls/women we judged other women harshly,yet jumped into situations without much realistic forethought. We had very vague dreams and tended to know what we didn't want more than what we did. As a TL in a high school I'm sure (based on observation) that this is still very true. Wakefield has captured all this superbly and so much more.
I would have given this book 5 stars but for the resolution of the package. As the catalyst for this whole story (without spoiling the end) I felt that the author should have given the same serious attention to aspects of it as she did to her characters.
Having said that I am really looking forward to reading whatever this author may have to share next.