So I really really wanted to love this book. I loved that it was unique and brought awareness to the importance of sexual education in the school systems. However there were somethings that didn't make sense to me as well as got me a bit annoyed.
First the story line was mainly in Lenore's point of view, but towards the end of the book it went to Jesse's in the flash backs but did not tell you that at all, you just had to assume. I enjoyed how much they were there for each other when they were kids and seeing Lenore really be someone who Jesse needed growing up, especially because of the way he is being brought up by his mother. You saw how much they both put each others happiness above the others while struggling with their own problems and the pains of growing up.
The story line was all over the place to where time had gone by but the problems were still the same and you had nothing but the changing of the seasons to know that.
also in the flash backs it was made clear that Jesse didn't want anyone to know that they were together and they kept their relationship a secret because of that, but when she moved back with her daughter everyone in town knew right away who the father was.
I couldn't tell if she was black out drunk or not when she did get pregnant or if she was awake when they had started going at it.
She threatened her parents to terminate her pregnancy if Jesse were to find out about it, and then lets her daughter call him daddy all while keeping the fact that he is the dad a secret.
Those things I just couldn't get past and just really took everything down a few notches for me.
“𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣’ 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙖. 𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚. 𝙄’𝙙 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙.”
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