Reviews for Meant to Be (Diary of a Teenage Girl Series: Kim #2)

The average rating for Meant to Be (Diary of a Teenage Girl Series: Kim #2) based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-11-01 00:00:00 Michael Grommo I have read all five hundred thousand of the Diary of a Teenage Girl books (Chloe, Caitlin, Kim, whatever), and Kim's stories were the only one I remembered. However, I read them years ago and had no interest in reviewing then, and mostly forgot about them. I picked up "Meant to Be" at a yard sale last month and decided to buy it (for 25 cents!), expecting to review it as terrible, preachy Christian teen lit that basically proclaimed, "GOD WILL SMITE YOU IF YOU HAVE SEX OR A LUSTFUL THOUGHT IF YOU'RE A GIRL! But if you're a guy, it's okay and to be expected!" It wasn't like that at all. "Meant to Be" introduced interesting, likable characters, showed the honest consequences of Natalie, a female friend of Kim's having sex without, believe it or not, forcing an abstinent lifestyle down the reader's throat (Natalie's boyfriend, thank goodness, was not portrayed as idiotic, sex-obsessed, one-track-minded, or immediately running away upon learning of the girl's pregnancy). The story was honestly funny and heartfelt at times without hardly being preachy, sexist or forcible about religion, although it was clearly Christian themed. That's a rarity, and I'm grateful for not having to give it one star and write an enormous, all-caps rant about it. And I felt sad when Kim's mom died. Genuinely sad. That's hard to replicate.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-02-04 00:00:00 Adam Rivera Heartbreaking...but still enjoyable.