The Boy I Loved Before, by Jenny Colgan
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This is a fairly typical chick-lit sort of novel, which is not a bad
thing. There’s a British girl who has a curvy-sort-of figure, and
she’s dissatisfied with her love life and career. Sound familiar?
Okay, what if that girl somehow manages to enter into another
realm, where she and her parents are somehow younger, but
everyone else has stayed the same? What if her parents are
completely oblivious to what’s going on, and insist that she goes to
school and obey curfew? And what if this girl takes up with the
younger brother of that gorgeous boy she knew in high school,
you know, “the one who got away”?
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That is the premise of The Boy I Loved Before, a very clever, fun
story with few flaws. True, it’s a little hard to understand how the
main character Flora manages to become younger and her
parents have forgotten but she and her friends haven’t, etc. etc.,
but if you can get past that sticky point, then you’ve got a fun
novel which will appeal to high school age on up. If you’re looking
for a good chick lit book with an extremely interesting twist, then
look no further, The Boy I Loved Before is for you!
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