Confiding in a mysterious handsome stranger she meets at he mall, she finds a newfound love and goes to Vegas with Bryn, leaving behind her whole life in Santa Cruz. When she does give her virginity away, the man she loved turns out to be a total player. Right, the kind of girl who has a sister that surpasses her in everything, the kind of girl who is neglected by her parents. Whitney is the kind of girl who is saving her virginity for Mr. With this role, Seth is forced to give in to the needs of Carl and his “friends” in order to keep a roof over his head and survive. Seth confides in Carl, an older man who keeps the company of younger men, a sponsor. This leads him to come out to his father, who disowns him and sends him packing just before he is meant to graduate high school. When his lover, Loren, goes to New York without him, Seth is left to deal with the loss of being dumped from afar. Seth is gay and finds his perfect match online. The children there are treated horribly, and the only way out of there is to manipulate freedom with her body. Getting caught by mom leads her to take Eden to the Tears of Zion institution to dispel demons.

But she is one of the young people who has been born into a family of strictly religious parents, the kind who think that having a boyfriend in high school goes against God, since she possibly can’t marry any of those guys.

Tricks features five different high school students of various ages with five different lives leading into a similar, unfortunate outcome.Įden has a wonderful life with a boy she loves dearly and who seems to love her just as much in return.

I actually had to reread Tricks to remember what happened and reinvest in the characters, and it was well worth the reread. I am neglecting a review on my favorite Ellen Hopkins books ( Burned and Smoke) in favor of these two out of all her books because Traffick is her newest novel. So here I am to talk a bit about Tricks and Traffick. Don’t get me wrong, they are amazing books and definitely worth the read, but drug stories are not my personal favorite. My least favorites are Crank, Glass, and Fallout, which have to do with drug addiction. My second favorite is Identitcal because the twist in the book is literally jaw dropping. My personal favorite is Burned and Smoke, which go together. The reason why this review does not have my general “Should You Read It?” tagline is because ALL of Ellen Hopkins’ books are worth reading, although some are much better than others.

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