Guyaholic

Book: Guyaholic
Author: Carolyn Mackler
Audience: High School
In a Nutshell: girl with flakey mother issues is afraid to move from hook-ups to actual love

V rarely spends more than 2 weeks with a guy before she moves on. She figures she gets that from her mother, Aimee, who moved them all over the country following or fleeing from various boyfriends before she sent her to live with her grandparents. V is not interested in any more than she can get from a guy in 2 weeks until she gets hit in the head with a hockey puck and meets Sam. Now she doesn't feel bored with him, and it's freaking her out.

Stuff happens, and after graduation she heads out on a 2,000-mile road trip to visit her mother.

V first appeared in Mackler's Vegan Virgin Valentine as the main character's niece (even though they're only one year apart in age), and fans of VVV will be happy to see V again and root for her own happy ending.

The book is more on the high school end of the audience range than Mackler's other books, for language and non-graphic sex-related content. V is the kind of girl that many other girls hate for her boyfriend-stealing potential, but we get a better look at the inside of her head, and we find more than just a sex-crazed wild child. Slightly edgier than Sarah Dessen, but a good choice for fans of her books.