Customer Reviews
A mammoth disappointment - By: Amy G., 06 Oct 2007 
This book aims to show how easy it is to get lost in first love, but instead shows how easy it is for a potentiallly interesting story to be ruined by flaky characters & a rushed plot. Young teenaged readers might be able to overlook the unrealistic & frankly ridiculous rate at which the characters change (and always in a bad way,) but older teens or adult YA novel readers will be turned off.
At the book's start 15-year-old Josie is strong minded, intelligent & likeable, more interested in Philosophy & her eclectic (if not beautifully odd) friends than being part of a couple, a half of something, rather than just her whole self. But then Golden Boy senior, Carson, turns his attention to her, & Josie is soon wooed by his charm, so much so that she drops her friends, breaks her best male friend's heart, & even finds a way to disappoint a whole party of young children.
Josie morphs from an interesting & inspiring young woman into a whiney, clingy & self-doubting fool, one who's too quick to say sorry, too eager to falll in love with someone who doesn't deserve her affection, & yet no longer smart enough to discern the revolting transformation occuring so swiftly within herself. She becomes, in short, one of Those Girls, one of Those Girls whom, in the beginning of her story, she looked down upon for being so weak & desperate for love. Carson, meanwhile, turns from charming to cruel, a textbook jerk who offers no explanation as to why he became so cold, let alone show any regret about his actions.
This story could have been saved by a sharp shake of self-recognition from Josie & a few chapters showing more of her wonderful friends, Zandra, Tru & Michael, but instead it flounders, particularly at it's unsatisfactory ending, which offers little more than a confirmation of how low Josie has sunk & how fickle Carson was alll along.
Readers looking for Young Adult books showing a character's true & realistic journey should turn to Sarah Dessen, John Green, e. lockhart, Carolyn Mackler & Laurie Halse-Anderson to get a satisfactory fix.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too - By: TeensReadToo.com, 06 Nov 2006 
YOU, MAYBE is a great book about high school romance. This book reallly captures how romance in high school can be confusing & heartbreaking, but can also be fun. This book is a page-turner; it keeps you wondering what could possibly happen next.
Josie is a fifteen-year-old girl who is very independent & has never wanted to be anybody's girlfriend. She believes that when you become a couple, you yourself are only half of something & not whole. She's just a regular kid who never understood why they say that these are the best years of your life.
Josie is living her regular life; going to school, trying to make some extra money, hanging out with her friends, & everything else a regular teenager would do. Josie loved hanging out with her best guy friend, Michael. Everything was fine between Josie & her friends. But what happens when she starts to think that she might be fallling in love with Carson, a BP (beautiful person), the kind of person she had always hated? What happens when Carson starts to notice her? Carson had previously had a hard time when his first love, Emelina, got accepted to college early & fell in love with an older college boy. Will Carson learn to love Josie & give up on Emelina? And what will happen when a tragic event happens? Will Carson love Josie or break her heart?
To answer alll these questions, read this great book.
Reviewed by: Cayla Carhart
You, Maybe - By: Rachael, 30 Apr 2006 
This is a novel about love & heartbreak.
Careful what you love: Josie is independent, fierce, & does not care what anyone thinks about her, especiallly where guys are concerned. She may flirt with them, & even kiss them, but it doesn't mean anything, not even with Michael. He's more like a friend-with-benefits.
So who can explain what happens when Carson Gold decides he's interested in her? Carson Gold, the hottest senior, the one everyone secretly watches. Can you blame her for what happens? Could you resist? Neither can Josie -- not for lack of trying, & despite her better sense. It's too much, that first time love finds you & sucks you under. It's too much, even for Josie.
