What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

So, if you look at some of my earlier (and ill-formatted and quite boring) blog entries, you'll notice that I am a fan of Sonya Sonnes. The first book of hers that I picked up was What My Mother Doesn't Know. And solely because of the title. As you can probably guess, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know is the sequel.

It picks up after Sophie's decision to publicly date Robin. What is different about this novel in verse, is that it is from Robin's point of view. It's fascinating. He loves being with her, but he's broken hearted for her because she has become just as much of an outcast as he has always been and he hates seeing her friendless. When one of her bestfriends does eventually come around it completely changes their relationship. Not that she likes him any less, but before that moment it had only been the two of them against the world.

Robin also starts going to a college art class, where he suddenly finds himself "cool". As he struggles to make things right with Sophie, he finds himself sought after by a girl in his art class. He has a sort of romance with her, but he loves Sophie and ends it with her. He kisses her goodbye and ends it once and for all (they never went very far to begin with), but as he turns around, Sophie just happens to be standing in the street.

At the end they kind of make up and we think they have the potential to still be together. It wasn't a very satisfying ending and even though I loved (LOVED) reading it, I just can't shake that there is more to this story. They get in a fight so close to the end of the book that I never felt satisfied with how it was resolved. Hopefully there will be a third. If there is, at least one person will buy it.