Up All Night

Love Stories For Young Adults #17

by Karen Michaels

Cynical Lauren Tyler isn't interested in love. Her parents are getting divorced--and Lauren's pretty down on couplehood. The last thing on Lauren's mind this summer is jumping into a relationship. But she underestimates the romantic pull of a quiet walk on the beach...and Jesse Shaw's gorgeous, tempting brown eyes. Will Lauren give in to the fireworks of Jesse's kiss? Or will she pass up a chance to have the best summer of her life?

Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Teen, Childrens

192 pages, Paperback

First published February 10, 1997

Reviews

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mom's need not worry at all! Amazing for tweens & teens, no sex, no talk of sex. Not even sexual innuendos, (Despite the cover and title) just kissing! First kiss/first love, romantic, creative, clever, funny! I would highly recommend these "love stories" books written by different authors. They're what I started out on, as an adolescent in the 90s, daydreaming about my future first love, 😻 and I sometimes still pull them out and read them as an adult! And, most all of the main characters, a girl looking for love, have a best friend/gal pal like most of us do/did to rely on, and to chat with! My mom loved these for me, as did I!

Up All Night was probably my 3rd favorite in these Love Stories series (The Boy Next Door Was #1, Hot Summer Nights being #2) It deals with realistic best friend issues, feeling like the plain Jane, frumpy girl, and divorced parents. Plus it has love at the beach, and not so perfect relationships which is reality. Great writing! It made me not want Summer to end!

[Josie]

I know the MC is a teenager, but she was unlikable and insufferable and selfish, and so it made it really difficult to care about her story. This was a DNF for me.

[Bookabulary · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know but I just couldn't connect to this story nor to its characters...which was quite disappointing because I had some expectations of it. It was an okay read at best but I have not been tempted to re-read it since the first time I did around a bijillion years ago.

[Katharina · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm sure this book will have a bigger appeal on 13-year-old girls who just recently got interested in boys.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My absolute favorite of all the Love Stories series. I've had my copy for ever!!