Review: The Lipstick Laws

The Lipstick Laws by Amy Holder

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


When you're invisible to everyone at your school, what's your option to become noticed? April Bowers knows this dilemma all too well. After her best friend moves away she's left all alone knowing no one, unless you count the weird geeky boy of her mom's friend (and she doesn't). Then she's paired up with the school's Queen Bee- Brittany. When Brittany asks her if she's new to school she says yes and immediately gets an invite to sit at her table at lunch. What's a girl to do but say yes? Even though April has seen the way Brittany treats other people and has been warned by her own best friend she manages to hold her tongue and fit in. After going through many changes and insults leveled her way by Brittany who is "training" her to be her friend she's finally asked to sign the Lipstick Laws- a code of conduct for the elite group of friends. Even though April believes these laws are stupid she's too alone to not sign them. Bad friends are better than no friends right? Wrong. After April is charged with breaking one (or three) of the Lipstick Laws she is not only kicked out of the popular group but is harassed and ostricized by everyone. So what's a girl to do? Get even. April realizes that she's not the only one to have broken one of these stupid laws and recruites the rest of the Lipstick Lawbreakers- a group of girls that become true and close friends. Over the remainder of the book the lawbreakers manage to bring brittany down a peg or two but only by becoming more like her- eventually April finally takes the higher ground and shows a little class. There are some amusing incidents in this book as well as a definite understanding of high school social situations. What I really liked in the end is that by being herself April is able to end with true friends who are supportive of each other and that's more of what these types of books need to focus on. I thoroughly enjoyed the read.



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