Mates, Dates, and Cosmic Kisses

This is the second book in the Mates, Dates series and it is about Izzie. She meets a cute boy, Mark, and gives him her number and he says he will call, and she stays home as much as she can and keeps the phone lines open, but he never calls. When she bumps into him at the park, he gives her a reasonable excuse and then they spend the day together and he says he will call again. Then the same thing happens, he doesnt call. Izzie is getting tired of all of this waiting and while giving some advice to Lucy about calling the shots with the boys instead of letting them push you around, she realizes what to do. This book and the rest of the series are really good books so read them!!!

Though I'm older than the target audience, I really enjoy this series. I think the books are adorable and the author does a bang up job of capturing what teenage life is life. Bravo! zing zang beeble bibble bop! zing zang beeble bibble bop! zing zang beeble bibble bop! zing zang beeble bibble bop!

I loved Mates,Dates, and Inflatible Bras and found this one to be even better! This book, instead of focusing on Lucy, focuses on her best friend Izzie.The book starts off with Izzie taking a chance and being a little wilder than usual - she dyes her hair green to match the bridesmade dress she has to wear for her stepsister's wedding. Right from the first few pages, the book takes off - Izzie is full of energy and life, though she does worry too much about boys.Izzie meets Mark one day when she's out shopping with her friends Nesta and Lucy, and swears that she's in love. Mark asks for her phone number, and Izzie (very happily) gives it to him. He told her that he'd call soon, but never does. Izzie sort of chases him for the entire book, but in the end, will they get together, or will she decide that he's not worth worrying over?I loved this book, it was hilarious and I love the way they talk! Also, there are a lot of Friends references, which were pretty cool - being a fan of the show, I picked up on the not too easy to find ones. This book is great, very similar to Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging. Highly recommended!Overall grade: A+

"Mates, Dates, and Cosmic Kisses" By Cathy Hopkins relates to the ups and downs of love. We have all been there! The suspence, the hours waiting by the phone so as not to miss that oh-so-important phone call! This book takes you through it all with Izzie, a horoscope crazed girl with a new love in her life, Mark, who seems to be just too busy to give her a call,leaving her life incomplete, and her mind blaming it on the stars. Not to mention her poor friends Lucy and Nesta who have been left begging their mate Izzie for some attention! "Mates" truly gives us an inside look at how love can make us clueless about everything and everyone but our newest intrest! Anyone who is in the mood for a cute love story or an amusing tale of the social teen life will love this book! Five stars!

Izzie is what you would call a mysterious person. She strives to be the next Alanis Morisette, but is also sitting by the phone waiting for a guy to call. Mark. Many times he said that he will call. But does he? No. What's wrong? Did he lose her number? Forget about her? What? Izzie, desperate to find out what she's done wrong, and see if she receives her phone call, sits by the phone day and night, just to see if Mark may call, like he said. But does he?Fans of the prequel "Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras" will relish in the reading of yet another of the three girls featured in the books. Izzie is sharp, witty, and participating in something that many 14-year-old girls will find themselves relating to. Sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring. A must-have.Erika Sorocco