A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl -- Tanya Lee Stone

You know those parents who get all freaked out by the very, very (veryveryvery) gentle and nice sensuality in What My Mother Doesn't Know? Yeah, don't give them this one.

Whew. A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl is STEAMY. Steamy and excellent.

It's a verse novel, told from the perspective of three different girls who are duped by the same Bad Boy. The girls, Josie, Nicolette and Aviva, all make very different choices in regards to how they handle the unnamed senior. 

A copy of Judy Blume's Forever figures in heavily:

If would be nice
if there was some manual
some little book where a girl could look up
what to do
what not to do
and who not to do it with.

I'm not sure how Stone managed to seamlessly blend a celebration of young love and sexuality with a warning about the dangers of Bad Boys—but she did it, and did it well. Highly recommended for fans of verse novels, teen romances and high school stories.

________________________________

A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl: Amazon | Indiebound

What My Mother Doesn't Know: Amazon | Indiebound

Forever: Amazon | Indiebound.

Comments

[Sarah]

Is it sad that all the best romantic/sensual books I've been reading are all YA? Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist was by far the best romance of my year. I'm skipping the Red Dress Ink titles from here on out and just heading for these titles instead.

[Leila]

I think that YA books capture that first-time-WHOA feeling better.

And of course, as I always say, grown-up books are for suckers.

[Gela]

I totally get the reference to What My Mother Doesn't Know!

And, I can't wait to read this book.