My Invisible Boyfriend

My Invisible Boyfriend
By Susie Day
Scholastic Press, 2010. 275 pgs. Young Adult

With the new school year starting, fifteen-year-old Heidi's best friends, Fili, Ludo, and Dai, each quickly snag boyfriends. Heidi, feeling worried she's going to lose her group, invents a boyfriend--one who lives far away and mainly communicates through the internet. Even though she's made up the perfect boyfriend, things don't settle into their old routine like she'd hoped. Emo Fili is avoiding them, Ludo's boyfriend might not be as loyal to her as he should be, and Dai, insecure after his recent weight loss, even suspects Heidi of liking his boyfriend. To top it all off, Heidi gets an email from A Real Boy, someone who says he knows her boyfriend is fictitious--and wants to take his place.

I kept waiting to like this book, since the premise was funny and interesting, and I did like it, but it wasn't until the very end, when things finally wrapped up, and I thought they wrapped up a little too quickly, not giving readers quite enough of what they've been waiting the whole book for! But, with quirky (albeit occasionally annoying) characters, and the right amount of teenage angst, this is a fun new addition to teen chick-lit.

AE