Plot:
Love is awkward, Amelia should know. From the moment she sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner. Lost. Sunk. Head over heels infatuated with him. It's problematic, since Chris, 21, is a sophisticated university student, while Amelia, 15, is 15. Amelia isn't stupid. She knows it's not gonna happen. So she plays it cool around Chris—at least, as cool as she can. Working checkout together at the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and cataloging the many injustices of growing up. As time goes on, Amelia's crush doesn't seem so one-sided anymore. But if Chris likes her back, what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be together? Through a year of befuddling firsts—first love, first job, first party, and first hangover—debut author Laura Buzo shows how the things that break your heart can still crack you up.

Thoughts:
A lot of things are on 15 year-old, Amelia's plate. A part-time job, school, teen angst, not belonging...  etc. etc. The only good might just be Chris, the 21 year-old work mate that she can talk about books, politics and basically everything she's interested in.

Chris for her is like a star she can not obtain, okay that's a bit dramatic, but there's the big age gap and that she thinks he doesn't see her 'that' way, and let's not forget to mention that Chris is also hung up on some girl.

The story story telling is raw and we know we've all been on this tragic road. Is there or isn't there a slight chance he/she might like me in some way? Ahhh, that was one trip down memory lane. The anxiety of just always thinking about and all the what ifs!

This was fun and nostalgic and I don't want to reread it ever again. Not because it's bad... I don't need the heartbreak.

Quote:

The upshot is that I pretty much don't have a chance with her. And, you know, thank God, because if I did, I'd have to give up my lifestyle of soul-wrenching loneliness and sexual frustration. I'm too good at it to quit now. I could brood for Australia.

Rating:
★★★☆☆