On the surface, 17-year-old Alex has it made; she is beautiful and smart. Plus, she's best friends with M., the absolute most popular girl in school. Feeling bored with their fancy Orange County suburban town, Alex and M. decide to check out L.A.'s glitzy nightlife scene. Pretending to be 19, Alex and M. meet Trevor and Connor, two rich older guys. At first, Alex can't believe her luck--she gets to hang out at hip Hollywood houseparties and downtown L.A. clubs. These weekend trips into the city become the perfect distraction for Alex, who is secretly struggling with her failing senior year grades, her absentee father, and her clueless mom. But, after the initial fun wears off for Alex, she is forced to reevaluate her friendship with M., who is hiding some secrets beneath her perfect Burberry-clad exterior...in Alyson Noël's Faking 19.
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"I honestly was disappointed in this book, but it wasn't all bAd. It's about a girl named Alex. She was a straight a student. President of everything in school and was offered tons of scholarships. Then her parents divorced and everything's changed. Now she is failing every subject and seems to find was to sabotage herself. Alex has a best friend name m. She is rich. Has everything a teenager wanted and was alway left alone. Alex and m skip school and head to la were they use fake id's and go clubbing. Now they met older guys and they lie bout their age. M start doing drugs and Alex is faced with a decision. Does she tell the truth? Fix her life, loose her virginity, or nothing At all?" — Amy (4 out of 5 stars)
"I honestly was disappointed in this book, but it wasn't all bAd. It's about a girl named Alex. She was a straight a student. President of everything in school and was offered tons of scholarships. Then her parents divorced and everything's changed. Now she is failing every subject and seems to find was to sabotage herself. Alex has a best friend name m. She is rich. Has everything a teenager wanted and was alway left alone. Alex and m skip school and head to la were they use fake id's and go clubbing. Now they met older guys and they lie bout their age. M start doing drugs and Alex is faced with a decision. Does she tell the truth? Fix her life, loose her virginity, or nothing At all?"
“Deliciously funny and irreverent. I couldn't put this down!
I loved Faking 19...A totally convincing look at one teenager's broken world, and how she reaches inside herself to fix it.
Gloriously, outrageously funny. . .
Alex and M., despite their foolish mistakes, are fresh and endearing characters.
" Amazing Book! This book really shows that when you're in a rut, you can always pull yourself out! "
" Honest, I didn't like this book like I thought I would. I found the protagonist whiny and thought she got exactly what she deserved for lying to everyone in her life she cared about. I found the plot uninteresting and predictable. I had high hopes for this book, especially after Saving Zoe, but it really let me down. "
" Great story. I was able to make connections with my life and some of the problems in this story. All in all, it made me feel great about moving forward and keeping my head up, no matter what happens. "
" It was kinda wierd sometimes, but pretty good, I just thought to much was going on and the main girl kept changing her mind, but I loved that she learned from her mistakes and also became a stronger person at the end...good job your finally an indiviual...=P "
" i read this book and then i was like, wait what? it didnt have any spectacular twist or any special spark, you pretty much could guess the whole book, but it is a fast read, i read it in 2 days, with barely being home.. "
" It was good. A little akward. I wouldn't want my mom to know what it was about. "
" It was okay I didnt really like it..now that I think about it "
" It was "like" ok. And I "like" read it in a day.:) So, it wasn't the most intellectual book, but it was a fun read and a quick one. I do like her Immortal series and I think she got better, as a writer, the more she wrote. "
" This was a pretty awesome book. This one and Art Geeks and Prom Queens were her best! "
" I've always loved reading this book, so this time round it was just a re read. still enjoyed it as much as I've always have. "
" Gr8 book! If you havent read it, read it!! Although this book is probably for 13 & up "
" check out the author's note...there is a shout out to my sister! "
" Hmm, not my favorite by this author. Easy, fast read. Didn't like the swearing. Also didn't think the plot was very realistic. "
" I think this is the only Alyson Noel book I've read, but if you're looking for a light read that is just a typical romance, this is a good book for you. It wasn't my favorite, and I wouldn't read it a second time.. but I would read it 'again' if I hadn't ever read it. "
" I liked this book but I think the author needed to explain more at the end instead of letting the reader puzzle the pieces together. I just think it ended to soon but it was a good read for the most part :) "
" This book was very good.. A nice quick read. "
" Didn't like the ending. :( "
" Great story about the stupid things teenagers do--like lying about their ages. Wonderful story that reveals the consequences that result from seemingly innocent lies. "
" In the beginning, it started off a little slow but as I read on I enjoyed it very much. There are a lot of life lessons to be learned from this book. "
" I forgot to write a review when I finished this, so it has been awhile. From what I remember it was exactly the kind of book I read. I honestly picked this up simply by judging the book by its cover. "
" Never finished.Too cliche.Update rating if I ever decide to finish.Trust me, high school is not THAT dramatic. "
" Alyson Noel must get paid to infuse her books with positive themes. "
" After recently reading Alyson's Saving Zoe, I want to glom her backlist. This is her first book. Thoroughly enjoyed it. She has a gift for making characters real. "
" -The girl in this book meets a cute guy and pretends to be nineteen. Does the guy find out? Or does she get away with it? Read and find out? "
" My absolute favorite Alyson Noel book--she writes in the voice of a true teenager! "
Alyson Noël is the award-winning author of numerous books, incluidng Faking 19, Art Geeks and Prom Queens, Laguna Cove, Fly Me to the Moon, Kiss & Blog, Saving Zoë, Cruel Summer, and the Immortals series, including Evermore, Blue Moon, Shadowland, Dark Flame, and Night Star, as well as the Immortals spin-off series beginning with Radiance. With over two million copies in print in the US alone, her books have won many awards, including the National Reader’s Choice Award, NYLA Book of Winter Award, NYPL Stuff for the Teenage, TeenReads Best Books of 2007, and Reviewer’s Choice 2007 Top Ten, and have been chosen for the CBS Early Show’s “Give the Gift of Reading” segment, and selected for Seventeen Magazine’s “Hot List” and Beach Book Club Pick.
Katie Schorr is an actor and writer in New York. Her one-woman show, Take Me. Seriously, ran for six months at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and she performs throughout New York in new works at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Ars Nova, among other theaters. She has appeared on VH1’s Best Week Ever and costars in the web series Head in the Oven with Saturday Night Live actor Bill Hader. Her audiobook credits include narrating the novels in Alyson Noel’s bestselling Immortals series. Of her work on the series, AudioFile magazine has said, “Narrator Katie Schorr has a wonderfully raspy, youthful voice, which she puts to good effect on the cast of teenage characters.”
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