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Giving Up the V

by Serena Robar (Goodreads Author)

3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 · rating details · 395 ratings · 47 reviews

Spencer “Responsible” Davis is nowhere ready to “give up the V,” as opposed to her hormonally crazed crew of friends, obsessed with the who-what-when-where-how of it all. “It” being . . . well, you get it. Even Spencer’s male friends, who claim to have expertise in the matter, offer their services to help relieve her of that pesky letter, much to her embarrassment.But when...more

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Published June 9th 2009 by Simon Pulse

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Jul 20, 2009 Joanne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-contemporary

16-year-old Spencer is a virgin, and is happy to be. She is happy to wait until she’s with the right person to have sex, rather than get obsessed about it like all her friends in her crew. But then Benjamin Hopkins joins the school. Gorgeous, funny, athletic, Spencer can’t help but go weak at the knees when she’s around him, and Ben starts giving her the right kind of attention. How far will she go to get her guy?

I really like this book! It reads a lot like it could be part of an American TV tee...more 16-year-old Spencer is a virgin, and is happy to be. She is happy to wait until she’s with the right person to have sex, rather than get obsessed about it like all her friends in her crew. But then Benjamin Hopkins joins the school. Gorgeous, funny, athletic, Spencer can’t help but go weak at the knees when she’s around him, and Ben starts giving her the right kind of attention. How far will she go to get her guy?

I really like this book! It reads a lot like it could be part of an American TV teen programme; the teens were so lifelike and believable. I found myself literary crushing on pretty much all the guys in the book, even the guys who weren’t so great. Ryan, for example; he may use girls a lot, but he was hot and funny, so it was easy to see how he could get away with it.

I loved how Spencer wouldn’t give in to the jokey “peer pressure” from her friends over being a virgin, that she was determined to have sex when she wanted to , when things were right, and not when others felt she should – before Ben arrived. It kind of annoyed me she went a little crazy over him, as I was thinking “pull yourself together, he’s just a guy”, yet it was believable, we girls do get a little “oh my god!” when it comes to guys. I also admired how she was still able to pretty much be herself around him despite it all, it was cool. I identified with her a lot when she wasn’t sure what she should do when things started to happen between her and Ben; very true to life.

What was also interesting was the sub-plot in the story; Spencer’s best friend Alyssa was determined to lose her virginity, a one-night-stand so she could get it out of the way, and planned and organised for she was going to get it done. It was a little disturbing how tenacious she was, and how she made it seem like some school project, like no big deal, but something that had to be done – with no feelings. It was great to see these two different attitudes and stories running along each other.

There were no actual sex scenes in this book, but there were some almost-sex scenes that were really well written. It was a great depiction of how Spencer was feeling AND thinking towards what was happening, and keeping those two things clearly separate worked well.

This was an awesome book overall dealing with a sensitive subject with great characters and a lot of humour. I loved it!
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Jun 18, 2009 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com

How can you not like a story that starts off with the main character having to endure her first gynecological exam because she has a forward-thinking mother?

Spencer is the last girl that needs a prescription for the Pill. She has never had a serious crush on a boy in all of her sixteen years. But her mother wants Spencer to be prepared. She's not giving her carte blanche to be promiscuous, but she wants Spencer covered if hormones override common sense.

Spen...more Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com

How can you not like a story that starts off with the main character having to endure her first gynecological exam because she has a forward-thinking mother?

Spencer is the last girl that needs a prescription for the Pill. She has never had a serious crush on a boy in all of her sixteen years. But her mother wants Spencer to be prepared. She's not giving her carte blanche to be promiscuous, but she wants Spencer covered if hormones override common sense.

Spencer's medication is the talk of her group of friends, the Crew. The guys in the group all offer to be her first.

Spencer has always been the girl her friends confide in. Her tight group of friends include Ryan, the player; Morgan and Justin, the on-again/off-again/on-again rocking couple; her best friend, Alyssa, who is so petite she looks like she is only twelve; and good old Zach. It isn't until Spencer lays eyes on the new transfer student, Ben, that she even considers putting her pills to good use.

