Book Review: The Darlings in Love by Melissa Kantor

The Darlings in Love by Melissa Kantor

Hardcover, 320 pages

Published January 10th 2012 by Hyperion Book CH

My rating: 2 of 5 stars
from NETGALLEY

The Darlings have just begun their second semester of ninth grade, and love is in the air. Victoria can hardly believe how perfect life is now that Jack is her boyfriend. Every moment they spend together seems to be better than the last. Meanwhile, Natalya is thrilled and a little nervous when her old crush, Colin, challenges her to a rematch of an unfinished chess game. Could he still like her too?

Jane can't help but feel a tad jealous of her two best friends’ exciting romantic prospects—even if she has sworn off love. Performing in a production of famous love scenes is just about the last thing she wants to do. But when Jane meets her acting partner—sweet, gorgeous Simon—she may just have to give love another chance.

Still, nothing about love is as simple as it seems. Victoria’s plan to surprise Jack with a romantic night out on Valentine’s Day goes disastrously wrong, and just when things start heating up between Natalya and Colin, Natalya discovers that Colin has been hiding something important from her. Even as Jane falls hard for Simon, she has to wonder: what if he’s too good to be true?

In the face of both joy and heartbreak, the Darlings know that they'll always have each other. Boys come and go, but the Darlings are still forever.

MY THOUGHTS:

Let me first start with saying the story was OK for me and I highly suggest this book for the young teens. Maybe part of the reason I didn’t like the book for me was it’s very much shallow for me. It really didn’t hold my interest, and for that I’m sorry. But I have to say the prose was okay, and the characters were okay. But that’s the problem, it was just OKAY. I didn’t expect much from this though, so that was probably good because I’ll just be more down if that were the case.

I’ll just run down to a few more things. Three friends, Natalya, Jane and Victoria composes the “darlings” which they call themselves. The story is basically about their highschool lives: family, love life, and friendship. How they deal with everyday problems such as classes, plus the occasional family issues (mother-daughter relationships), and of course the boy problems. The girls are so sweet with each other, remaining friends despite being from different school. I like how strong friendship was reflected in the story. I have to say there were some swoon-worthy guys (like Simon- the actor, and Jack-the composer, and also Colin-the chess player). The three guys are from different leagues and status quo but they were really cool.


Basically, the book is CUTE and all that but it’s not for me. I recommend this for TWEENs. seriously. :)

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