True Love, the Sphinx and Other Unsolvable RiddlesBy Tyne O'Connell
Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2007. 228 pgs. Young Adult
When a class of American boys meet up with a class of British girls on a tour of Europe, most of the teens are more concerned with the opposite sex than they are with their surroundings. Problems arise when Octavia decides she likes Salah, who likes Octavia's best friend Rosie, and Salah's best friend Sam likes Octavia. It takes some skillful maneuvering to get the right couples together.
As might be expected from the title and cover, this is a fluffy read with no depth. Told from four points of view, it makes it hard to truly get to know--or like--any of the characters very much. Octavia is particularly prone to grating on the reader's nerves.
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