But problems ensue when Alyssa shares her list of possible boys to lose her virginity to with Spencer. Spencer hasn't told anyone about her crush on Ben (and she's getting the vibe that Ben is into her as well), and she's conflicted when she sees Ben has made it to #1 on Alyssa's list. She's torn between keeping her friend happy and following her own desires.

It doesn't help when her friend Zach starts keeping his distance from her. Though he assures her that everything is okay, Spencer isn't so sure. And she's also confused when she realizes that Zach has started to sport some well-defined muscles of his own.

I really enjoyed GIVING UP THE V from start to finish. Spencer could be any teenage girl struggling with the emotions of her first crush. She's flattered that she's captured his attention, but then uncomfortable with his fast moves. There's girl drama, romance, and amusing situations that the characters find themselves in. Some of the most entertaining parts are Justin's attempts to win Morgan back in their up and down romance.

The story doesn't promote sexual activity even though the title may suggest otherwise. It's a good look at the pros and cons of going all the way the first time.

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Jan 07, 2012 Kirsti rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: YA fans, YA romance fans

This was a really quick read for me. Reading YA fiction while my BF plays saints row 3, ah, we could be angsty teens again ourselves (in fact, if we run out of soap or some other stupid item, or he doesn't pick up the socks off the floor, we both show just how close we were to our teenage selves, even now)

I don't remember ever worrying about things as much as Spencer does in this book, but then, I don't think my high school was as rife with gossip or speculation, or maybe I just had no part in i...more

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Jan 22, 2011 Siti rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 11grade-shelf, 11-grade-2nd-quarter

2ND QUARTER
Siti H.M. Khairi

Giving up the V
by Serena Robar
242 pages
Simon & Schuster Publishing $8.99
isbn: 9781416975588

Meet our virgin heroine, Spencer Davis. She doesn't understand what the fuss is about...sex! She would rather wait for The One and do it when she's in love. If only her Crew would agree. Lately, her crew have been talking nonstop about it, especially about Spencer virgin status now that she is sixteen with the Pill.

It was tradition. Every female who turns sixteen in the Davi...more

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Oct 06, 2010 Krista Ashe rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: my-110-of-2010-books

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Wow, I love, love, loved this book, and I love the author's use of voice. You can't beat a book that opens up with the MC, Spencer, experiencing her first gyno visit, lol.

What I loved about Spencer is that she didn't want to "do it" just b/c everyone else was or just b/c her mom was giving her the greenlight by putting her on birth control at 16. She wanted to be in love with the person. She's slightly horrified at how her bff Alyssa is on a mission to lose hers to anyone, anyhow simply to get...more Wow, I love, love, loved this book, and I love the author's use of voice. You can't beat a book that opens up with the MC, Spencer, experiencing her first gyno visit, lol.

What I loved about Spencer is that she didn't want to "do it" just b/c everyone else was or just b/c her mom was giving her the greenlight by putting her on birth control at 16. She wanted to be in love with the person. She's slightly horrified at how her bff Alyssa is on a mission to lose hers to anyone, anyhow simply to get it over with and potentially give herself a rep to date more guys. Well, Alyssa does give herself a goal of the Winter Formal.

The book has Spencer and her group of girl and guy friends. You have Morgan and Justin, the on and off again couple, Ryan the manwhore player, Zach the sweet, nice guy of the group, Alyssa, and Spencer.

Enter the new badboy hottie, Ben. He begins to hang out with their group, and both Alyssa and Spencer have the hots for him. But the moment he blew into the book, I didn't want to see either one end up with him. He impressed me as even more of a manwhore player, asshat, douchebag than the group's friend, Ryan. When it looks like Spencer wants to lose her virignity, Ryan is ready and willing to take her Vcard. Through convos with Ryan's mom, who wants Spencer to date Ryan to ground him a bit, as well as the way he acts around her, we see that Ryan is sort of a manwhore with a heart, and that he might potentially like Spencer. But it doesn't matter b/c he just makes her uncomfortable.

