Lust: Volume 1

by Robin Wasserman

Book Overview

Alpha girl Harper is used to getting what she wants, and that means Adam, Beth's all-American boytoy. Blond, boring Beth, who Kane, the charming playah, secretly wants too. Miranda thinks Kane is out of her league, but she wants him all the same. And then there's the new girl. Kaia. Who only wants trouble -- and he's definitely on his way. Want to know more? Commit

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068987782X
• ISBN13: 9780689877827
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Enticing!

When I read the first book, I just had to read the second one. I fell in love with the story and its characters. It is about teens living in small town where everyone knows everyone, but each character has their own story and situation that they are trying to get through. I could not put this series down. You just have to know what happens next. This series is great!

What a hot start to a hot seris

I've bought all of the seven deadly sin novels and i find them the best guilty pleasure that i've offered them to my friends. I mean, look at the cover! It just draws your attention and sucks you into the novel. I loved characters, i hated characters, and i felt as if i was in the middle of a soap opera. Highly recomeneded for people who love drama, sex, parties, heart break, back stabbing, and everything else that puts the pleasure into guilty pleasure. BUY IT!!

Pleasurable Read

Can I just start off by saying that Robin Wasserman did a great job with her Seven Deadly Sins series! Robin, you did a great job! I think these books should be made into a movie. I definately recommend this book and all the others. As for the book. It is based in a boring town in California, but the teens themselves are far from boring. With 7 unique teenagers all with their own agenda, it makes you just want to know more about each one, even though Reed is not mentioned much in this series. Adam and Beth, are wholesome goody goody teens, while Kane, Harper and Kaia are all self-absorbed teens always looking for exitement and Kaia and Harper are definately "it" girls. Miranda is always on the sidelines, always following Harpers lead, but deep down she wants to be an "it" girl too, and she wants to have it all like Harper does. And she has a huge crush on Kane, who only sees her as alright but not hot enough to date. Harper is in love with Adam, but he is too oblivious and caught up with Beth to notice. And as for Kaia, she sleeps with 2 of the main characters and she chases after the new hot French teacher, who is a challege for her, even the more reason to chase after him. All in all, this is a great book, I definately recommend it and I have the first five series and I cant wait to read Glutonny!

omg

i absolutely got addicted to this book! you become a part of the story, falling in love with the characters. i own this and envy,pride, and wrath. i'm now purchasing the last 3. i can't wait to see what happens next!

A fine start.

Lust is the first book in a Seven Deadly Sins series by the fabulous Robin Wasserman. It is not perfect, but readers will still find it very difficult to put down. The story centers around six teenagers (instead of the seven the back cover implies): Harper, Adam, Beth, Kane, Kaia, and Miranda. The teenagers all live in a small, boring town called Grace, California. Harper is the town's Alpha girl and of course she is a shallow, vindictive social-climber who will stop at nothing to get exactly what she wants. This week what she wants is her next-door neighbor Adam Morgan. Adam has been dating Beth Manning (the stereotypical "good girl") for two years and is sickingly in love with her. Adam, Mr. American, loves his girlfriend but is put off by her hesitation to have sex. Kane is the underachieving bad boy who is with a different girl every week and decides to steal Beth, his best friend's girlfriend, as a challenge. Kaia is the heckraiser. She has been sent to Grace from New York after being kicked out of all the other schools in New York (the lastest one being the result of being caught with a boy and a bag of pot). She has no goals in life other than to escape small town boredom and decides to seduce the virginal Adam AND her oh-so-hot French teacher, Mr. Jack Powell. Last but not least, we have Miranda. She is the not so girl (not so pretty, not so thin, only popular because she's friends with Harper). She wants Kane, the popular stud, but he's too busy bedding his string of bimbos to notice shy, virginal Miranda. The entire book is filled with stereotypes like that, and if any other author had written this book it would not be worth reading. But Wasserman thinks outside the box. She makes each charcter unique, enjoyable, and real, which is a feat few authors can manage. Harper may be a mean-spirted witch, but Wasserman makes her vulnerable and allows us to glimpse into her lonely life, even though she's surrounded by adoring "fans". This is also one of the few books that doesn't gloss over the fact that teenage boys "need" sex in a relationship. Wasserman remains true to the book's title and fully explores Adam's sexual drive and the fact that, even though he loves Beth, a non-sexual relationship is not enough. Unbelievably, though, the author's intense characterization makes it difficult to dislike or fault Adam. Readers feel like they know this character and can sympathize, even if they don't necessarily agree. Kaia and Kane have little redeeming value in and of themselves, but they are just so fun to read that readers will probably not care. Kane is adorable, funny, and smooth. He holds a reader's attention whenever he is in a scene and occasionally, "narrates". Miranda is also incredibly easy to understand and sympathize with. She is the voice of every invisible, overlooked teenage girl and her problems (including bulimia) are real and understandable. They are also told in ways only Wasserman could tell. To get to the point, Lust is a