Well, this book was a scream let me tell you!! I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish and it made me laugh out loud more than once. It hit on all those teenage angst moments - boys and puberty, mean girls at school and a demanding mother... self imposed expectations and limitations and how we see ourselves with all those insecurities clouding the mirror, all done to the music of the times to set the moods - and Allison Pearson made it all quite funny! Painfully funny at times - and down right hilarious at others, it makes you remember your past and the music that you listened to and loved.

This story starts with a not too long ago past - well, for some of us anyways - and the musical obsession of David Cassidy by two Welsh girls. The story follows them through those awful early teen years of trying to fit in with the cool girls group but never fully making it. But in the process, they find friendship together and their mutual love for teen pop star David Cassidy. They enter a teen pop quiz devoted entirely to him with the grand prize being an all expense paid trip to LA to see him perform live and then meet him after. A teen girls dream come true!

This story is about friendship - and how it can survive over time, even when neglected. And it's about how music can and does play such an important part in the growing up process. How it can bring back such incredibly vivid memories when you hear that song you loved when you were young! All the hurts and happiness... how they can be conjured out of thin air when you hear that tune from your past.

I'm not doing it justice, truth be told - the story is twofold and covers both the past and the present. But to talk about it would be to give it all away, and it's too much of a gem to spoil it for you. My advice is to give it a go and enjoy yourself!