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RITA Reader Challenge Review

Affective Needs by Rebecca Taylor

Affective Needs

I was late to the RITA reviewing party but there was a gap for a reviewer of either YA or Inspirational: I’m not inspirational but I was young once so YA it is. Checking out the title of Affective Needs was itself an education: apparently it’s a term for having emotional and social difficulties. Which I would have thought summed up pretty much everyone in high school, but there you go. Right. Here we are … Continue reading Affective Needs by Rebecca Taylor

RITA Reader Challenge Review

Affective Needs by Rebecca Taylor

Affective Needs

Affective Needs is a YA romance with classic teen characters, like an angsty, academically-focused young woman ready to leave the confines of high school and a broody, mysterious bad boy who just started at the school. Rebecca Taylor’s story trod well-worn paths, but injects some fresh insights with an eye toward the realities behind high school experiences. On day one hundred and forty-four, Bella Blake emerged from winter break with freshly dyed atomic-pink hair. Everyone … Continue reading Affective Needs by Rebecca Taylor