Demetrios,
Heather. Bad Romance. Macmillan/Henry Holt 2017 360p. $17.99 ISBN
978-1-62779-772-6 hs Realistic Fiction E-BN
Grace, a
junior in high school, lives in a dysfunctional household with her mother and
the bullying stepfather she calls The Giant.
She wants to save money so that she can escape her life and move to a
city for college. Her plans go awry when
she falls for Gavin, a popular senior rock star in the making. Narrated in the first person by Grace, the novel tells us right away that the relationship was doomed, and that
she ignored significant red flags, the chief one being Gavin’s failed suicide attempt when his last relationship failed.
Despite warnings from her sister and her friend, smart, witty Grace is slow to realize that she is in a controlling, emotionally abusive relationship. The promise of love and protection, a respite from her Cinderella-like home life, is intoxicating. Yet in the end, Grace learns to rely upon her friends and her own inner strength to break free of the cycle of abuse.
With the currency of the #metoo movement, this realistic look at abuse in a teenage relationship will resonate with young women with a message of strength and resiliency.
Despite warnings from her sister and her friend, smart, witty Grace is slow to realize that she is in a controlling, emotionally abusive relationship. The promise of love and protection, a respite from her Cinderella-like home life, is intoxicating. Yet in the end, Grace learns to rely upon her friends and her own inner strength to break free of the cycle of abuse.
With the currency of the #metoo movement, this realistic look at abuse in a teenage relationship will resonate with young women with a message of strength and resiliency.
Summary:
When popular Gavin starts a relationship with nerdy Grace, she can’t believe her good fortune, until she realizes that Gavin isn’t as perfect as he seems.
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