I adored the character of Zach--the friend but could be more. I thought Robar did an awesome job of capturing the way you can go from not being interested in your "brother like friend" to "whoa, hold on, who is this guy?" lol. Since they've been friends since childhood, it's hard for Spencer to see him any other way, but it's clear from the beginning of the book that Zach is potentially seeing her differently. And then as he gets tired of being the "nice guy" and starts to seek out chics, Spencer finds herself getting jealous. But she doesn't go into full out freak out mode until her friend, Alyssa, decides to ask him to prom. Spencer knows she's just wanting to sleep with someone, and she knows Zach deserves better than to lose his vcard to someone who just is using him.

What I loved was the Winter Formal scene. This is where Spencer is able to see the ick factor of Ben. First of all, he's a hornball who can barely look at her face--he has to stare at her chest. When they're on the dance floor, he's constnatly kissing and groping her. A trip to the bathroom lets Spencer overhear that he's been sleeping with another girl, Shelby. And of course, she's also drooling over Zach who looks handsome and who tells her how amazing she looks without staring at her chest. When she comes back from the bathroom, Zach punches Ben, and Ben punches him back. Spencer leaves with Zach. In the limo, she tells Zach how much she loves him and it's freakin' her out. Zach admit his feelings for her too, and their kiss is so AMAZING! It's love that also brings passion, and Spencer realizes what she has been missing.

The BIGGEST part I loved is how she and Zach decide not to sleep with each other right away. Instead, they want to work on their relationship and savor what they have.

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Nov 06, 2009 Princess Bookie rated it 5 of 5 stars

My Thoughts: What better way to start the book than with Spencer in the gynecologist's office. And he's even a man! How embarrassing! Spencer is turning 16, so her mother insists she be put on the pill even though she is not doing "anything." Spencer starts to feel like since she is on the pill, maybe losing her v-card won't be so bad. She than starts thinking about all her friends and of course a few of them step up to the plate and volunteer! Than moves in a new kid Ben from another school. Sp...more

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Dec 16, 2009 Kristy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: advisory-2009-2010

Kristy Mei December 14, 2009
9A- Writing Art
Ms. Moore

Are you ready for the big V question?
Sixteen years old Spencer Davis, a typical American, teenager just hit the time where sex has became a topic in her life. In Giving up the V, Serena Robar expresses one way to look at the issue, sex. The title may make you think of a lot of things that may relate back to sex with ‘v’ meaning virginity, but Robar also demonstrate a typical relationship between teenagers. Robar’s takes the role of Spencer an...more Kristy Mei December 14, 2009
9A- Writing Art
Ms. Moore

