This book was just what I needed while home sick with a cold. Frank, awkward British humor is like warm soup to me, for some reason. Louise Rennison's Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging was one of the few teen novels I actually read as a teenager, and I am sooo glad she's back with a new series!

Tallulah is just as honest about the awkwardness of growing up as her cousin Georgia is -- the biggest difference between the two of them is that Tallulah is attending a performing arts summer program in Yorkshire. So, basically, combine the following elements, and you get Withering Tights:

1. The clash of city and country culture
2. A bunch of dramatic performing arts girls
3. Britishness. So. Much. Britishness. You have to read this book in your head in a British accent.
4. A boys' school down the road
5. Crazy theatre teachers
6. Knobbly knees

The combined result is just...hilarious and warm and funny and great. I love how Lullah sees the world, and I really hope she eventually ends up with Alex. 'Cause he's dreamy. Next time I get a cold I'm reading A Midsummer Tights Dream :-D This feels a lot like a British version of Ruby Oliver.