This is probably one of the best books I have ever read! Being the first in the series it opens up a whole world of amazingly accurate perceptions into the life of a British teenager and her first love. This is an amazing account of life as a young woman in today's society and I urge you to read all three. Overall impression? A must read!

Follows the vacation (or "holiday") of teenaged British girl, Kelly. A rented house in Greece comes up only days before Kelly is supposed to leave on a hiking trip with her boyfriend, Mike. Well written. Really shows the personalities of the girls as the book develops. You'll fly through the chapters! I related really well to all of the girls. If you have a tee daughter who likes to read definately a good book to add to her collection.

this was a very good book about a girl named kelly who decides to spend her summer in greece with her 2 friends rather than going in a van camping all summer with her boyfriend (who i grew to dislike). i think this was a very good book, and i would reccomend it to teens. but with its beautiful descriptions, it really does make you want to go to greece!!

If you have like other books like, "Angus ,Thongs, and Full Frontal snogging", "Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants",and "The Princess Diares" you will love this book. It is about a girl named Kelly who spends the summer with her two friends in Greece. This is an amazing book that will keep you up all night. Just one warning ! After reading this book YOU will want to spend a summer in Greece with your best friends too!

I went to the library to get books for a paper that I had to write, and as I was browsing through the teenage section, I picked out a few books that I thought looked interesting. As I was walking away, this book just caught my eye. I went up to it and read the cover and I decided to get it. Well that night I started reading it at like 9:30, and I couldn't stop, and I am not an avid reader, so to find a book that I liked was interesting. I stayed up (even though I had school the next day) and I read the WHOLE thing. I was up until 1:30, I just couldn't put the book down. So, I went to school the next day and I was telling my best friends about it. I passed the book to my friend Jess, and she started reading it and couldn't put it down. Now, 3 of my other friends want it next. Stupid me didn't realize that there are 2 more books, I was sooo happy. This is one book that me and my friends can DEFINITLEY relate too. It is about something that every teenage girl is faced with and to read something that I can relate to makes me happy... I just wanted to tell all the young girls out there that are around my age, to READ THIS BOOK. You will LOVE it... I can't wait to get the next one...

When I read the first few sentences of this book I expected a trashy romance-type novel. While the book does contain some of those elements, its realistic enough to teach valuable lessons about sex to those just beginning to discover it, or even those who have only been at it a few years. Colette plays a great heroine, even to the point of performing a few heroic acts herself against drunk would-be rapists. And then there is Art, the affluent, arrogant, muscular, every-high-school-girls dream type who is used to getting what he wants, sexually and otherwise, no thanks to the flighty free-spirited dad and stepmom he has who go to almost any lengths to ensure he gets the sex he "deserves as a young man." Colette's parents, and most especially her mom, play a counterpoint to Art's free-spirited folk. I didn't quite agree with the character development of Colette's mom...I believe she went much too quickly from the overbearing, highly feminist dragon-type to the loving woman willing to go to any lengths to protect her precious daughter, although the point where she storms in to yell at Art's parents had me smiling and saying "good for her" at the end. All the other friends tie in well to the story where it is appropriate, but those are the characters you remember most after reading this book.

I highly recommend this story for any teenager, sexually experienced or not, for the values and trials it teaches.

I must also state that the book is written in British dialect, and American teens may not understand some of the words used. But the glossary at the back of the book is helpful, although I would have put it in the front of the book, or at the very least a note that readers might refer to the back of the book for American translations of British words they might not understand (after all, one does not expect to find a glossary in a work of teen fiction).

Heroine Coll, influenced by her feminist-to-the-point-of-man-hating mom, rightly believes that her first sexual relationship should go beyond the physical and as she holds out for "holistic sex," her boyfriend Art, a former player, becomes more and more frustrated. Much of the first book is taken up with the struggle between head, heart and hormones. In book number two, when Coll and Art do finally become lovers, the intensity of the relationship becomes too much for baggage-laden Art who skips off to New Zealand. In book number 3, Coll is recovering slowly from the relationship that left her ravaged when Art, interested in being "just friends" returns. But is there really such a thing between men and women?
Protective parents will complain that this book is "too" for teens -- too sexy, too honest, too promiscuous -- but the sexual relationship between Coll and Art is mature and tasteful. Collete describes the overwhelming emotion of being physically intimate, rather than play by play of what goes where, and condoms are mentioned regularly, with a subplot of a best friend's abortion fortelling the disasters of going skin to skin, even one time.
The flawless writing, realistic story, and complex characters blend together to give a sense of "I know what she means!" about the short series. This is Forever for the new millennium, British style: A smart girl falls in love and has a sexual relationship that runs its course with no harsh repercussions (such as disease, pregnancy, or death). Hopefully a three-in-one version of the series will be published soon, because it is impossible to not want to read all three books in one sitting.

this is book is one of my best book i have ever read.i really enjoy.it is very easy to read and understand and also a sad story.
fliss's parents are not getting on at all and they are turning her home into a battlefield.Fliss's only refuge is her bpyfriend Simon and she leans heavily on him for support. Things come to a head when her father announce he is moving out. If this is what loce is like, what chance does she stand with Simon?? and why is he backing off all of a sudden , just when she needs him more than ever??Devastated ,Fliss spins out of control. If her parents think she is about to sand by while they ruin her life, they can think again.......
all terrible happen to Fliss ,she needs support, but.....
Life always not easy to be .

For anyone with an interest in this most unique of singer/songwriters, "Kate Bush;A Visual Documentary" is an essential reference book.Cann and Mayes have followed a largely chronological path for Kate's musical career, but also go right back to her childhood in East Wickham, covering her schooldays and early musical endeavours. The book details extensively her formative years at EMI, leading to the release of her first album and Kate's growing confidence. Given that she has always remained an elusive figure, it makes good sense for the authors to concentrate on the creative processes Kate goes through in the creation of each album. However, the book is not simply dry reportage, but freely quotes Kate's family, friends and peers, giving the factual information a greater depth.All the albums up to "The Hounds of Love" are covered, as well as reports from video shoots, concerts and personal appearances. The book is rounded out with a series of Kate's personal quotes, giving some interesting insights into her work and then some useful lists, including a discography, videography and Kate " trivia".The book's real strength however, are it's many visual images, ranging from concert photos to video captures to promotional images, all of which serve to demonstrate Kate's undoubted appeal. If a few more colour pictures had been included, four stars would have become five. In all, this excellent package provides an indispensible guide to one of popular music's most talented performers.

Its nice that a summary of the first book in the series is given at the start before the actual chapters of the book start. The second of the series has much more of the "trashy romance" and teen soap opera elements than the first one. Colette finally decides to go ahead and give in to her sexual urges with Art, to the sheer disbelief and disappointment of her best friend Val. Val, meanwhile, gets together with another of Colettes friends, Greg...one, in fact, who used to have a crush on Colette. But when Val gets pregnant, its Colette who has the bigger breakdown, at least on the surface. The rest of the book focuses on the private musings of Colette, her boyfriend, and the sexual acts they perform, and how her view of the world around her has changed now that she crossed the line. But Art, in a typical "free-spirited male" fashion, decides he can't handle a heavy relationship and takes off for another country, leaving Colette miserable and lonely. A typical "plastic type teen romance" novel, one which could be read and understood without reading number one. The story does read quickly, and there are fewer British words to confuse American readers. There is still the British/American glossary in the back of the book for convenience but readers will have less use for it in this book than in the first one.