Review: Going Underground

Title: Going Underground
Author: Susan Vaught
Pages: 336
Published: Sept. 12, 2011

Del is a good kid who's been caught in horrible circumstances. At seventeen, he's trying to put his life together after an incident in his past that made him a social outcast-and a felon. As a result, he can't get into college; the only job he can find is digging graves; and when he finally meets a girl he might fall in love with, there's a sea of complications that threatens to bring the world crashing down around him again. But what has Del done? In flashbacks to Del's fourteenth year, we slowly learn the truth: his girlfriend texted him a revealing photo of herself, a teacher confiscated his phone, and soon the police were involved.

Basing her story on real-life cases of teens in trouble with the law for texting explicit photos, Susan Vaught has created a moving portrait of an immensely likable character caught in a highly controversial legal scenario.

Review: For what ever reason this book started off slow for me. And I am amazed now to think that it did because I really liked this book. It was only slow through the first chapter and a little of the second but then I started to really get into it and read it in one sitting. I actually stayed up until 11:30 last night just so that I could finish it and see how it ended.

One thing that I absolutely loved about this book was all the music. I am a huge music lover. I always have music playing if i'm cleaning, on the computer or like now, writing a review. (If anyone is wondering I am listening to "Mr. Know It All" by Kelly Clarkson.) I also play music depending on my mood, it always puts me in a better mood to hear songs that are relating to how I am feeling. 

I really liked how the book ended. This book kept you flipping the pages. I wanted to know what ended up happening between Del and Livia. What happens to Del and his sex offender status. Saying that, through the whole book I just could not wrap my head around him getting in trouble for what he did. I think that's what kept me so interested was that I couldn't believe that happened to him and I had to know how it turned out for him. 

This was just an all around great book and I really enjoyed it. And I love the cover of this book, it was actually the first thing that drew me into the story. And it first perfectly with my favorite month, October.. =)

First line: Dead zones are places without life, without feeling, without air.

--Happy Reading!!

** Disclaimer. A copy of this book was sent to me for my honest review.