Name: What My Mother Doesn't Know
ISBN: 9780689855535

Sonya Sones

My name is Sophie. This book is about me. It tells the heart-stoppingly riveting story of my first love. And also of my second. And, okay, my third love too. It's not that I'm boy crazy. It's just that even though I'm almost fifteen it's like my mind and my body and my heart just don't seem to be able to agree on anything.

What My Mother Doesn't Know

Jeannette Ordas

A speedy read due in part to the snappy verse and large type. I loved this book and it's story about teenage love and lust written diary-style. I smiled, I cried, I felt a connection. I'm a teenager at heart.

Heather Anne

I want to make it abundantly clear that this is probably the worst book I've ever read. 
To be frank I've never read a book with a more idek just disgusting love interest in my life, don't even get me started on the sequel which was in all ways so so much worse and I loved it so so much it hurts me. I adore this book because it is so beyond stupid and painful. I read this as a joke and then I read the sequel as not a joke and was aggressively disappointed in myself for liking such utter trash so much.

Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.

Olivera Mitić

Unexpectedly sweet and easy to get through. 

I've recently started getting a bit more into poetry and books written in verse and I'm still trying to find a story that really captivates me. Sadly, even with this one, I keep having the same problems. The poems hardly feel like actual poetry, but rather like 
prose,
written like this, 
so it has more pages
and can pass as a book
and not as a short story. 
I've read a review for this book that said the actual content of the plot could be put into 50 pages and I totally agree. But then again: would I have picked it up if it had been a short story? Probably not. Would it work as well as it worked written in this format? Again, probably not. 

On the other hand, I liked how positive and cute this was and how refreshing it felt. I found some of the parts to be genuine and true and heartwarming, and in the end I ended up completely rooting for Sophie and Robin. So, when it comes to evoking feelings in the reader, What My Mother Doesn't Know succeeded in its purpose. 

I say it's worth giving this a try.

What My Mother Doesn't Know

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