Sara Wylde

As a woman who grew up in the '70s and '80s, I have to say that I love the series name. Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a great movie and a lot of fun to watch. As a reader, I have to say that I enjoyed this book. It was different to what I expected, and quite enjoyable.

Asher Cinder Girl Warren has to share a dorm pod with Huntingdon Dane III, whom she calls the Bane of My Existence. She's known him for years, having gone to the same schools and been in the same rarefied circles, at least right up until her father left her and her mother broke, after running away with the secretary. Now she's on scholarship and working in the cafeteria at night so that she can stay in the pricey college. So when Dane finds a list that she made up in order to find a boyfriend, she worries about what he's going to do. What she doesn't expect him to do is to help her hookup with the guy she crushed on for years.

Hunt Dane doesn't show weakness. His father taught him to cut out all weakness. Now he lives to stir the pot. And right now, the way that he wants to stir the pot is to help Cinder Girl get with the guy she wants to hook up with. He'll be able to get some peace then, because she's a weakness, and he just can't have that. So he takes her to a weekend party where he's going to play truth or dare to force the issue.

I thought that all the characters in this were pretty mature. Yeah, there was drama and angst, but we're talking about people who are 19 and 20, who have been around each other for years, and who are now living in a hothouse of hormones and stress. But still, they are pretty wise and pretty mature. Even if you don't generally like the new adult genre, this can be a good read because it can be hard to remember that the characters are young adults.… (mehr)

Spin the Bottle explores a time when complicated seemed simple and responsibilities were as far off as the horizon. Wylde journeys back to a time of teen angst and young love. Matt and Jax are learning how to navigate emotional entanglements, as they blossom from youth to adulthood. At stake is a friendship neither wants to live without and feelings that each find it hard to explore. It's a nostalgic ride into the past to find a chance at a future. A sweet coming of age tale that banks everything on reaching the heart.… (mehr)