I read Bloom (Elizabeth Scott) yesterday and really loved it. Maybe I loved it so much because it reminded me of Dessen's The Truth About Forever. BUT...the similarities also pulled me out of the story a few times. Like that Lauren's boyfriend is perfect in every way. That her father works in land development and has a hard time communicating with Lauren at all. Or that her one parent is never home and her other parent (Mom) is out of the picture. 

(Some spoilers below)

Despite the similarities that stood out to me, the book was awesome. I rarely read a book in a day or two anymore, but I stopped pretty much everything to read this book. I loved Evan, loved the way Elizabeth wrote !!!!!!SPOILER!!!! that first kiss scene between Evan and Lauren. I felt like I was there, I felt like I could see and feel Evan through Lauren. The writing through the entire book was wonderful, smooth and easy to read, easy to get inside Lauren's head.  

Some of Lauren's inner monologue was repetitive and the ending was a bit too easy, but if I had a rating system, like if I used bat-shaped Peeps to rate how much I loved a book because I reallyreallyreally love the bat peeps, then I'd give Bloom 4 Bat Peeps out of 5. 

Next up on the reading pile: Midnighters (Scott Westerfeld)

Still trying to read: A Great and Terrible Beauty