Take Me There

Quote of the Day:

• The first time you fall in love it changes your life and no matter how hard you try, the feeling never goes away.

In Take Me There, Susane Colasanti focuses on three main characters: Two girls, Rhiannon and Nicole, and a guy, James. The novel is set in a school for design in New York City and it begins by introducing the three characters who have each recently become single. Rhiannon was dumped by her boyfriend Steve, and is relying on her two best friends, Nicole and James, to comfort her through it. Even though they are broken up, she still believes that her and Steve are meant to be together and spends most of the book trying to figure out how she can get back together with him. Nicole recently broke up with her boyfriend Danny, but she often wonders why she did it. Meanwhile, if this wasn't complicated enough, she also finds herself crushing on her math teacher. Nicole also has a secret from her past that requires her to attend weekly therapy sessions with her mother. James is the least affected by his recent break-up. He spends a lot of time focused on school, helping at home, and helping his elderly neighbor. The book follows the three as they each begin to understand what he or she really need in a relationship.

The book alternates between the three character's stories, and the author rehashes events through their eyes. In my opinion the book has a really good storyline but I would only reccomend it to teen girls such as myself. The reader watches as the girls learn lessons of love; Rhiannon realizes that she deserves better from a boy and that there's a certain boy in her life that provides that for her, and Nicole learns the importance of trust. All in all It was a very good read and I would definitely reccomend it but like I had said before I think it is a book written for teen girls who enoy the cute teenage romances.