Review: Girl (Nearly) 16: Absolute Torture by Sue Limb

 

Girl (Nearly) 16: Absolute Torture is a book by Sue Limb, first published in 2005 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Jess's dreams have finally come true. She is in love. And not just with anyone, with Fred the Perfect. She is the happiest she ever has been, but not for long.

The moment Jess gets together with Fred, the goofy boy of her dreams, her mom decides to take her on a surprise history tour of England. Along with granny, and grandpas ashes. 

Normally Jess would jump at the chance of going on holiday, and especially seeing her dad in St Ives at the end of there trip, but why now? 

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'As a matter of fact,' said Jess, in a casual, airy kind of way, 'I've got a proper boyfriend - somebody my own age.'

Mum whirled round, her face transformed in an instant. Her blissful yearning for the spirit of Lawrence of Arabia was replaced by a wide-eyed alarm and terror. As if she'd suddenly seen a snake in a flowerbed. 

'What?' she hissed. 'What's all this? What on earth are you talking about?'

Oh my God, thought Jess, I've blown it. In an instant the skittish, holiday-Mum had gone, and the anxious disapproving old bat of normal everyday life was back in charge. Jess would have to blag her way our of this one. 

'Yeah,' she went on, 'haven't I mentioned him? His name's Siegfriend de Montenegro and his family made a million our of marzipan. They live in a castle on a hill in Transylvania. We're planning a December wedding and I'm going to have a troupe of vampires-in-honour, all in pink and white.'

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I have read this book before, a few years ago, but I had borrowed it from the library, so when I saw it in a second hand bookshop, I just couldn't help but want to own it. So, I didn't try to resist temptation. I now own the delightful copy in the picture above.

So, I had a pretty crappy week this week, but Emma has really helped (thank you bookdragon ♥) and so has reading. This book, to be precise. 

I think this book is a really good choice after reading a short one, as it is just so easy to read, and will convince you to read thick books again in no time. 

-Beth

Happy Reading!♥