Paisley Hanover Kisses and Tells by Cameron Tuttle Review

Book: Paisley Hanover Kisses and Tells

Author: Cameron Tuttle

Age: YA

Release date: July 8th, 2010

Pages: 352

Source: Publisher

Summary (goodreads summary):

The election results are in—and totally UnExpected. Now the UnPops are picketing, the Pops are preening, and Paisley’s sophomore year is a bust—again. But when best frienemy Jen’s reputation takes a beating by viral text, Paisley’s pity party is over. She rolls out a new undercover plan to save Jen’s rep, and in the process, follows her heart into a crazy complicated love triangle. Then as if things weren’t confusing enough, Paisley’s archrival—super cute, super nice, super popular Candy Esposito—steals Paisley’s UnPop popularity! First Paisley gets mad; then she gets smart. Can she use Candy’s newfound UnPopularity to save Jen’s reputation—and pull off the biggest coup since Miss UnPleasant turned the Pleasant Hill High social hierarchy on its big fat head? Hello double-crossers, good-bye double standards! Paisley Hanover is back—pucker up!

Review: Fun and hilarious, Paisley Hanover Kisses and Tells is sure to be a great summer read!

This book is a follow up to Paisley Hanover Acts Out. I'd never read the first one, but it was still simple enough to fall into the story. It starts off as Paisley awaits the election results for sophomore class president, which she's sure she's won. Or, rather, her alter-ego Miss UnPleasant won. Cue the drama. 

The characters are definitely full of their own personalities, from quirky Paisley; sweet and popular Jen; hair-impaired, attitude-filled Carreyn and many more. 

Filled with a very complex love triangle with two very sweet boys, best friend's who just may not be your best  friend, a scandalous photo that could ruin a reputation, and a revolution of UnPop's that Paisley just might have ignited, Paisley Hanover Kisses and Tells is fun from start to finish, and a novel that will keep you curious as to what ridiculous thing could possibly happen next. 

Highlights: Tuttle's writing is easy enough to follow, and she throws in plenty of hilarious moments. There are some slightly more deep points of the story, which was nice to see instead of pure fluff. 

Lowlights: A bit over the top, and a few confusing points. I didn't really like the slang, it felt overused and fake at times (but maybe that's because I never talked like that at Paisley's age...so...). One of the characters seemed a bit unreal to me, and I had a hard time getting past that whenever they'd pop up in the book. But overall, this book is a fun read that's guaranteed to give a few laughs.

Rating:     

Lea

CSN Review Coming

It's a lamp Lighthouse! How cute!

I was contacted by Caitlin of CSN Stores, and I have to say, I was quite surprised at how many varying items they have. 

It seems like if you want it, they got it. Plus, a lot of their items seem to have free shipping! CSN Stores consists of well over 200 stores, with products like Lights (with some pretty neat lamps, like the one to the right) and the always fantastic, Bookcases (as well as a bunch of other things!!)

I've got to admit, the bookcases automatically drew my eye. I've got quite a few stacks of books in my room that need a home (because I don't think a floor really counts as a bookshelf, no matter how much I like to delude myself).

Oooh! That's neat!

Whoa! I wonder what it would look like with books??

I'll be reviewing some type of bookshelf soon at YA Book Queen (once I find the right one!). Be sure to check out CSN Stores! You might find something you like :)

Pretty Little Liars Secret Keeper Wrap Up

Hey everyone! I promised a long overdue update of the Pretty Little Liars Secret Keeper Contest, so here goes:

I'm playing Hanna Marin. About every other day, the ever-mysterious "A" will send me a text on the iPhone sent to me with the game kit, giving me instructions that I have to complete within the next day, or else. 

So I'm not entirely sure how much I can share, so I'll give you guys a vague idea of the challenges, starting from one to the last one I had. 

Challenge 1: Locate a necklace on Ebay, using only the picture as a reference, or A spills the secret behind it. Except, this lovely little necklace wasn't under jewelry (and believe me, I looked....and looked. And looked. Repeatedly). Instead, I found it under Clothing and Accessories. Completed.

Challenge 2: Post a pic on Facebook of a Valentine I received from my mother, Ashley Marin, or A spills the secret behind it. The hardest part of this one was trying to figure out how the hell you upload a picture from an iPhone onto Facebook. But once I did that, I switched to my laptop to post it in the right place. Completed.

Challenge 3: Do a math problem involving the PLL twitter followers/premiere date/number of tweets. Text A back with the answer or she spills my secret. (Hardest part? The number of twitter followers kept changing! I finally ended up sending the answer, along with the amount of followers I did the problem with so that I couldn't be wrong) Completed.

Challenge 4: Send flowers to a Hanna's mom from her boyfriend, with the wrong name (So instead of addressing the to Ashley Marin, I had to address them to some other woman's name). Guess Darren Wilden is in a bit of trouble ;) Definitely huge thanks to those of you who commented and let me know it was Darren, some of the other Hanna's and I were a bit confused if they dated. Completed.

Challenge 5: Sign up for a ABC account and have 13 friends post on the boards (leaving my name somewhere) sharing the times flirting helped them get out of trouble. Failed. (I was busy!!)

Challenge 6: Create a not-so-flattering outfit on Ployvore, and share the link with my Facebook group telling them it's my new style. Naturally, I went for Crazy Cartoon Chic, because I'm stylin' like that. Completed.

Challenge 7: Watch the Pretty Little Liars premiere and text "A" back telling her where I thought my secret object was. Completed (and as a side note, you can watch the pilot episode at ABC Family or on Hulu)

Challenge 8: To write a blog post about Father's Day on my blog, which you can see here. Completed.

Challenge 9: Watch the second episode and finish this sentence "Maybe you still think of me as just a friend..."

Answer: "...the girl I used to be"

Final Message: Excellent work, Hanna. You can't tell from this text, but I'm beaming. You kept at least 80% of your secrets so now I'm keeping my end of the bargain. As a reward for your good behavior, I am going to let you ask Ashley Benson one question. Start thinking and make it a good one. My people will be contacting you soon via email. Remember, I still know everything. 
-A

Final Task:  Ashley Benson's Video Answer

The challenges were completely awesome, and very eerie. I've met/started talking to some fabulous bloggers (like Trisha, Cinnamon, Sab, Valerie and so many more!). Even though most of us are all competing, a lot of people are all really nice and helpful whenever one of us needs a bit of help (like how a few of us Hanna's started brainstorming with each other for challenge 4, or how Kelli was helping so many people with their challenges!)

Want some examples of A's creepiness? Definitely check out Facebook, she was stalking us all over the place there! Who knows, maybe she'll even accept your friend request (but beware, she knows all).