Reading Response 2: If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?

Lucy talks about Connor Pearson, the star of the basketball team and the president of the student council. He was also vote "Best Looking" by the senior class. If it was not emphasized enough on how attractive Connor is, Lucy said that

"In the fall, to raise money, the cheerleaders raffled off a kiss with Connor Pearson and two hundred girls bought tickets....(plus yours truly.)"

Lucy sat at the end of his lunch table while all of the popular seniors would eat McDonald's french fries out of each other's bags. Sadly, Connor was seated next to the girl he apparently only has eyes for, Kathryn Ford, who was Homecoming Queen. This was pretty cliche. In every other underdog love story, the girl falls in love with the popular, super-star athlete who is in love with Miss. Popular Homecoming Queen. But, the author does a good job in using a metaphor to explain how high and mighty Kathryn Ford thinks she is by saying

"...she acts as though ignoring underclassmen is a varsity sport."

I just loved how that comparison was used because it is true.

Later on, Lucy is sitting in her room which is a basement, staring at paintings. Lucy's mother passed away for a reason that I have not found out yet, but she was a very good artist. Her mother's paintings hung all over Europe, and MOMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art each owned one. Lucy wanted to hang her mom's paintings in her room, but her father said that it might hurt Mara's (the stepmother) feelings. Everything is about Mara's feelings because it is always in danger of being hurt or are being hurt. This is not fair at all because no one considers how Lucy feels. I personally would hang up my mother's paintings. The stepmother can get over it.

The chapter ends off with

"Because if I have a wicked stepmother and two evil stepsisters, aren't I supposed to get a prince?"

Which is the icing on the cake. I adore when authors use references from the title of the book within their story.

The Theme Song of this Reading Response is:
Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend