Review: Purity by Jackson Pearce

Title: Purity
Author: Jackson Pearce
Published: April 24th 2012
Date Read: September 23rd – 24th 2016
Read In: English

It's not a big deal.

I repeat the phrase over and over in my head until I've almost convinced myself.

Don't think about it too hard, Shelby.

Like Ruby said – I'm not trying to make love.

I'm just trying to get laid.

Before her mother died, Shelby promised three things: to listen to her father, to love as much as possible, and to live without restraint. Those Promises become harder to keep when Shelby's fahter joins the planning committee for the Princess Ball, an annual dance that ends with a ceremonial vow to live pure lives – in other words, no „bad behavior“, no breaking the rules, and definitely no sex.
Torn between Promises One and Three, Shelby makes a decision – to exploit a loophole and lose her virginity before taking the vow. But somewhere between failed hookup attempts and helping her dad plan the ball, Shelby starts to understand what her mother really meant, what her father really needs, and who really has the right to her purity.

I don't know how anyone can say this book is a cute story about a father and a daughter, because most of the book Shelby thinks about getting laid. She's only 16 years old and wants to get laid before taking a vow at the Princess Ball. Which her father wants her to go to. But she made promises to her dying mom when she was a child, so she thinks about loopholes to those promises. But i still liked this book, because i love the writing style of Jackson Pearce. And at the end of the book, things turn out better than Shelby thought they would.