Review - A Girl Called Shameless by Laura Steven

It is a sequel to The Exact Opposite of Okay. This book is full of humour, and you will instantly start liking the protagonist. I saw characters growing in their thought process from the previous book to this. Betty, the grandmother, is my favourite character. She is quirky, weird, modern, and classy. The theme revolves around slut-shaming and revenge porn wherein someone uploads your nude on social media to get back at you to take revenge.

This book talks about friendships and relations. How sometimes your one step makes everything so twisted and dark that it becomes hard to come out of it? How that makes it difficult for you to get back to your old self because you cannot undo what has been done? You need to assess the person's intent, even if they are the closest once you have been. If you sense malice, you need to stay away from them despite your history because self-respect should come above everything else. There is always a cause behind everything, but sometimes people turn out better than you thought them to be.

I picked this book because my secret Santa sent it to me. I don't know how long it would have taken me to get to it if that was not the case. It is my first book of this year, and I quite liked it. You should read this if you enjoy YA and humour and also because of the subject.

Rating – 4/5

Genre – Young Adult, Humor

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