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    Jersey Angel

    Written by Beth Ann Bauman

    Narrated by Jaclyn Gaines

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    About this audiobook

    It's the summer before senior year and the alluring Angel is ready to have fun. She's not like her best friend, Inggy, who has a steady boyfriend, good grades, and college plans. Angel isn't sure what she wants to do yet, but she has confidence and experience beyond her years. Still, her summer doesn't start out as planned. Her good friend Joey doesn't want to fool around anymore, he wants to be her boyfriend, while Angel doesn't want to be tied down. As Joey pulls away, and Inggy tours colleges, Angel finds herself  spending more time with Inggy's boyfriend, Cork. With its cast of vivid and memorable characters, this tale from the Jersey shore is sure to make some waves.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 8, 2012
    ISBN9780307968890
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    • 1/5
      I didn't like this book. I had thought it was a love triangle but it was more like the tv show Jersey Shore. To much drinking, drugs and promiscuity.
    • 2/5
      I went into this book expecting to like the protagonist Angel and come to her defense over some of the major slut shaming I've been seeing around the Interwebs regarding her sexual activity (seriously, 17yo teenage girls have sex, get over it). The author has also spoken out, saying that it's ridiculous that people want to hold a fictional character as a "role model" and that "slut" is a perjorative term (which it is). That being said, I tried but I couldn't bring myself to like her.

      The truth of the matter is, Jersey Angel isn't a bad book because Angel is a 17yo girl who wants to party and have sex with multiple boys. It's a bad book because there's no story and Angel is an unlikable and flat character who is totally unrepentant or remorseful (to the point of sociopathic) about screwing her best friend over (pun intended) and has no character growth. You can try to spin it as people not understanding wild childs, but the truth of the matter is, IRL Angel would be a terrible person.

      ~kanyeshrug~ sorry I'm not sorry.
    • 1/5
      Review from ARC from NetGalley.

      Marketed for YA, but even I'd put it with adult. Way too much gratuitous and promiscuous sex and drug use. Also, not very well written. And the author's definition of "Benny" might be one definition, but it's not the one I hear from my Jersey shore in-laws. Will not be purchasing for my YA collection even though we're in Jersey.
    • 3/5
      I was really looking forward to getting started on Jersey Angel. The cover alone is really fun and drew my attention. I was looking for a nice easy read that would also be fun! I'm not sure if Jersey Angel lived up to my expectations, though it wasn't a bad book. It just wasn't a very deep book. It didn't feel like there was anything under the surface for me. It's definitely one of those books you speed through in one sitting or so.

      Angel is certainly not your typical YA female character! She's very sure of her self and very free about what she wants. This book is definitely not family friendly so may not be for everybody. I liked Angel though! I thought she was fun and strong willed. She wasn't perfect and made mistakes like everybody else in the world. I thought she was quite believable as a character and felt real. I very much enjoyed the setting of the novel and it had its interesting moments.

