It pushes it's characters as far as they can go. This book deals with love, family, and sexuality. some it is caused by themselves while others were based on circumstance. These five people have really messed up lives. I read it waiting for the connections to happen and was a little disappointed. Some connections are not even realized until there is only 100 pages left in the book. It's about five teenagers whose lives are indirectly connected a lot more subtle than the characters from Impulse. I'm a fan of Ellen Hopkins but this is not the best I've read from her. A story about kids figuring out what sex and love are all about, at all costs, while asking themselves, "Can I ever feel okay about myself?"Ī brilliant achievement from New York Times best-selling author Ellen Hopkins, who has been called "the best-selling living poet in the country" by ,Tricks is a book that turns you on and repels you at the same time. What they don't expect, though, is all that can happen when those powerful little words "I love you" are said for all the wrong reasons.įive moving stories remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story, a story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up. for freedom, safety, community, family, love. All living their lives as best they can, but all searching. When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.įive teenagers from different parts of the country.
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