Are you ready for the big V question?
Sixteen years old Spencer Davis, a typical American, teenager just hit the time where sex has became a topic in her life. In Giving up the V, Serena Robar expresses one way to look at the issue, sex. The title may make you think of a lot of things that may relate back to sex with ‘v’ meaning virginity, but Robar also demonstrate a typical relationship between teenagers. Robar’s takes the role of Spencer and turns her into a classic teenager of the twenty first century with the attitude and lifestyle. Giving up the V is sumptuously written and has an amazing plot fulfilled with fascinating characters of all kinds bounded by the theme of sex and romance.
Spencer Davis is now sixteen; according to her attentive mother when a girl turns sixteen they should be on the ‘Pill,’ which takes Spencer to realize that she’s starting to see everything differently. Spencer never thought of wanting sex, her best friend, Alyssa on the other hand has set a goal for herself to get over her virginity. A hot new transfer, Benjamin Hopkins, who ever girl in Spencer’s school would kill for, including the most popular royal, Leah, even Spencer. Spencer is somehow very attracted to Benjamin. She thinks about what she wants to do, just give up her virginity to him, after all she’s only sixteen. As Spencer gets closer to Benjamin she feels Zach, her favorite guy friend distancing away from her. Is Spencer up for this? How many sixteen year olds are ready to deal with this?
Attitudinal, realistic, Robar models her characters, just in real life your friends may fall into different categories, but that’s what makes everyone special: we’re different. Robar writes with influences from her own experiences, some of her characters were based on actual people in her life. These characters all have the same genuine feelings for each other as teenagers of America. Because these characters are based on real people’s attitude, and lifestyle, you can relate to many of them.
Just like you, many teenagers in reality temptation can be a real headache. It can be hard to deal with, and along these hard decisions, there would be temptation, and of course, pressure! Just like in the novel, Benjamin was the temptation, Alyssa was sort of the pressure, and it was all up to Spencer to decide whether to give up her virginity or keep it. This novel displays that sex is something you should not rush at.
Robar has gone beyond the expectations and has brought to us this magnificent teenage novel about Spencer Davis, and small chunk of her life. Although we may never know what’s going to happen to Spencer after the novel ends, but it’s pretty predictable, but either way it will still have you wanting more! Sex is something that could wait on, so don’t rush teens there’s a lot more to life!

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Aug 05, 2011 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

From the opening scene at her first gyno exam to the last scene playing guitar hero with her friends, this book was funny and cute. Not an original plot by any means but an enjoyable read nevertheless. Spencer and her gang of friends had me laughing at some of their hijinks and saying "Ahh" at some of the sweeter moments. Robar really touched on the importance of friendship and being true to yourself and your decisions. And what YA book wouldn't be complete without it's resident bad boy you love...more

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Mar 21, 2012 Sherry rated it 2 of 5 stars

Okay, so this book ended up being more like another chick lit book to me. Not really special or particularly good. I honestly thought it would be more educational when it came to the issue of sex. I thought, "Oh, maybe this will help girls who are going through these kinds of issues" but it did and it didn't. Not in the way I expected anyways.

This book is about a girl who is not interested in having sex at all, unlike many of her friends/peers who seem to be very open about their endeavors, espe...more

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Jun 15, 2009 Mandy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009reads

So much fun! Spencer is a wonderful, layered character, and I just loved the dynamic between her and her guy friends-- Ryan, Ben, Zach... the way each relationship was different made the book really enjoyable.

I love the opening scene to this one-- I felt instantly bonded with Spencer and couldn't wait to follow her adventures!

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Feb 26, 2012 Andrea thebusybibliophile rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-saves, kindle

Spencer is happy with the way things are going and sees no reason to change things. But her friends start talking more and more about doing the deed and on her 16th birthday, her progressive mom takes her to the doctor and gets Spencer her first prescription for birth control pills. The Pill makes her a kind of celebrity amongst her friends and they start wondering when she’ll finally do IT. Then Ben shows up at school and suddenly Spencer starts thinking now is a good time to lose her V-card.

Th...more Spencer is happy with the way things are going and sees no reason to change things. But her friends start talking more and more about doing the deed and on her 16th birthday, her progressive mom takes her to the doctor and gets Spencer her first prescription for birth control pills. The Pill makes her a kind of celebrity amongst her friends and they start wondering when she’ll finally do IT. Then Ben shows up at school and suddenly Spencer starts thinking now is a good time to lose her V-card.

This was a quick and easy (or down and dirty, as it were) read. The novel opens with poor Spencer in the stirrup chair for the first time and I found her sense of humor so funny. I literally laughed out loud several times in just the first few pages. If you can remember that very first visit to the gyno, you can relate to her embarassment. Especially given the fact that she doesn’t even want to be there, as she’s not planning on having sex for quite a while.

It’s not like I didn’t know my weight. I was reminded of it every time I stepped into my size thirteen jeans. But was it really necessary to share it with complete strangers? Especially skinny ones? I wasn’t sure which part bothered me more, revealing my weight or my vagina.

