"The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman"

The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman
Written by Louise Plummer
Published by Laural Leaf in 1997
192 pages.

Genre: Humor, Romance

Summery: Kate is 17 and writing her own romance novel. She recounts the story of how she fell in love at Christmas. The story begins when her older brother comes home for Christmas with his wife, his best friend Richard, and Richard's gorgeous friend, Fleur. Kate tells how she fell in love with Richard, using helpful phrases from The Romance Writer's Phrase Book. The book also tells a lesser tale of how she realizes she hates her best friend and actually like who she should hate (Fleur). It shows a great little family at Christmas, with the typical arguments, laughs, and traditions. A quick, fun read.

Response:
Reasons why I liked this book:
1. It has my name in the title.
2. It's a cute love story that's relatively un-sappy.
3. It made me snicker and giggle while we were reading in class. Embarrassing for me, but it's hilarious.
4. The heroine is tall with glasses and a high GPA.
5. It's a YA novel with realistic, humorous parents involved.
6. She's friends with her brother.
7. There's kissing in moderation.
8. The hero is awesome, but not perfect.

Word of Caution: I think some of the characters drink alcohol. Maybe a little mild language. Kissing. (Should that be a warning? Just don't let 11 yr olds read the smooching parts, I guess.) If you read this in a quiet room, you will disrupt others with snorts of escaping laughter.