Carina (Harlequin UK) discussion

Reviews for Popping the Cherry by Aurelia B. Rowl are quite often talking about how 'British' the story is.

But what does that mean? And what might you need to know?

Okay, here goes with some of the differences off the top of my head...

School is compulsory until the academic year in which you turn 16. If you wish, you can then continue onto full-time further education at sixth form college or technical college which is generally two years for A-levels or equivalent. From there, you can go onto University or Higher Education to take a degree or equivalent if you wish, but you have to fund this yourself.

You can have sex, buy cigarettes, enter the lottery, start full-time employment, and get married (with parental consent) at the age of 16.

The earliest you can take your driving test is 17.

You are considered an adult from the age of 18, which is also when you can purchase alcohol.

If I've missed anything, please leave a comment and I'll be happy to explain.

Similarly, if there's a phrase that you don't get and you would like a 'translation', just ask; I'll then gather them all up and create a type of glossary for a future blog post.

Happy reading!
Aurelia

I generally don't get hung up on differences like that since, like Debbie, I know the two countries operate differently when it comes to education. The only time I needed a reference guide was when I read Louise Rennison. Lol. I was flipping back and forth all the time!

I am curious, though, why every text message in the book ends with an 'x'...

Michelle wrote: "I am curious, though, why every text message in the book ends with an 'x'..."

I think it is a British thing Michelle, you'll see it on the likes of Facebook too. It's almost become the normal way of signing off, even though I wouldn't dream of actually kissing the person I was sending a message to LOL

Ah...that does explain some strangeness about e-mails from my British friends, lol.