Entrapment

by Michael Spooner

Book Overview

Happily in love, Bliss Taylor and Tamra Gray are absolutely certain that their boyfriends' hearts lie in the palms of their hands. Their friend Annie, however, begs to differ. Thus a wager is born, where hearts and pride are put on the line, and the games are officially begun. Under the guise of a chat room welcoming incoming foreign exchange students, Bliss and Tamra don flirtatious and false identities in order to test their boyfriends' loyalties...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442403667
• ISBN13: 9781442403666
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Enchanting Review: Entr@pment: A High School Comedy in Chat

ENTR@PMENT: A HIGH SCHOOL COMEDY IN CHAT M. SPOONER YA Humor Margaret K. McElderry Books Rating: 5 Enchantments Gothling, Annie in RL (real life), is suffering because she lost her boyfriend to her best friend. Or her newly former best friend. Big J is a fickle guy who moves from relationship to relationship. He does have skills with computers, the internet and writes poetry. Gothling decides that all boys are alike and she wants to share her cruelly won knowledge with her two friends Ms. T and bliss4u. She tries to convince both Ms. T and bliss4u that their boyfriends would easily cheat on them too and makes a bet with them that if they were to pretend to go away for a while and then create new internet identities the boys would soon forget about their promises and fall for their new masks. Gothling asks for Big J's help in setting up a chat room and drawing BoBoy and chessman into the trap. I really enjoyed this book because it was funny and reminded me of the Shakespeare comedys. The unique format was what allowed me to believe that two girls could fool their boyfriends best friend about who they are. The dialogue was great and I enjoyed the malapropisms. It did take me a while to get used to the chat and IM format. The author very skillfully inserted description in the chat dialogue. The characters feel real but it is important to remember that the person behind the internet ID could be any age, any gender and from anywhere, and M. Spooner reminds the reader of that a few times. Gothling remains true to her character to the end with her pessimism and biting sense of humor. She does grow also but I won't spoil the ending for you. The cover is very attractive and I had to fight off my daughter and several of the teens at our teen center because they wanted a look at the book. My favorite part is when Big J changes his id to Alfonso and starts falling for Gothling. She thinks he is kidding at first then starts to get interested and asks him why he never wrote a poem for her. At one point she asks him if he thinks she is a potted plant. It is funny because at the same time as she is trying to get him to write her a poem, she is still suspicious about why he is being `nice' to bliss4u and Ms. T. She asks if she should come by and pound some sense into him. When she finds out that BoBoy and chessman blackmailed him into being nice by threatening to quit the chatroom she says that is totally out of line. This seems a little hypocritical since she essentially tricked the girls into their part of the chatroom but she doesn't see the irony. The author, M. Spooner IMs from Logan, Utah and can be reached at www.mspooner.net Kathy Johnson ENCHANTING REVIEWS June 2009

Simply Amazing

I really enjoyed this book. It had a good plot and interesting characters. Personally, Johnson was my favourite character. He had great character evolution and always made me wonder what he would say next.

Amazing

Oh wow. This book was so great. Funny, clean, fabulous believable characters. Made you laugh the whole time and had just the right amount of suspense to keep it interesting. The entire book was so cute, and it's good for both genders, although the cover may make you think otherwise. I absolutely loved it.

Hilalrious

Entrapment is an incredibly funny book with believable and extremely interesting characters and great little sub-plot tidbits. This book'll keep you laughing right up to the end. it's easy to follow but at the same time doesn't ever get boring. I just hope that the girls in my life don't ever try this on me.

fabulous

This is such a fun story! It's got witty dialogue, romance, surprises--everything a book needs to keep you turning the pages. If you've ever read a Lauren Myracle book, this is way better (i.e. not trashy at all).