Name: Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras
ISBN: 9781416905165

Cathy Hopkins

Looking young for her age, fourteen-year-old Lucy finds her friendship with Izzie strained when sixteen-year-old Nesta comes into the mix, in a coming-of-age tale about three British girls.

Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras

Being young-looking for her age, fourteen-year-old Lucy finds her friendship with Izzie strained when sixteen-year-old Nesta comes into the mix, in an amusing, coming-of-age tale about three British girls. Original.

Briar's Reviews

Quick Review:

This is a great YA teen romance to spice up your TBR! It's really amusing jumping back into early 2000s YA novels, and it's quite the treat for me. It's definitely different reading them as an adult rather than as a teen, and I'm not sure if they hold up with the times but I still enjoyed them! It's all about falling in love and chasing the boy of your dreams for the very first time... With a catchy title!

Lucy is trying to cope with teenage life. She is being pressured from all angles - teachers, parents and even her friends. Everyone else seems so sure of what they want to do, but Lucy has no idea. Somehow she has to find the answers.

Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras

Justine Rose

Enjoyable, quick read. At 19, I'm probably a bit old for this series, and I'm fairly sure younger readers will enjoy it more, but I'm still going to continue with the series!

Erin 

*Cue middle school Erin thinking she was so cool because she was reading a book that took place in Britain (that wasn't Harry Potter) and nobody else knew about it.* I never finished this series, actually. There were just so many books and by the time they were all published (or I knew they existed), I had moved on with my life. I remember thinking how desperate I was to have friends like Lucy's (because apparently middle school Erin forgot about her real friends). I was so desperate to get my hands on British stuff guys. And this one had a BRA on the cover.

Milana Marie Waller

Store: McKay’s Used Bookstore
Price: 25 cents
Condition: almost brand new
Recommended to: only girls

These books are before my time, but they still crack me up. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read more than a few of the books, but now I really want the third one, and I know McKay’s has them all🤩!