Vegan, Virgin, Valentine Paperback – 5 July 2004

i LOVE this book! Have read it twice already! So great! Definately worth buying!I'm a 15 year old girl by the way! :)

I really loved reading this book! I'm a little bit older than the main character so i easily related to her and by the end of the book she had me seriously contemplating my life. It was an interesting read that keep my attention the entire time, from cover to cover. I highly reccomend this book to anyone looking for a nice light teen read with a little drama and little romance.

Great coming of age book. Helps show that growing up doesn't have to be perfect. Even when you don't get along family is still the number one priority.

I picked this up in an Amazon bargain sale and didn't really expect much beyond a fluffy light read. What I actually discovered is that this is a fresh, breezy and relatable YA novel that I will be happily keeping on my shelf for next time I need something fun to cheer me up!Mara Valentine is perfect. She has the perfect grades, the perfect extra-curriculars, the perfect future, and the perfect plan to get there. In between organising student events and liaising with her teachers, she is planning a fast-track summer of college courses so that she can enter Yale as a second year. Then, to her horror, her wild, pot-smoking 15 year-old niece V arrives and turns her life upside down - and as if this wasn't enough to contend with, she also realises that she is falling for her handsome older boss James. The novel explores how these two completely different girls' lives converge. V can teach Mara a thing or two about living life to the full - and about how there's more to life than what grades you get. Meanwhile Mara and her parents slowly begin to instil in V a sense of stability, pride and family loyalty, encouraging her to pursue her talents and study more. If only they could stop treating each other like alien enemies, life in the Valentine house might even become PLEASANT again...I really enjoyed Mara and V's journey! I think that anyone who has ever felt the weight of expectation hanging over them during their academic years can relate to Mara - particularly if things haven't always quite gone to plan. I was cheering for her every step of the way! I think that the moral of the story is very sound: that academics are important, but that you can't be good at everything, you can't do it all, and there are other important things in life that CAN'T be graded, like love, friendship, great books, great movies, exciting trips, and taking time to enjoy the world around you. Parents and teachers aren't always right, and ultimately you'll have to make your own decisions.It's worth mentioning that there are a couple of scenes of mild drug use, and Mara is old enough to go off to university so there's a bit of sexy spiciness between her and James. For that reason alone, I'd be cautious about recommending it to the youngest end of the YA spectrum, but it's a fantastic little read for the older teen market. I'll be keeping 'Vegan Virgin Valentine' on my shelves, and picking up  Guyaholic , the second V Valentine novel, at some point too! Guyaholic