...and I’m disappointed. Like all of the other books I’ve read by Meg Cabot, it’s very humorously written and I found myself laughing a lot. However, the whole point of this book is basically Sam asking herself, “Am I ready for sex? Am I not ready for sex?” She agonizes, embarasses herself, agonizes, jumps to conclusions, and agonizes some more. Eventually (spoiler!) she decides that she’s really not ready.

But then.

Her pride gets wounded when she realizes her boyfriend wasn’t actually planning to seduce her, and she ignores her own conclusions and seduces him instead.

I’m not really (that much of) a prude. I’ve enjoyed other books with similar issues (like Sloppy Firsts, etc.). When it’s written convincingly and compellingly, sex fits right in with the rest of teenage drama. In Ready or Not, though, the conclusion seemed inappropriate because it basically suggested that it’s a good thing to have sex even when you don’t feel like you’re ready to. I felt like the author was pushing an agenda, when all I really wanted was a nice fluffy read.

You guys. The ending? So unexpected. It avoids the usual cliche teen books fall into, and that’s the assumption that most teenagers are chaste angels.