This book is one of my least favorite books of all time. It follows 10 teenagers over the corse of about a day or so and shows how all their lives intertwined. The haunting novel shows how people may not be what they appear as on their surface. Involving force, blackmail, love, lust, hate, and power into one story was maybe too much. Laurie Faria Stolarz did a nice job, however, making it realistic and being able to really get into the teen's minds. ( )

Not the best from Laurie Faria Stolarz, my favorite author. The book covers the intersecting lives of ten teenagers throughout one day and covered many issues that teenagers today face: cutting, betrayal, sex, and even murder. My favorite stories were Sadie's, Kelly's, and Joy's. The only thing I didn't like was how the plot was overshadowed by so much sex. ( )

A decent enough book. Not one of the best by Laurie Faria Stolarz but not the worst book I've ever read. ( )

Sorry, didn't like this one. I've read the Blue is for...series, and while it was a bit juvenile in content, there was something compelling about the series that kept me reading. While I did finish Bleed, I don't know why I did. I tried to like it, but all the juvenile content was there without that extra incentive to keep reading. Each chapter is about a different character, but all the stories overlap in some way. All the characters are somewhat flawed, but the flaws don't make every one sympathetic. I found most of the characters hard to like and even failed to appreciate the obvious humor in one chapter. It's too full of teenage drama, backstabbing and angst for anyone who appreciates the YA genre for the quality of the story. ( )

I guess so much explicit sex in a teenagers book is a bit startling. ( )