The DUFF by Kody Keplinger

 I recently read Kody Keplinger first novel, The DUFF, and I decided to dedicate this post to her. There’s not a bibliography site of Kepliger’s yet, but of all we know, she was born and raise in western Kentucky and her first novel was The DUFF. She wrote during her senior year of high school and now she lives in New York City, where she writes full-time.

 The DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) is a novel about this seventeen year old girl, named Bianca, who has been label by the womanizer of the school, Wesley, as the DUFF!. The DUFF is the friend that makes her friends look good, and even though Bianca loves her friends, now thanks to Wesley, she cannot stop thinking about that word! Bianca is torn out, her parents are thinking in divorce, her dad might go back into drinking and she couldn’t hate Wesley more by enhancing her insecurities. Even though she has always hated Wesley, she finds herself kissing him to escape all her problems! Everything turns sideways, Bianca, while trying to get distracted with Wesley, gets to know him better and finds out he’s not what meets the eye! Will she be able to escape her problems and not fall for the guy she hates the most?

I loved this book till the end! The author, Kody Keplinger, when she wrote this novel she was eighteen! And it is something to admire, because she is a young adult, writing for young adults! She clearly knows what it is to be a teenager and guides us into a world, where we girls, can self-evaluate the way we think about ourselves and how we feel about our body. But also she makes questionable choices: if we really should use someone to escape our problems and push our friends aside and not seek help from a counselor. Keplinger introduces us into a sexy, smart and funny novel, where we learn to love ourselves and face our problems. One day, I hope to write a novel this young to impact people’s life.

 I heard the book is going to be a movie. I saw the trailer and for what I could get, it didn’t captivate the story of the book. Well, I hope I am wrong and they don’t change the main conflict of the story. Okay, now I leave you guys and I totally recommend this book to anyone who wants to dive in into a story that’s sexy and funny, but still kinda girly.