I dunno how I feel knowing that early the 2000s pop scene and boy/girl band era is historical fiction, but boy did this book really take me back to being a preteen in all the best and worst ways lmfao. It really did capture what it was like to be a teen coming into their sexuality and self in a time when women were built-up to be sexy then slandered for it, and pit against one another for simply existing.  ✌️ 

Pros:

💿 Coming of age but also coming into one's sexuality themes.  Amber's insecurities were so painfully relatable at times. Her adamant refusal to take responsibility for others' perception of her was great. 

💿 Extremely nostalgic media representation of musical artists in the early aughts. Down to the Seventeen Magazine quizzes omg.

💿 Happy Ever After romance towards the end, which was nice and left it on such a wholesome note. Loved that.

Cons:

💿 Sometimes it was a little TOO on the nose. If you've read other female celeb memoirs that cover this decade: i.e. Paris the Memoir by Paris Hilton, Woman in Me by Britney Spears, even Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson, you've already read this book. It doesn't add much, if anything, to the conversation.

 💿 Not a con but a Content Warning for

abortion

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