They make a pack to 'hold out' until this feud is over. She gets together with the girls dating other players from both teams and they unite. After enough is enough she decides to fight back. It's effecting her and her relationship with her football playing boyfriend. This was just the type of story I was in the mood for! But they're also on the light side and entertaining. She writes fun reads with just enough seriousness/emotion to keep me invested.

Shut Out is one of those books that was so fun to listen to! This is the second book of Kody Keplinger's I've read (Duff being the first) and I have to say I love her style. I was actually going to give this one 2 stars, but Lissa managed to heighten my frustration to such spectacular levels at the end that I just couldn't even give it that. Which is a shame, really, as I would have loved reading a book delivering the same content, with, you know. I do understand that literature is one of the ways you can change people's mentality, but in this case, it was so completely blatant that I felt I was reading the author's views more than the character's. BUT, as a reader, I really don't need to be lectured all the way through the novel. I agree with her whole-heartedly, it is unfair. I don't know if you've ever read one of Kody's blog articles, but she heavily denounces the disparity between males and females when talking about sex. Which is sadly all that I felt here.Īnother qualm I have about this book: it felt like a giant feminist manifesto. I do, however, like to actually feel something other than annoyance for a book narrator. I am aware not all teenagers are sensible, responsible beings. But then she turned into this huge caricature who just lost all intelligence and became obsessed with winning the 'war' and finding every pretext to feel sorry for herself. You know there's something wrong with a book when the boys are falling all over themselves for the main character and you're wondering why.

Shut Out by Kody Keplinger