      I did not feel like there was much of a story, though. This was a very quick read and it was over before I really could get into it! The writing is easy to read through quickly and the book itself is short at only around 200 pages. It definitely makes for a fast and different read if that's what you're looking for. The characters aren't that well developed because of this and a lot of the emotional parts just fell flat for me. Overall, Jersey Angel was an okay book but not particularly memorable and there isn't that much to say about it!
    • 3/5
      I won an advanced readers copy of Jersey Angel from Random Buzzers.I had higher hopes for Jersey Angel. It was a light, easy read. Angel is 17, the summer before her senior year, and living on the Jersey Shore, in a house by herself, next door to her mom and two younger siblings. My first thought upon reading this tidbit was "Lucky! I wish I had MY own house when I was a teenager!" Then the conversations between mom and children start. And I couldn't stop thinking of MTV's Jersey Shore cast. Is that awful?! Angel herself was snarky and fun, just completely lacked guidance and self respect from the one person she should've been learning it from- her own mother. I try not to judge and label too often, but I gotta call it as I see it. When the mom is a hoe, more often than not, the daughter is a hoe. And I actually started feeling sorry for this little Jersey hoe. I shudder to think that this would be a real depiction of an East Coast Jersey Shore typical teenage girl! That aside, I found the writing style lovely, and even though the majority of Jersey Angel made me cringe, it wasn't due to the story, so much as the actions of the characters. All in all, a pretty decent read.
    • 3/5
      This book is really not like anything I've read lately in YA lit. It is both refreshing and disturbing. Refreshing, because the main characters voice is so clear. Disturbing, because it is so sexually explicit and, at times, shocking. Angel is not really your typical YA protagonist. At 17 she lives away from her family in her own house and pretty much does what she wants. She drinks, smokes weed and sleeps around casually with really no thoughts of the consequences (she says throughout the book that she gave up smoking four years earlier, apparently pot doesn't count). These are not normally traits that a parent would want their teenager reading about. However, coming from an adult's perspective they make for an interesting and thought-provoking read. Angel's voice seems very genuine throughout the book, you really feel that you can see how her thought process works and while she isn't a very likable character most of the time, she can be a sympathetic character. I sort of liked that the author didn't make excuses for Angel's behavior because, well, there really isn't one. Angel acts how she wants to regardless of how it effects other people. While this isn't a desirable trait in a human being, it is true that some people behave this way and it is interesting to see inside the mind of such a person. I also liked that the "Jersey Shore culture" is explored without being mocked. There is no Snookie, no fist pumping, and while there are various "situations" The Situation is thankfully absent. This book is serious without being message-y and I liked that.Now lets talk about the controversy, and there is plenty of controversy, surrounding this book. Basically there are a lot of people who are concerned with the explicit sexual nature of this novel. There are several scenes in the book that were gasp-worthy, not because of what was actually happening, but because of the language that was used to describe it and the casual attitude with which it was approached. I get it, teenagers have sex, and I think that the topic is certainly fair game. However, I also think that the topic should be approached in a responsible manner and that the vocabulary used, while it doesn't need to be clinical, also doesn't need to sound like the dialogue from an "adult" film. I mean seriously.
    • 4/5
      I have a feeling a lot of folks are going to feel differently about Angel. But I really loved this girl, the protagonist in Beth Ann Bauman's latest, JERSEY ANGEL. Jersey Girl Angel is almost a senior in high school, getting ready for her yearly move from one of her mother's summer rental properties on the beach back into the big house down the street for the summer. And that's about all she knows about her future. Angel doesn't have plans like her best friend Inggy. Angel likes meeting different boys, likes having her freedom, likes that she doesn't know what she's going to do after high school. Inggy has college plans, a steady boyfriend, and, well, a steady life.Angel is starting to feel insecure about her choices, though. For one thing, the guy she was just having a fling with doesn't want to see her anymore because she refuses to get serious. She's starting to notice that her mom acts more like a teenager than an adult. And she's started sneaking around behind Inggy's back in a way that could destroy their friendship forever.JERSEY ANGEL is a beautifully written breezy read, and if you can get past the fact that Angel is, well, not usually doing herself any favors, you'll see that this is a book that is not only about growing up, but about growing. This is a great novel for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson's SPEAK and John Green's LOOKING FOR ALASKA who are looking for a strong, serious, elegant novel that isn't quite as heavy. Definitely a good pick for summer reading.
    • 2/5
      I’ll be honest. I’m struggling to find words to explain my thoughts on Jersey Angel. I read it. I didn’t like it much. I didn’t think it was completely horrible since I was able to finish it. I’m just “eh” about it.I kind of thought from the cover and from the description of Jersey Angel, it was going to be a beach read. It isn’t really. The book takes place from spring to winter and the author glosses over huge time periods during the summer. The cover is a bit misleading. Just remember that.Sex. I can’t get it out of my mind. I’m cool with sex in books and even young adult books. Many readers will be bothered by the sex in this book. It’s talked about in abundance. I kind of wish I would have kept track of how many times the author went into detail and how many times the protagonist thought about it. Again, nothing wrong with it per se, but it’s going to bother some readers.Another thing that bothered me and will most likely bother other readers who decide to pick up Jersey Angel…cheating. Angel has sex with her best friend’s boyfriend numerous times. I’m not giving too much away since it says that in the book’s summary. I think it’s the character’s actions after the fact that make it even more upsetting to me. No remorse whatsoever and at the end…still nothing. I was at least hoping for some major change in Angel at the end of the book , but I didn’t get that either.While I was reading Jersey Angel, I kept wondering if real teenagers act like this. I’m sure they do, even though that makes me sad. I’ve learned over the course of reading young adult, that I seem to be able to handle reading about teenagers in novels more so than in real life…real teenagers annoy the hell out of me. Then I’m wondering if the author just wrote about real teens and maybe other authors gloss over the nitty-gritty at times. Maybe that’s why I didn’t like the teens in this book. Just a random thought.I didn’t like any of the characters. They didn’t have any redeeming qualities. There were a decent amount of characters and teenagers for me to connect with in Jersey Angel, but I wasn’t able to feel much for any one of them.