I enjoyed Spencer’s friends, they were a diverse group of people and they all had their quirks, good and bad qualities. There was the manwhore with a heart of gold; the goth chick with crazy clothes and hair who was sensible and yet couldn’t stay away from her on-again, off-again boyfriend; the funny smart guy who was always there for his friends… Though some characters could have been considered cliches, I never got the feeling that I’d seen them before, they felt fresh and new to me.

Sometimes I would find Spencer or one of her friends doing something that I thought was silly, then I would remind myself that they were just teenagers, with hormones a’plenty. Lord knows I’ve done some stupid things in the throes of a crush!

Besides the obvious ‘should she’ or ‘shouldn’t she’ plot line, there was a secondary one with Spencer’s friend Alyssa, a strong female character who decided to go ahead and have a one night stand just to lose her virginity and created a spreadsheet of possible candidates. One of the possible candidates was the one and only Ben, which left Spencer unsure of how to handle the situation. This additional plot line blended the 2 opposite viewpoints on sex well.

The dialogue was probably the best part of the book for me. The way Spencer and her friends talked was so snarky and witty, I loved it. The way her friend offered himself as sacrifice for her first sexual experience was sweet and ironic at the same time. There was no explicit sex, but it was talked about in great detail. There was a little romance, and it was both sweet and real.

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Jan 22, 2013 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

So when I read the lead in for this story, I expected it to be a bit more straight-in your face experience of Spencer and her friend Alyssa both thinking of giving up the V.
Suprisingly, no that was not how it went, which was pretty nice.
Spencer has a mom who thinks knowledge is power, and 'Forced' Spenncer to have an OB appt on her 16th birthday, so that, I think, Spencer would know about her body, and if she chose to start having sex, she would be a little better prepared for it.
Spencer seems l...more

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Sep 16, 2011 Regina rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, the-drama, surviving-high-school, steam, individuality, frenemies

So...
Yeah.
This book was NOT what I expected it to be.
From the description, I was truly expecting a humorous journey through the life of Spencer Davis, proud virgin. What I got was a journey through the life of Spencer Davis,...um, Just kinda waiting on someone to give it to.

I'm not a prude, and I'm not a stranger to books that cover the sexual ideas and philosophies of teenaagers, but this book left me unsatisfied.

Spencer Davis has just turned 16. And in her house that means her first trip to th...more So...
Yeah.
This book was NOT what I expected it to be.
From the description, I was truly expecting a humorous journey through the life of Spencer Davis, proud virgin. What I got was a journey through the life of Spencer Davis,...um, Just kinda waiting on someone to give it to.

I'm not a prude, and I'm not a stranger to books that cover the sexual ideas and philosophies of teenaagers, but this book left me unsatisfied.

Spencer Davis has just turned 16. And in her house that means her first trip to the gynecologist and a brand new shiny pack of birth control pills. The first date in the stirrups proves to be mortifying but not fatal and Spencer is less than enthused about receiving this rites of passage because she personally can't see herself needing the pills. She isn't very much like the other members of her "Crew", who are very much sexually active.

There's Morgan and Justin, the on-again/off-again couple, who are currently Off again now that Morgan has learned that Justin had sex with school H.B.I.C. Shelby. Then Ryan, the school clown who changes girls like underwear...and maybe more often, whose mom wants Spencer to be the one that grounds him. Zachary and Allysa(Soon-Yi) are the only other virgins in the Crew, but Zachary is tired of his gentleman reputation and Allysa wants to have a one-night stand so that she can just get the whole virginity thing "out of the way".

Spencer isn't interested in any flings or one-night-stands, though her mother assures her that it may happen so fast that she will be glad she was prepared. First of all, she's a size 13, and can't imagine finding a man who wants to see the body she normally hides underneath sweatshirts and baggy pants. She also believes sex should mean something and wants her first time to be with someone who makes her tingle all over her body, and not just in her nether regions.

