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A review by jscarpa14
V is for Virgin by Kelly Oram
4.0
Okay honest opinion, the book is total completely unlikely to ever happen fluff. But you know what sometimes people need a little fluff in their life and this book does a wonderful job of fitting that bill.
When Valerie gets dumped for being unwilling to give up her virginity, her very public stand against being mistreated by her ex sky rockets into international fame as the spokeswoman for a teen abstinence campaign. Despite how this description sounds it's not really a love story or a romance. There's no boy meets girl they face trials fall in love and get their HEA. There's a hint in the epilogue that one of the potential love interests introduced in this book might get together with her, but as for a confirmation of that, not really.
It's kind of hard to explain this book and I think that's one of the things I love about it. I don't think Valerie realized who she really was or what problems were there in her life until it spiraled into something beyond her control. For example her best friend Cara, who I got to admit I really didn't like from her first introduction. Valerie doesn't see anything wrong with having a best friend who when she finds out you got dumped isn't upset because you got dumped but is instead upset because while you were wallowing in your broken heart you didn't call her first with the gossip. REALLY?! She doesn't see what's wrong with having a best friend who takes issue with you becoming close friends with anyone else. I've been friends with my best friend since I was 12 (actually I met most of my friends between the ages of 12 and 20, I'm slow to warm up to people) we've been besties since we were 19 and she has multiple friends who I've never even met because we're adults who live in separate states but even in high school we had friends that weren't each other and I've always thought those friends she had other than me had to be somewhat awesome because they recognize the awesomeness in my bestie and became her friend. I don't really think I'm alone in feeling that way about other friends a bestie makes. How can you really call yourself a friend or a bestie if you're treating said friend like property that you don't want to share with anyone else?
Over the course of the story Val not only becomes a leader but learns to form healthy friendship and I think discovers what she actually wants in a relationship even if she doesn't end up with one. While the story is exceptionally funny I think what I loved about it was watching this girl sort of come into her own. It's not what you're expecting but it is something really great.
When Valerie gets dumped for being unwilling to give up her virginity, her very public stand against being mistreated by her ex sky rockets into international fame as the spokeswoman for a teen abstinence campaign. Despite how this description sounds it's not really a love story or a romance. There's no boy meets girl they face trials fall in love and get their HEA. There's a hint in the epilogue that one of the potential love interests introduced in this book might get together with her, but as for a confirmation of that, not really.
It's kind of hard to explain this book and I think that's one of the things I love about it. I don't think Valerie realized who she really was or what problems were there in her life until it spiraled into something beyond her control. For example her best friend Cara, who I got to admit I really didn't like from her first introduction. Valerie doesn't see anything wrong with having a best friend who when she finds out you got dumped isn't upset because you got dumped but is instead upset because while you were wallowing in your broken heart you didn't call her first with the gossip. REALLY?! She doesn't see what's wrong with having a best friend who takes issue with you becoming close friends with anyone else. I've been friends with my best friend since I was 12 (actually I met most of my friends between the ages of 12 and 20, I'm slow to warm up to people) we've been besties since we were 19 and she has multiple friends who I've never even met because we're adults who live in separate states but even in high school we had friends that weren't each other and I've always thought those friends she had other than me had to be somewhat awesome because they recognize the awesomeness in my bestie and became her friend. I don't really think I'm alone in feeling that way about other friends a bestie makes. How can you really call yourself a friend or a bestie if you're treating said friend like property that you don't want to share with anyone else?
Over the course of the story Val not only becomes a leader but learns to form healthy friendship and I think discovers what she actually wants in a relationship even if she doesn't end up with one. While the story is exceptionally funny I think what I loved about it was watching this girl sort of come into her own. It's not what you're expecting but it is something really great.