Teen readers will see both themselves and their friends in Bianca's layered, hostile world." Her snarky teen speak, true-to-life characterizations and rollicking sense of humor never cease in her debut. Keplinger scores a first for a genre in which vampires and dystopian futures rule. Their encounters are heatedly frank and full of humor, anger and rage, and soon the two learn they have more in common than they could ever have expected. Later on, somehow, someway, Bianca finds herself drawn to Wesley, and before she knows it, they've created a complex, enemies-with-benefits relationship that the YA market has never seen before.
Especially when high-school man-slut Wesley Rush tells her she's the Duff, her friends' "designated ugly fat friend," and tries to cozy up to her in order to get into her friends' pants. "Downing Cherry Cokes and watching her two best friends hoof it out on the dance floor of the local teen club doesn't make 17-year-old Bianca Piper feel good about herself. IndieBound | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million | Indigo iBooks | Google Suddenly Bianca realizes with absolute horror that she's falling for the guy she thought she hated more than anyone. It turns out that Wesley isn't such a bad listener, and his life is pretty screwed up, too. Eager for escape, she throws herself into a closeted enemies-with-benefits relationship with Wesley.
Desperate for a distraction, Bianca ends up kissing Wesley. And when he nicknames her "Duffy," she throws her Coke in his face.īut things aren't so great at home right now. She's also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn't think she's the prettiest of her friends by a long shot.
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