Then suddenly, (and I mean like same week, suddenly), there appears in the school a new student. Benjamin Hopkins walks up and asks her for directions to the main office and Spencer is suddenly twitterpated. She can barely remember her name, and by the time she gets to Chemistry class and finds that Ben is her new lab partner, she can hardly even speak. Yet she somehow speaks well enough to agree to let Ben copy her notes.

And thus begins my loss of interest in Ms.Davis. I can totally understand the urgency and unexpected ways love or in this case "lust" can creep up on adults and teenagers alike, but for Spencer to go from "never have I ever" to "Bring it On", was unbelievable for me. The fact that she didn't really "know" Ben, I could get over, but the way she quickly fell into letting him copy her homework, slob her down and grope her up...confused me and made it seem as though her primary issue was more about her body image than her actual concern for her virginity. I also grew frustrated with how easily the reader could see where Spencer's true affections and issues laid, while she was clueless.

The real stories were with Spencer's friends...but even they became cliche after a short while unfortunately. This book closed sweetly enough, but without much to write home about. It could fit comfortably into any booklist that contains Forever by Judy Blume...which says something in and of itself.
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Mar 22, 2011 Maria Gallo rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book was good. i liked some parts of it but other parts i just couldn't wait to get through. i think that spencer should really let go sometimes. i mean people that love her are around her all the time and she's to blind to see that, she goes for the ones that hurt her. i honestly though ben was trouble from the moment they mentioned his name. i mean the whole so sexy bad boy look gave pretty much ass his life away. i believe he only went for spencer because she was still a virgin and that...more

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Jul 21, 2009 The Dreamer Reader rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: already-reviewed, have-book, have-the-book

You know this book is going to be interesting when the opening scene is a trip to the ob-gyn!

The Good: This is a hilarious book! It's not the small chuckle once in a while type, but rather the laugh out loud, leaves you grinning from ear to ear! Does that make sense?

Also, it's really relatable. Unlike some books that make you think, "Are you effing serious, there is no way in hell that can happen", Giving Up the V makes you go, "Wow, that totally happened in my school" or "I know someone exactly...more

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Oct 17, 2009 alexis rated it 3 of 5 stars

Pub Date : June 2009

Summary: Are you really ever ready to “give up the V”?

Spencer Davis is known as the responsible one.

She knows she is not ready to “give up the V” at all even though her friends are becoming obsessed with everything to do with.. “It”.

Spencer’s male friends are the worst.

They all claim to be experts in the matter and offer to help her lose that one tiny letter.

This only embarrasses Spencer more.

Then Benjamin enters the picture.

He’s the new-kid at school and everyone falls for h...more

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Feb 04, 2011 JD Switz rated it 1 of 5 stars

This book started off good and then went to very, very bad. Of course it was easy figuring out who she would end up with. But the journey to get there? It Sucked.
At first everything seemed to make sense. Then all of a sudden, I'm like "What the f@*% are you talking about?"

It's like the author wrote this book on a deadline.

First off, the story is so underdeveloped, I immediately pinned this as some type of fanfiction. She just hops back and forth with these emotions she's having and nothing just...more

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Jul 04, 2009 Mbuick88 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Spencer Davis has just turned 16 and has passed into the realm of womanhood. At least according to her mother who marched her into the OBGYN’s office for her first exam. Spencer left with The Pill and an odd feeling that this was not how her birthday was supposed to be. After all, she doesn’t feel that anyone in her school is even pill-worthy yet. But then the heavens part and she meets Benjamin Hopkins who just moved to May Valley High. Mr. Golden has all the potential of being “the one.” Is Be...more

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Oct 25, 2009 laaaaames rated it 2 of 5 stars

There's so much I wanted to like about all the interpersonal relationships between the boys and girls (including romantic, platonic, and friendship stuff) but at the end of the day it fell short to me. Some of the talks people had, where they laid it all out (no pun intended), seemed so false to me. Sure, I had heart-to-hearts in high school, but these kids seemed waaaaay too eager to just lay it all out there (again, no pun intended). **SPOILER ALERT** Spencer and Zach's talk at the end was emb...more

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Jan 01, 2013 Kelsey Maine rated it 5 of 5 stars

so awesome! Serena's books are some of my faves and this is a great story about being in high-school and all the drama one goes through sooo glad it was Zach in the end Ben was such a jerk sadly Ik many like him lol. very steamy loved it!!

