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V is for Virgin, by the ever entertaining Kelly Oram, was
more serious than I expected it to be, while still being really fun at the same
time. Valerie was adopted because her mom got pregnant really young (her first
time having sex too) and knew she couldn’t raise a child. She gave a necklace
and a letter to the adoptive parents, who then gave them to Valerie, and she
has always kept with her. She makes a promise to herself that she won’t have
sex until she’s married, and she isn’t backing down from that. This inevitably
leads to her boyfriend breaking up with her and breaking her heart, and a
recorded showdown in a cafeteria that goes viral. We get to see Val pushed to
her limits on many different fronts, and constantly being bombarded by offers
that she can’t turn down, and offers that she most definitely can. Things
spiral out of control, and in the end she needs to do what’s right for her.
I am giving this book a four. It was serious, but still had
a lot of parts that were funny and ridiculously over the top (in the best way
possible). I think what I liked most was how true to herself she stayed, and
how she could actually see other people’s arguments. I liked how even when she
knew doing something would hurt her heart, she still did the right thing for
her. This book had a lot of layers to it, and while the main character has a
strong message, this book wasn’t preachy in the least. The ending of this book
was definitely a surprise (as well as a big time leap), and I am seriously just
hoping the next book picks up exactly where this one left off.
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