Ashley Hope Perez - What Can't Wait

Review : Ashley Hope Perez

Released : March 2011
Started : 6th December 2010
Finished : 7th December 2010
Plot : 3.5/5
Cover : 3.5/5
Page Turner : 3/5
Characters : 4/5
Ending : 3.5/5
Over-all Rating : 3.5/5

Thanks Netgalley (Lerner Publishing Group)

The Blurb :
Seventeen-year-old Marisa's mother has been saying this for as long as Marisa can remember. Her parents came to Houston from Mexico. They work hard, and they expect Marisa to help her familia. And they expect her to marry a boy from the neighborhood, to settle down, and to have grandbabies. If she wants a job, she could always be an assistant manager at the local grocery store.
At school, it's another story. Marisa's calc teacher expects her to ace the AP test and to get into an engineering program in Austin—a city that seems unimaginably far away. When her home life becomes unbearable, Marisa seeks comfort elsewhere—and suddenly neither her best friend nor boyfriend can get through to her. Caught between the expectations of two different worlds, Marisa isn't sure what she wants—other than a life where she doesn't end each day thanking God it's over. 
My Review :
When l got this book on Netgalley l had the impression it would be a very simple,easy and relaxing book to read with a straight forward storyline, a nice change from paranormal which l enjoy every now and then.
Well l was wrong, even though this book doesn't have the most complex story line and it is quite a easy read this book does tackle many difficult situations and problems which many teenage girls go through day to day. This book for me was a great success because of the great character that Ashley created, without Marisa this story could of been totally the opposite of a success for me. 
The great way which Lauren wrote this enabled me to interact with the books which made it easy to feel feelings such as sympathy towards Marisa as she felt so real, at some points it felt like l was reading my best friends diary. 
This book also didn't drag out a description of feelings or the surroundings, instead these feelings were found out as the book went along, providing you with enough information to understand how difficult things are for Marisa at that time. 
I don't really have anything negative to say about this book, the only reason its 3.5 rating is because it's not a book full of different things going in but this isn't the sort of book which should be. Enjoyable, quick read. 
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