My rating: 5 of 5 stars
“No matter where you go or what you do to distract yourself, reality catches up with you eventually.”
----Kody Keplinger, The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
Kody Keplinger, the American YA author, completely enthralled our minds with her debut teenage drama, The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend , which is about teenage issues like friendships, image issues, boy drama etc, presented in such a way by the author that it makes you revisit that period of your life when emotions ran high and friendships mattered the most above everything and for teenagers, this is an ideal book, since they can completely relate to all the issues.
Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn’t think she’s the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her “the Duff,” she throws her Coke in his face.
But things aren’t so great at home right now, and Bianca is desperate for a distraction. She ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she likes it. Eager for escape, Bianca throws herself into a closeted enemies-with-benefits relationship with him.
Until it all goes horribly awry. It turns out Wesley isn’t such a bad listener, and his life is pretty screwed up, too. Suddenly Bianca realizes with absolute horror that she’s falling for the guy she thought she hated more than anyone.
