Friday, September 30, 2011
Book Review: Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
Title: Shut Out
Author: Kody Keplinger
Publisher: Poppy
Publication date: September, 2011
Hardcover: 288 pages
Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone (unfortunately)
How I got this book: Galley from Poppy
Why I chose this book: I was looking for something new in mainstream to read.
Synopsis:
Most high school sports teams have rivalries with other schools. At Hamilton High, it’s a civil war: the football team versus the soccer team. And for her part,Lissa is sick of it. Her quarterback boyfriend, Randy, is always ditching her to go pick a fight with the soccer team or to prank their locker room. And on three separate occasions Randy’s car has been egged while he and Lissa were inside, making out. She is done competing with a bunch of sweaty boys for her own boyfriend’s attention.
Lissa decides to end the rivalry once and for all: She and the other players’ girlfriends go on a hookup strike. The boys won’t get any action from them until the football and soccer teams make peace. What they don’t count on is a new sort of rivalry: an impossible girls-against-boys showdown that hinges on who will cave to their libidos first. And Lissa never sees her own sexual tension with the leader of the boys, Cash Sterling, coming.
Review:
Shut Out was epic. I’m going to come out and admit that I’ve been in a real funk lately. One where I just don’t feel like reading, and nothing tickles my fancy. I’ve been in these before, and let me tell you–it takes a truly special book to bring me out of one of my funks. Luckily for me, I found Shut Out. I literally read this book in one sitting–I couldn’t put it down. I’ve been thristing for an amazing mainstream book, and this book quenched my thirst.
Let me tell you this: this book has so much going for it. Though I doubt guys will want to read it, even though it is about girls and sex. This book brings up those taboo topics no one seems to ask, and says “Why Not?” It compares how girls are treated compared to guys when sex is involved. It brings up the frequent, “Am I normal?” card. I found myself nodding along, wondering why these issues haven’t been brought up like this before. I felt empowered.
Not to mention I laughed out loud about a million times. Keplinger definitely wears her funny jeans when she’s writing, ’cause I was smiling like a bafoon the whole time.
And this has something for all girls. Yes, there’s even the coveted romance that makes you go “aw”. Cash is the sweetest! (The Star Game!!! So Cute!)
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