    • 2/5
      In a market filled with good girls discovering extraordinary powers, or surviving supernatural ordeals, Angel Cassonetti is ordinary. She's not a good girl. She's not a super-intelligent girl. She's just a girl. A girl who makes mistakes and does stupid shit. A girl trying to find herself. There's no right or wrong. No good guys versus bad guys. Each of these characters is morally ambiguous and very human. And because of that this book is going to get skewered. It's a novel that's crass, and honest, and unapologetically so. There is foul language. And sex. Lots of it. Not to mention a female teenaged protagonist who enjoys sex and seeks it out. And then there's the lying and the cheating and the whole best friend betrayal thing. I mean, come on, the girl sleeps with her best friend's boyfriend on multiple occasions, and not because they couldn't help it and fell in love, but because they were both horny and needed a hookup. It doesn't stand a chance. I however, tried to just take it for what it was and do my best to read Angel's story without getting all judge-y on her. And say what you will about Angel Cassonetti (and if you read this book you will have plenty to say, trust me), but she's nothing if not compelling. While I didn't agree with most of her behavior, it didn't make me want to turn away from her story. I wanted to see what conclusions she would come to about her life. I wanted to see her straighten up and see that there's more to her than being sexy. That being said, my problem with this book stems from the fact that there seems to be no plot, no character growth or redemption. But maybe that's the point. Maybe since Angel never saw her actions as really wrong, there's no place for redemption. Or a satisfying conclusion to her story. Or maybe something profound happened here and it just went over my head. At the end of the day, if you take away the shock value, you're left with little more than a below average contemporary. It's only saving grace is its interesting (if not sympathetic) characters and spot-on dialogue. It's not going to make my list of favorites for the year. And it is most certainly not for those opposed to sex or language in YA.
    • 4/5
      Jersey Angel by Beth Ann Bauman is about a teen named Angel whos' main goal is to have lots of fun at the Jersey shore during her summer before senior year...but Angel has a little too much funJersey Angel started a bit slow for me, I was worried that I would be able to get into it and that it wouldn't hold my interest. Luckily I didn't give up. Angel doesn't really live up to her name, she's a nice girl but when it comes to boys she should really be named Jersey Devil.I felt bad for Angel though, she obviously didn't have a good female role model growing up. I enjoyed reading about Angel and her friends and after the beginning hump the writing flowed. The book has some deep emotional issues that unfortunately teens might come across and Jersey Angel addresses them extremely well.Great read and recommend to mature young adults due to sexual contentThanks to Netgalley and Random House Children's Books for providing me an e-galley in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      This is one of those books that people are going to either love or hate -- either way, people will be talking about it. Not necessarily because it's a stellar, life-changing read, but because Ms. Bauman has created a wonderfully flawed character and doesn't hold back while telling her story.I'll get straight to the point and say that at first glance, Angel seems like nothing more than a self-centered slut who only cares about herself. I've read a lot of reviews where people say exactly that, but I saw something else.It's true -- Angel is fairly promiscuous and does a lot of questionable things. She's strung Joey Sardone along for years -- dating him, breaking up with him when she needs distance and then going after him again. When Joey finally tells her he is done, and shows no sign of caving in again, Angel decides to find excitement elsewhere. The fact that this "excitement" (ie casual sex) comes in the shape of her best friend's boyfriend doesn't exactly score her any more points. Then there's the tall, skinny, sweetly awkward (and virginal) Kipper who Angel agrees to have sex with so he doesn't have to go to college a virgin. I can see where, if you base the book on those things alone, people may not like it. I, on the other hand, seemed to have an entirely different opinion.First of all, I love questionable main characters. It's true, Angel is far from perfect, and a lot of the time she appears to be a self-centered little ho, but I liked that. She's not the shy, awkward girl looking for her first true love, or maybe a sexual awakening over one life-changing summer. I've read that book -- been there, done that. Angel hasn't been a virgin since she was fourteen. Trust me - her sexuality is awake.What I did see in Angel was a seventeen-year-old girl who doesn't know what she wants. She wants to be loved, but she doesn't know what love is. She's never worked hard at much, mainly because she's never had to. Her looks have always gotten her everything she wants. She has no desire to go to college, so a C-average is good enough for her. She's a wonderful big sister, works hard to keep her mom in line, and struggles with the absence of her father. Some of the scenes with she and her dad broke my heart. She wanted so badly to be a bigger part of his life.While the book doesn't conclude with Angel having this huge, life-changing revelation where she realizes her slutty, questionable ways should be laid to rest and runs off to join a convent -- she does change. Several things happen along the way that slowly make her realize what she has done, making her really think about what she's given up, what she's lost and the possibilities that still lay before her. Angel may not be the perfect role-model, but readers can learn something from her.I really enjoyed this book, but I will warn parents, younger teens and more sensitive readers that this book does contain drinking, drug use and lots of sex. Ms. Bauman doesn't hold back, and honestly, I'm glad she didn't. She gives the reader a true, honest look at Angel without censoring who she is, and for that, I applaud her.