OUT with the IN crowd

Author: Stephanie Morrill

Publisher: Revell (Baker Publishing Group)

I must say I am impressed. I thought reading a teen fiction book would be painful. Out with the In crowd is book 2 in the Skylar Hoyt series. Skylar has given up her ‘raving’ days and turned her life over to God. Is life going to be simple? Not! Miss fashion queen now sees her friends in a new light.

She becomes ever so suspicious of her former partner in crime Jodi, Skylar is paranoid that the tables would be turned on her. eanwhile things at home are not looking good. Her mum and dad have an on-off marriage counselling saga, her younger sister is pregnant and the emotional pull is overwhelming.

Whilst reading this, I felt like Skylar new life as a Christian wasn’t portrayed enough in the book. However Morrill paced herself and nailed the message in the last few pages. It worked. The teenage dialogue was superb. The book was peppered with conflict and that was the real page turner. I thought the boyfriend issues were a lot for teenage girls to be dealing with. However the reality is; teenage girls are dealing with it so it needs to be covered. I would definitely recommend this book to any teenager.

My verdict: Teenagers would relate to the issues in this book