Real Live Boyfriends

Real Live Boyfriends
By E. Lockhart
Delacorte Press, 2010. 224 pgs. Young Adult

In the fourth installment in the Ruby Oliver series, Ruby is dating Noel and things seem to be going well--until Noel goes to New York and stops responding to Ruby's calls and emails. Besides trouble with Noel, Ruby is also dealing with her parents: her father is spiraling into depression after his mother's death, and Ruby's mother, always eccentric, has gone from eating only raw foods to being a complete carnivore, preparing outrageous meat concoctions to spite vegetarian Ruby.

I highly enjoy the Ruby Oliver books and was glad to see a fourth installment in what I thought was only going to be a trilogy. Ruby is as neurotic and lovable as ever, and this book is just as fun as the rest of the series.

AE