“So we really gonna do this? You’re sure?”Seventeen-year-old Maxine Banks has her mind set on marrying her long-time boyfriend, Brian, after her best friend Tia gets married and moves away. Maxine thinks of marriage as a way of escaping her mother – a woman who neglects her while only paying attention to whichever man she happens to be involved with at the moment. After convincing Brian to become her husband, she fabricates a pregnancy to persuade her mom and Brian’s dad to give them their blessing. Married life for Maxine and Brian is short-lived after she finds out he was unfaithful. After kicking him out of the house, she is frightened at the prospect of having to move back in with her mother. A seemingly perfect solution comes about when Brian’s dad offers to let her stay in a house he owns and provide her with money if she agrees to look after his wayward thirteen-year-old niece, Demonee. Maxine has her hands full as she struggles to keep Demonee in check while trying to finish up her senior year of high school.
This book is full of drama and tackles a variety of issues affecting teens. If you seek a quick read with a unique storyline and well-developed characters, then this is the book for you. It is sure to generate a lot of discussion among those who give it a try.
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