Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt - ADVISABLE

Leavitt, Lindsey Going Vintage, 310 pgs.  Bloomsbury, 2013. $16.99 Content: Language: PG (2 swears; 3 God); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: G.  

Mallory finds out that her boyfriend, Jeremy, of one year has been sharing his thoughts and feelings with a girl online, while Mallory has been sharing all of her feelings with Jeremy.  Feeling betrayed, Mallory swears off all technology and is inspired, by a list she found from her grandmother’s high school boxes, to live as though it is the 60’s.  She dresses the time period and refuses to use her phone or the internet.  As she realizes that her relationship with Jeremy wasn’t always perfect she also realizes that her grandmother’s life during the 60’s had just as many complications.  With the help from her best friend, little sister and a new friend Oliver, Mallory begins to find out who she and is able to live in the now.  

This book is about a girl finding who she is on her own and accepting her time in life.  It’s about family, friends and boyfriends and how Mallory learns to communicate better with each.  Overall, the story was interesting and regardless of the teenage drama, I cared for the characters.  I had just finished reading Lindsey Leavitt’s other novel, Sean Griswold’s Head a week before and felt they were similar with a strong female character learning to be comfortable with her situation in life.  

MS-ADVISABLE.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.