Partners in Love

Sweet Dreams

by Susan Kirby

With Christmas coming, Shawna Cayley decides to form a business partnership with her brother and his best friend, Chuck McCurdy, but despite Shawna's efforts to win Chuck over, he continues to treat her like a kid sister. Original.

Genres: Young Adult, Romance

144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

Reviews

[Vicky · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read this teen novel with my daughter together. I probably would have appreciated this book more if I had read it as a teen. I probably wouldn't have noticed the flaws. I don't know where my daughter finds these books, but this one was not a winner. The author portrayed the unrequited teenage crush Shawna Cayley had on one of her brother's friends fairly well. Of course, the book featured the beautiful teenaged snob and did that fairly well. That was about it. The boys in the book were misogynistic and egocentric all the way. I wanted to strangle them or was it the author I wanted to strangle? I kept hoping Shawna would put her big girl pants and stand up to them instead of getting in a bad mood and crying off on her own. Oy!

[D.L. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh my. Was this misogynistic tripe written in the 1990's ... or the 1890's? The way Shawna was treated by her brother and even her love interest at times was appalling. Yikes. I wanted to like this so badly, but nope. Just nope. Shawna was a sweet girl but was TSTL. Seriously.

[Sofia · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was entertaining to read.

[Ciara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this one so long ago. It was my moms old book that she found in the attic, or some place. and I got bored one day and read it. It was a very quick read. I can't really say anything about it since it's been so long.

[Reading with Cats · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh. Not horrible.

[Donna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mindless teen fiction.