Book Review: Being Friends With Boys

Being Friends With Boys
by Terra Elan McVoy

Hardcover Edition-Bought

5/5 Lily Pads

Pages-360

No Spoilers!!


Hey book lovers, I'm back with a review. Today I am reviewing "Being Friends With Boys". I really loved this book. It was such a good contemporary book. Contemporary is my favorite genre and this book didn't disappoint. I haven't heard anything about this book so I guess I'll have to start the hype :)Let's get on with the review!

` The Plot

Being Friends With Boys is about a girl named Charlotte. She is a Senior in High School. She has a normal life, she has stepsisters and a stepmother, but their not evil. Charlotte is close to her family. Charlotte doesn't have any girl friends because they left Charlotte. Now Charlotte has all guy friends and she's okay with it. Her guy friends are all in a band together. Charlotte writes the lyrics. There's Oliver, who is Charlotte's best guy friend. Trip is another best friend of hers. There's also Abe. The book starts with Oliver kicking Trip out of the band. Charlotte is sad that Trip is no longer in the band, she tries to stay in touch with Trip but eventually, he gets his own group of friends. Since Trip is out of the band, Oliver is holding auditions for more members. The new members are Eli, and Fabian. Charlotte develops a crush on Fabian, but it turns out he doesn't feel the same way. They end up being really good friends. Basically throughout the book, Charlotte tries to keep her friends together and she becomes a new singer in the band. This book is just about her life.

  My Opinion

This book was hard for me to describe because not much happens because its a contemporary. What did I think of this book? I loved it! It was such an amazing contemporary book. The writing was very simple and the pacing was good. The book was long but it kept me entertained the whole time. The reason why I gave this book a 5 is because of the characters. I loved the characters, they were so well developed and that's why I love contemporary books. I loved the main character Charlotte. She was so normal, nice and I felt I could relate to her. She didn't try to be fake to get boys attention and she's very modest. I like how she's strong and she just wanted to be herself, she never tried to change for anyone. I thought her best friend Oliver was okay. He could be a jerk at times. I loved Trip, he was a good guy. My favorite guy in the book was Fabian. I loved him. I could see why Charlotte was attracted to him, he was so nice and he was such a good person and a great friend. I just loved him. I loved her family. Her sister Jilly is at college most of the time but I like how she's close to her stepsisters, Darcy and Gretchen. She was also close to her stepmom, and her Dad. I really liked that because in books, usually the stepsisters are evil and it was just refreshing to read. I loved how she was close to her family. This book is mostly about a band and I loved that because I am a musician myself. At first, Charlotte just writes songs for the band, but later in the book, she becomes one of the singers in the band. I loved that she tried something different. She didn't want to sing, but Eli suggested for her to sing in the band too. It gave her more confidence. Overall, this book was so good and I really recommend this book to anyone who loves music. If your looking for a underrated book with amazing characters and a good plot, I would recommend it. It was a light, cute book and I think its worth a buy. Thank you all so much for watching. Stay tuned for more soon, bye :)