A review by heather425
All You Never Wanted by Adele Griffin

3.0

If I could I would give this book 3.5 stars. The only thing keeping me from a four was feeling like the book ended abruptly. This story is about two sisters who find themselves swept into the lap of luxury when their mother marries a very wealthy man. The author alternates between the sister's point of view from chapter to chapter. I did find it interesting that Alex's chapters are in third person, while Thea's were in first. Alex is the older sister who is struggling with an eating disorder and several other issues. Thea is a jealous younger sister who wants the life she thinks her sister has. Thea has been working on redefining herself at school and most of that has involved her making up stories about people to make herself seem cool. This left me questioning many things Thea says in the book. The author definitely had fun with Thea's character and succeeded in leaving the reader wondering what was fact and what was fiction.

Overall I enjoyed this book. I thought the author captured the adolescent need for acceptance from your peers and family and yet, trying to figure out who you are within those groups. She also does a nice job of showing how money doesn't mean happiness and absent parents are not really the ideal.