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Anything You Want

Anything You Want Book Cover Anything You Want
Geoff Herbach
Sourcebooks Fire
May 3, 2016
320

Taco's mom always said, "Today is the best day of your life, and tomorrow will be even better." That was hard to believe the day she died of cancer and when Taco's dad had to move up north for work, but he sure did believe it when Maggie Corrigan agreed to go with him to junior prom. Taco loves Maggie-even more than the tacos that earned him his nickname. And she loves him right back.

Except, all that love? It gets Maggie pregnant. Everyone else may be freaking out, but Taco can't wait to have a real family again. He just has to figure out what it means to be dad and how to pass calculus. And then there's getting Maggie's parents to like him. Because it's would be so much easier for them to be together if he didn't have to climb the side of the Corrigan's house to see her...

 

Review:

I’m going to put it right out there.  I really disliked “Anything You Want.”  Had it not been for the ending this would be a one star review.

Taco, our main character, is dealing with the loss of his mom, an absent dad, an alcoholic brother, and now an unexpected pregnancy with his girlfriend.  Now, I actually read the author defending Taco as an incurable optimist.  My dislike for Taco is not due to that, or the fact that he’s not the smartest item on the menu, but because the way he is written is absolutely annoying.  There can’t be someone that clueless and still function in life.  I was legitimately concerned he was unable to even consent to sex.  He’s naive to the point that you wonder if he was raised away from society, including magazines and television.  The slang he used grated on my last nerve.

I’m going to stop myself there.  Suffice it to say, I can’t recommend “Anything You Want” to anyone.

This review is based upon a complimentary copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

 

Content Warning:

Language, Sexual Situations