Malcolm and Juliet by Bernard Beckett

I came across this book by chance, so i had no idea what it was going to be like. To be honest i wasn't riveted by the story, but i wasn't bored to death by it. I'd give it a 6-7 out of 10, 10 being super awesome.

This story follows 4 teenagers - Juliet, Charlotte, Kevin, Brian and, more importantly, sixteen year old boy named Malcolm, who sets out to work on a project for the upcoming science fair. The topic for his project is, strangely, sex. He interviews Charlotte and his best friend Juliet, and eventually meets up with Kevin at an attempt to further his project. He finds out about Juliet's first "experience" and one of Charlotte's intimate fantasies, and even tries to experience it himself with Juliet. However, the school principal is against Malcolm's topic for the science fair. So how will Malcolm get his way and get his project submitted ?

I didn't get into the story so much, so I didn't enjoy the book as much as i could have.  The characters are likeable and have different personalities and stories, which makes the main plot more interesting as it's told from different perspectives. There are also a few "sweet spots" in the story which really grabbed my attention. I would've liked the ending to have more of a twist, though, as it was pretty bland and linear. I liked the way that the author made the book slightly rude but funny, which gave it an interesting appeal. I'd recommend this book to someone who's interested in what goes on in a teenager's mind when it comes to sex and love.

The book contains some sexual themes, but isn't explicit, So it's perfectly fine to (almost) comfortably read ^^





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