![]() I adored the frank and honest discussions about safe sex and miscarriage: too often in YA the sex scenes are fade to black, so to have scenes like The concept was intriguing - I'd never read anything even vaguely similar - and the moral dilemmas faced by Mercy throughout definitely make you think and consider what you would do in her position. "It's not fair that you take all the shit for this while the guys get to walk around like nothing happened. I'm very conflicted over how I felt about 'Firsts'. Mercedes thinks tutoring the boys is a good deed, but when five virgins becomes ten, and that number continues rapidly rising, she starts to wonder if what she's doing isn't more about her after all. ![]() ![]() She sleeps with virgins, instructing them throughout and giving them hints and tips about what to do and what not to do with their girlfriends. How does Mercedes make this happen? By training the boys. She wants them to have flowers brought to their doors, candles arranged in their bedrooms and boyfriends who take their time to make every moment memorable for them. Mercedes Ayres wants every girl to have the perfect first time. 'Virginity is supposed to be something a girl gives up only when she is ready and feels comfortable, something a girl discusses at length with her friends and flip-flops over a million times in her mind before actually doing it. ![]() ![]() First things first, I need to say a huge thank you to St Martin's Press, for accepting my request to review this title on NetGalley, and to NetGalley for the service that they provide. ![]()
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