Review: Angel's Choice - Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Review: Angel's Choice - Lauren Baratz-Logsted - December 2006
As a mood reader, often I will know that I want to read but I don't know what I want to read and it can be a hard decision. Often, in this case, I just scroll through until a title or author jumps out at me and I am like - ok, I will read this one. In Angel's Choice, again despite it being an older YA book - it is quite relevant to the current situation going on about the abortion bill, etc. Angel's choice introduces us to teen Angel who on a bit of a revenge hook-up at a party ended up with a guy named Tim O'Mara, he isn't the guy she would have normally hooked up but she was angry and jealous at Danny - the one she loves. Angel ends up having her first time with Tim, not that she can remember it as she was drunk and it wasn't very memorable. At the end of the night, Tim gives her his number and says "call me if you get pregnant". Two months later, Angel makes that phone call and we learn Tim wants the baby aborted. Angel goes with her best friend to the clinic, but Angel can't go through with it. Slowly her best friend drifts away and Angel is all alone. As the months tick on by, Angel finally tells her parents who I loved that they were super supportive - especially her dad. Now passing the timeframe of a contraceptive abortion, Angel must decide what she wants to do as ultimately this is "Angel's Choice" and no one else. I liked this book as the main female Angel was a strong female character who despite objections from those around her, made up her mind and kept chugging along. Angel's Choice overall tells us that when this decision needs to be made - it is OUR CHOICE - No one else has the power or right to control what you do with your foetus and this is the main topic that people are trying to get across currently in the US with the abortion laws. If you enjoy edgy YA and want to read a fictional account, then check out Angel's Choice by Lauren Baratz-Logsted today.
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