Jaded by Monica McKayhan

The biggest lesson that I've learned from this book is that you shouldn't turn your back on someone, especially when they need you the most. Unfortunately, Jade had to learn that the hard way. She turned her back on her boyfriend after he trusted her, he opened up to her and expected her to be there for him. He was wrong. At that point of time Jade was being selfish, she didn't care about anyone but herself. She broke up with her boyfriend because some of the troubles that were in his life, she claimed that she was too young to deal with his problems. She later figured out that she should have been there for him, but she realizes too late. Along with the problems of her ex Jade has some of her own problems. Her parents are divorced, but lately they have been sending mixed signals lately. It crosses Jade's mind that they might be getting back together, but there's a problem named       Victoria. She finds out that her father is engaged to be married to someone who isn't her mother.

I think that Jade was being so selfish, she could made some sacrifices for everyone's happiness. She was also not a good person to her boyfriend Terrence. She turned her back on him when he needed her the most.

Shrink To Fit by Dona Sarkar

The biggest lesson of this book is to never try to fit in because if people don't accept you as you are then they don't deserve you. You can't expect others to accept you if you don't accept yourself first. Leah started off at about six feet tall and two hundred pounds. She seems to have a problem with her weight because she wants to "fit in". She goes about her situation all of the wrong ways. She began taking diet pills, starving herself, and working her body too much. She loses weight constantly and it still isn't enough. At her turning point she is at 140 pounds. She only decides to make a change because she breaks two of her ribs at a basketball game. She damaged her body, she ends up bulimic and anorexic. While she was  in the hospital she discovered that her friend who had been engaging in the same methods as her lost her life. The doctor informed her that could have and would have been her if she had not ended up in the hospital.

Leah had to get hurt and lose a friend to realize that she needed to find herself. Everyone of her real friends accepted her because they thought she couldn't be anyone but her self. Unfortunately she wanted to change that and had a tough outcome. 

The Pact by Monica McKayhan

This was my favorite book of the four that I have read so far. I think its because this one relates to me the most. So the book starts off with Marcus and Indigo making a pact to break up, but just for the summer. Stupid! I thought that idea was so stupid because if you love or care for someone, then you should never, ever want to let them go. I don't know how she found it in her heart to make a decision like that. She was being selfish. She didn't want to feel guilty if she met someone new and developed feelings for them. That is crap. She never thought that he would meet someone new. What if he decided to move on from her without looking back? Then she would be completely heartbroken, right ?

 Well as the summer goes on she has yet to find someone. On the other hand Marcus is having a great time with a girl that he has just met. As the summer goes on they encounter some drama, and then they realize just how much they miss and need each other. So before the summer's end they're back together, and happier than ever. They were there for each other even after the summer monstrosity.

This book just opened up to let you know that you can depend on the people you love even when you don't think that you can. Throughout their summers, both Indigo and Marcus made some mistakes and learned from them. At the end it doesn't even matter because they have each other.