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Apr 19, 2011 Rachel rated it 2 of 5 stars

I absolutely hate the book cover and title but I picked this up because I thought the subject matter about a girl contemplating "giving up" her virginity was provocative. And it is--it's just too bad the book didn't really do it any justice.

This is one of those examples of an author who relies on telling vs. showing. Much of the book feels hurried and the characters seem stock and generic. Worse, I had very little connection to the main character. Outside of her thoughts about losing her virgini...more

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Jan 11, 2010 Katie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-in-2009

This is a young adult book about a girl whose mom takes her to the gynecologist for her 16th birthday. And that kind of sets off a lot of sex talk among her friends. I think all of that is handled very well. A lot of different views about sex are involved, but never in a preachy way.

However, the romance was just so predictable. And there's a level where romances should be predictable, but there were some others ways it could've gone that I think would've been more interesting.

Also, it was set in...more

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Apr 18, 2013 Katelynn rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read this book at that awkward 9th grade time in my life! I really dont known why I did but it was an interesting read that from my memory was ok.

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Jun 06, 2010 Julie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 11th-grade

Giving up the V, by Serena Robar, isn't a book that I would normally read, but it does include many interesting topics. One of the main one is giving up your virginity only to someone that you truly love. The protagonist seeks this one goal, and of course, it's hard. It is hard because she's surrounded by countless friends that are having sex for their first time, and telling her that it's a good idea. The ideas in this book exposes the realities of high schools and colleges, and it's these infl...more

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Sep 13, 2009 Suzanne rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: youngadult-fiction

Um, I don't about this one. I think Spencer's insecurities are the same insecurities a lot of teenage girls go through and readers will be able to relate to her. The parts of the book where Spencer is just thinking are the book's strongest moments. But when her friends enter the picture... well, then it is just a bit preposterous. I don't think a lot of teens say the things that were said in this book. I also think there are better "should I, shouldn't I?" books out there. But who knows--if I wa...more

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Apr 26, 2013 Anisha rated it 5 of 5 stars

Easy read and very relatable.

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May 25, 2010 Susan rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book is very interesting. Spencer Davis, a 16 year old teenage girl wants to save her virginity for someone that is important. Everyone around her is having sex but she dont want to waste her virginity on someone that she dont truly love. This is only true until she meets a guy named Benjamin Hopkins, she finds that she starts falling in love with her. This is a great book where it is recommended to everyone!

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Jan 26, 2010 Xiao Yan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: school-year-09

Spencer Davis has just turned 16 and teenagers around her are all obssessed with sex. Spencer,however, is differnet and rather waits for the guy to come. Benjamin Hopkins, a new transfer student, comes along and Spencer finds herself falling heads over heels for him. THis is the first time that spencer has ever felt like this. THis book is okay and it relates to teenager life alot!

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May 21, 2010 Karen rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: ages 15 and up

this book is about giving up your virginity (The "V"), it was well written but weird because i wasn't expecting some of the things the authur talked about, for he to say.

so, if tyou are not used to stuff like that then this is not a good book for you,i liked it but sometimes it was okward, for me at least.

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Apr 22, 2010 Sheralyn rated it 1 of 5 stars

Uhg, total avoidance in the future. Sorry, but I do not see why reading about teens working away towards losing their virginity would be at all entertaining. Don't get me started on the language. Sorry I wasted even a moment of my time.

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