Swoon At Your Own Risk by Sydney Salter

Book:  Swoon At Your Own Risk by Sydney Salter

Release date:  April 5, 2010

Number of pages:  368

Publisher:  Graphia

From:  Publisher

Summary:

It’s the summer before senior year and Polly Martin has sworn off boys. Who needs the hurt and confusion? Five recent breakups have left her with an unnatural knowledge of NASCAR, the ultimate hiker’s outfit, a student council position, the sixth highest score on the Donkey Kong machine at the mall, and a summer job at Wild Waves with ex #2 Sawyer Holmes.

Success seems a sure thing when Polly’s grandmother, the syndicated advice columnist, Miss Swoon, moves in for the summer. Polly almost doesn’t mind sharing a room with her little sister, Grace. Think of all the great advice she’ll get!

Everything is going according to plan except… Miss Swoon turns out to be a man-crazy septuagenarian! And then there’s Xander Cooper. If only he wouldn’t keep showing up at Wild Waves with his adorable cousins every afternoon — and what is he writing in that little notebook?
No advice column in the world can prepare Polly for the lessons she learns when she goes on a group camping trip (with three too many ex-boyfriends). Polly is forced to see people for who they are — a blend of good and bad qualities that can’t be reduced to a list or a snappy answer in a Miss Swoon column.

*****
Swoon At Your Own Risk is beyond cute.  I loved it.  After I started it I couldn’t put it down.  I had to keep reading it and I finished in a very short amount of time, something I haven’t been doing a lot of lately.  I juust had to put everything aside and read.  =]
Polly was hilarious.  She made me laugh so much but that wasn’t the only side to her.  She was scared and vulnerable and it led to her making a lot of bad choices when it came to guys.  She was trying to change her ways but then Xander came into the picture and screwed all that up.  I adored him.  He was so sweet and funny.  I want a guy like him.  Of course, there were some other characters but they didn’t really stand out to me.  I didn’t understand Polly’s friendship with Jane and I didn’t actually like Jane.  I much preferred Sonnet and her blog posts.  Those might have been the best part of the book.  
There wasn’t a whole lot going on with the plot but there was enough to keep me entertained and that’s all that mattered.  It was cute and funny but there was some serious stuff thrown in to change it up a bit.
Overall, Swoon At Your Own Risk is the perfect summer read.  I can’t recommend it enough.  Now I have to go check out Sydney Salter’s debut novel, My Big Nose (And Other Natural Disasters).
First line:  I am not noticing his green eyes.
Writing:  5
Characters:  4
Plot:  5
Ending:  5
Originality:  4
Overall:  23=A-
Cover:  4=B-
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4 comments

  1. I just bought this book so I’m really glad you enjoyed it and I hope I have the same effect after reading it. Great review.

  2. I met Sydney at a SCBWI conference a few months ago. She was adorable and I can’t wait to read this book of hers!!

    Great review.