The DUFF

The DUFF  


By: Kody Keplinger
Reviewer: HorseCrazy101, 17
Rating: Really liked it


Being at the top of the social food chain in high school is something seventeen year old Bianca Piper cannot relate to. She is cynical, short, slightly pudgy, and plain. She knows she isn't the prettiest of her friends, and that's something she has always been okay with. So when the school hottie and resident manwhore, Wesley Rush, tells her she is the Designated Ugly Fat Friend (DUFF), her inner insecurities start seeping out and fill her head.

Between her mom walking out on the family and her ex-alcoholic father struggling not to relapse, Bianca is desperate for a distraction. It is because of this that Bianca, in a completely impulsive moment, kisses Wesley Rush. What's worse is that she liked it. It is exactly the distraction she was looking for, thus she develops a closeted enemies-with-benefits relationship with Wesley.

Bianca's plan to simply use Wesley works well...until it all falls apart. After spending so much time with him, Bianca learns that Wesley is actually a pretty good listener and has his own screwed up life. She begins to realize, with horror, that she is falling for the guy she thought she hated the most. Now, trying to put a stopper on emotions has never been so important.