Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
Publisher: Poppy
Publication Date: September 5, 2011
Pages: 288
Source: I purchased this myself at my local Indigo.
Review:
Shut Out tells the story of Lissa. Lissa is a
highschool student and works her local library. Lissa is sick and tired of her
school’s rivalry between the soccer team and the football team. The reason for
this? Well mainly she feels her boyfriend Randy is paying less attention to her
when the rivalry is taking place. She also does not agree with the rivalry because
some members of the team have gotten hurt due to the fact that the rivalry has
gotten more intense and the pranks the players have been playing have gotten
more serious. Lissa decides the best way
to solve this is to, with the help of the other girlfriends of the team members,
to go on a sex strike!
Lissa was mainly a good character but I did have
some annoyances with her. But those mainly had to do with her relationships
with the guys in her life. Randy was an
annoying character and when he and Lissa where together I did not enjoy their
relationship. A lot of the issues that Lissa and Randy have are due to Lissa
being unable to open up to him. I understand why Lissa acted like this but I
wish she would have opened up more…
Which brings me to the main love interest! Who I did like (But I have to say that I did
not like him as much as I did Wesley from The Duff)! Cash is a soccer player
and one of the players involved in the school rivalry. He was really sweet and
I loved how he enjoyed reading! Lissa feels like she can be herself and open up
to Cash and I definitely enjoyed their interactions.
The other characters in the book consisted of the
girls in on the sex strike with Lissa and her dad and brother. I didn’t have to
big of an opinion of most of the girls that where in on the strike, but that’s because
they did not have too big of a part in the book. Lissa’s one main friend in Shut Out was Chole.
I loved Chole she was funny and I loved that she didn’t care what other though
about her. She also was the only girl who was on the strike who did not have a
boyfriend.
I enjoyed Shut Out. It was a really quick and fun
read. I think that anyone who loved The Duff and enjoys cute stories will enjoy
Shut Out.
What I rate this : 4/5 stars.
