Firsts
Kat Brzozowski at Thomas Dunne Books has bought a debut YA novel by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn called Firsts, in which a 17-year-old girl gives classmates the chance to get their awkward fumblings over with. All she asks in return is that they give their girlfriends the perfect first time she never...
show more
Kat Brzozowski at Thomas Dunne Books has bought a debut YA novel by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn called Firsts, in which a 17-year-old girl gives classmates the chance to get their awkward fumblings over with. All she asks in return is that they give their girlfriends the perfect first time she never had, but what was meant to be temporary gets out of control. Publication is sch
show less
Edition language: English
I wish they had talked about the rape more because sex and rape are not the same thing and there's much talk about the heroine having a bad first time, but that wasn't her real first time.
Initial reaction: I'm sorely in the minority of opinions about this book, but I'm sitting here in the aftermath of this book thinking, in gif form:My outrage is less about the situation Mercy finds herself in for the latter part of the novel (which is messy, but I figured it would go that route) and...
What the heck do I say about this. I disliked it vehemently. I disliked it so much that I'd rather not even get into my issues.If you liked it, you may be interested in our Group Review in the link below.Group Review feature at Badass Book Reviews!
I would like to thank NetGalley and St Martin's Press for providing me with an advanced copy of this book. Find the book on Goodreads. Coming out: January 5th 2016 Firsts is the story of a girl who takes the virginity of some guys of her high school in order for them to give their girlfriends a...
Seventeen-year-old Mercedes Ayres has an open-door policy when it comes to her bedroom, but only if the guy fulfills a specific criteria: he has to be a virgin. Mercedes lets the boys get their awkward fumbling first times over with, and all she asks in return is that they give their girlfriends the...