The Secrets of Boys Review

The Secrets of Boys By Hailey Abbott

Cassidy is a shy girl, who is good at school, loves to draw and has the perfect boyfriend named Erik - for 2 years now. It is almost summer vacation, and her and her BFF Larissa has gotten jobs in a clothe store called Seersucker. A week before summer vacation at a party, Cassidy meets her old friend Joe, whom she hasen´t seen in 2 years because of her bussy life. They quickly catch up, but Erik quickly gets her away from him like he is jealous. A couple of days after Cassidy´s parents tells her that they have enrolled her in summer school to have french classes, so she is ready at college and that so she can live with one of her relatives in France a year in college, Cassidy doesn´t want to dissapoint her parents so she has to say yes. Joe and Cassidy talk together at school the last day, and they spend the afternoon together, where Joe tells her that her parents found some of his brothers pot and is sending him to MCCAINE INSTITUTE FOR AT-RISK YOUTH—SUMMER VENTURE in Idaho, But they promise to write to each other. Cassidy is not looking forward to her classes, but on her first day she sees the TA Zach in her class, and she has a feeling she has never felt before. The class go to a lot of field trips and here Cassidy and him starts talking and Cassidy quickly falls for him, they even kiss when they are in the zoo. But she has a boyfriend Erik and they have been together for 2 years, but Cassidy has never felt this way before, so she eventually breaks up with Erik. Larissa barely has time to talk to cassidy anymore, because she is hanging up with her new friends at Seersucker. And eventually Cassidy and Erik has sex. after he avoids her for a week, and when Cassidy ask him why he tells her that he soon is going back to New York and that he really likes her, but it wouldn´t be fair. But they agree to have a summer romance. In the end Zach leaves, Larissa and Cassidy make up and Joe and Cassidy see each other again

This was problably for now, the book i found most boring/bad of all of HA books, the only good thing was Cassidy and Joe´s friendship and letters. So on to the characters, whom i think are to perfect, well almost everyone. i kind of can´t take it that Erik has this perfect boyfriend image and can´t do nothing wrong. Larissa on the other hand is totally self-absorbed, and and and, i don´t know, but i didn´t like her. I really hated the french part, it was reminding me of my french classes in 9th grade. The ending, was somehow perfect, mystic, but irritated because of the mystic and therefore you don´t know if they are maybe going to be together her and Joe. It certainly feels like it, also the way HB write the last couple of pages. I also feel like there was some lose ends.

Grade: 4