Which might explain why I finally got the guts to do it. To Meg Cabot's credit, though, this book still had it's entertaining moments. But if you're like me and you have to finish a series no matter what, you'll have to read this as a follow up to All-American Girl. Overall, I wouldn't waste my time reading it if I were a major All-American Girl fan because the first book is so much better that the second book is bound to disappoint. Also, some things were kind of dumb, like Sam's boyfriend, David, making up so-called 'white trash' names for them to call each other. Sam suddenly went back to being unhappy and unpopular, which isn't realistic, since she was in an ecstatic state at the conclusion of the first book and everyone loved her. A lot of things really changed from the first book besides the sex situation. It kind of ruined the story for me, and I really wish Meg Cabot had written it differently, or left All-American Girl as a stand-alone novel. That's also really weird because Meg Cabot's books usually do have morals, but this one really didn't. That doesn't exactly send out a great message, especially for younger readers. And the book was actually almost concluded on that note. Although the scene was not described (thankfully), it was discussed mildly afterward, but it was treated as if it had been nothing special, nothing deep or personal.

Then, at the last minute, her mind changed. I thought while I was reading it that the main character, Sam, at almost seventeen years of age, would choose not to have sex, since throughout the book, she seemed to be leaning away from it, saying that she wasn't ready. In fact, that topic basically took over the book, and it was relatively graphic in that way for a Meg Cabot book and pretty disgusting. Sex is another matter entirely, though, and this book was filled with references to that topic. She usually makes her heroines so innocent, they won't even drink or party like so many teenagers do nowadays. I'm surprised that Meg Cabot included sex in one of her books. Sure, it's a continuance of All-American Girl, which I liked a lot, but I expected more from it. I was honestly pretty disappointed by this book.

Ready or not by meg cabot