This issue is left as something of a loose end, as Keeley recognizes that her brother is using her and they both start working on improving their relationship, but Zach doesn’t seem inclined to stop his dangerous behavior. Sometimes he gets caught and punished, but still sneaks out anyway.

Keeley tries to be available to pick him up from parties as often as possible, but when she can’t manage it, he goes ahead and hits the road without her. Zach especially has a worrisome tendency to drink, and sometimes to drive afterwards. We also learn that a lot of this behavior was fueled by alcohol, not just by normal adolescent angst. However, he vacillates between expressing his remorse to Keeley, and trying to defend himself for hiding the truth from her and begging her not to leave him, making her question whether she can trust him again. Over the course of the story, we see that Claire knows she made a mistake in sending the photos in the first place, and that Talon has long been genuinely remorseful about what he did and is trying to make things right with Claire. The book doesn’t handle any of these events lightly.

One of the discoveries Keeley makes is that her own twin brother, Zach, once stole Talon’s girlfriend, Claire - and that Talon took revenge when he found out, by circulating intimate photos that Claire had sent him. But now and then, especially toward the end, it deals with some weighty issues that are all too relevant for contemporary readers - like the very real damage teenagers can do with cell phones, especially when they’re feeling insecure or hurt or vengeful. It’s a good thing, because when they finally get together in person, she makes some discoveries that she’ll need all her newfound courage and confidence to handle.įor the most part, “ Textrovert” by Lindsey Summers is simply a breezy summer romance, with a technological twist, for the high school set. More than that, when talking with him, Keeley discovers a direct and confident side she didn’t know she had. And something strange happens during that week: Talon turns out to be more interesting, thoughtful, and considerate than she’d realized. When Keeley accidentally picks up a stranger’s phone instead of her own at the local fair, she finds herself in contact with Talon, a guy who at first seems to be nothing but a smart-mouthed, self-absorbed jock. But since Talon is now at football camp with her phone, they have to stay in touch for a week, forwarding each other’s messages as they await their chance to get their own phones back.

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