Ten Things We Did (and probably shouldn't have)

Author: Sarah Mlynowski
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Publisher:  HarperTeen 
Pages:  368
Age Group: Young Adult
Source: From Publisher for an Honest Review
Interest: None
Other Titles in Series: NA

2 girls + 3 guys + 1 house – parents = 10 things April and her friends did that they (definitely, maybe, probably) shouldn't have.

If given the opportunity, what sixteen-year-old wouldn't jump at the chance to move in with a friend and live parent-free? Although maybe "opportunity" isn't the right word, since April had to tell her dad a tiny little untruth to make it happen (see #1: "Lied to Our Parents"). But she and her housemate Vi are totally responsible and able to take care of themselves. How they ended up "Skipping School" (#3), "Throwing a Crazy Party" (#8), "Buying a Hot Tub" (#4), and, um, "Harboring a Fugitive" (#7) at all is kind of a mystery to them.

In this hilarious and bittersweet tale, Sarah Mlynowski mines the heart and mind of a girl on her own for the first time. To get through the year, April will have to juggle a love triangle, learn to do her own laundry, and accept that her carefully constructed world just might be falling apart . . . one thing-she-shouldn't-have-done at a time.

This was just the book I thought it would be! I wanted a realistic teen book, with love,  heart break, and hilarious characters! Ten Things We Did was just that. I really enjoyed this novel. I was laughing my butt off, and then screaming at the characters.

The book starts off with some major action. Your wondering whats going on, and are laughing at the scene. Your confused for a while, but it will al start to make sense.  

This was more then just a teenagers time of the life, living on the edge book. Their is a serious side through out the novel. Which I just loved even more! Their are some relationship issues, but they aren't the childish stuff we are used to hearing. 

I really liked the characters. Amy was mature and level headed, well most of the time. She was very well developed. Her character has an image that she has to keep up for her parents, and as you read the story you learn more and more about what is beneath the surface. 

Let me warn you know. Yes, their is sex in this book. It is not the romantic... (I don't even know where to go with this), but more on the consequences you face and the effects it can have on you. I admire Sarah for writing about this topic, many YA author's won't. 

I knew what was going to happen next. It didn't really bother me that the plot was predictable. This might have had something to do with taking health class right before I read the book...

Sarah does a great job of making everything very realistic. This is another reason I found it really enjoyable. 

The writing is excellent, the cover is cute, the characters have depth, and it is a funny book. What more could a YA reader need? This really was a great read. I enjoyed it  till the last page!

Plot: 16/20
Characters: 19/20
Creativity: 17/20
Writing: 18/20
Cover: 8/10
Ending: 8/10

Total: 86/100