Week 32 Review: Unpregnant

From Goodreads:
Seventeen-year-old Veronica Clarke never thought she would wish she'd failed a test until she finds herself holding a thick piece of plastic in her hands and staring at two solid pink lines. Even the most consistent use of condoms won't prevent pregnancy when your boyfriend secretly pokes holes in them to keep you from going out-of-state for college. 

Veronica needs an abortion, but the closest place she can legally get one is over nine hundred miles away—and Veronica doesn't have a car. Too ashamed to ask her friends or family for help, Veronica turns to the one person she believes won't judge her: Bailey Butler, Jefferson High's own little black cloud of anger and snark—and Veronica's ex-best friend. Once on the road, Veronica quickly remembers nothing with Bailey is ever simple and that means two days of stolen cars, shotguns, crazed ex-boyfriends, truck stop strippers with pro-life agendas, and a limo driver named Bob. But the pain and betrayal of their broken friendship can't be outrun. When their fighting leads to a brutal moment of truth, Bailey abandons Veronica. Now Veronica must risk everything in order to repair the hurt she's caused.

My Review:
This book was such a fun romp! So many adventures, a few bad decisions, and a fairly long road trip to get an abortion, because the laws are pretty harsh in her area (and it sounds like a lot of the US is like that and it's really awful) but this was a really great read!

One thing that I loved the most about this book was her friendship with Bailey. Things are rocky at first, given that Veronica ditched Bailey along their time at high school. But Bailey has a car, which is exactly what Veronica needs. I loved how they learned things about each other, and how their bond grew!

One thing that I didn't like as much, was how often her ex kept finding her. The first few times, with the phone and the pro-life agenda lady, that makes sense. But at the end, those last few encounters didn't quite make sense, though it did work out in the end!

It did look like this was going to be a series as one one, Goodreads had it as one, but now it's not, and these authors have since released a second stand alone book (who knows, maybe it's set in the same world, but I haven't read it yet) so it seems unlikely that it is a series now.

This was a great story about friendship, and choosing what's right for you, even if some portion of society doesn't approve of your choices. Make the decisions that are right for you (this does not mean things that reasonably would put you in prison!)

Author: Jenni Hendricks and Ted Caplan
Read: August 9th, 2021
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a DAC Book and a SAC 2021 Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: September 10th 2019

5/5 Hearts

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