Lily B on the brink of love

Lily B on the Brink of love

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

'I long to be a writer. He longs to climb rocks. Up high in the rain... Do you think we are compatible?'

This book is all about Lily Blennerhassett, a year 8 student who is very passionate about reading and journalism. She writes an advice column for her school newspaper, and gets some strange emails from some school students. My favourite one was:

Dear Lily,

My best friend says if I do not make the cheerleading team, I might as well not even exist at Mulgrew Middle School. She says if I want to hang out with the best crowd, cheerleading is a requirement. Between you and me, I think cheerleading is kind of stupid and not at all flattering to the female image. But I do want to exist at school. Is my friend right? Write back fast because try-outs are next week.

Yours,

Seeking Social Saavy.

I think that Lily comes across as a relatively normal girl, that is except for her abnormal obsession with her idea of angelic perfection - Colter Hendricks. Colter is one year above her, and is in Lily's opinion,' a vision of angelic perfection without wings, a song without words, the answer to all my hopes and dreams.'

Lily longs to be a writer, and the perfect opportunity comes for her when a writer called Ellis Parson offers her a job to be her assistant. Lily arrives prepared, only to be flabbergasted when Colter Hendricks answers the door!

This was a highly entertaining read and I would recommend it to teenage girls aged 12-14.

I would rate it 5/5 stars!