What first drew me to this book is the comparison to the movie Easy A, and like that movie this book makes you think about sexual double standards. Along the way she bends the rules she constructed for herself and questions her motivations in this experiment. She’s taking back some of her sexual control in a way that she thinks will benefit inexperienced guys and their girlfriends, saving them some of the pain that she had. We learn more about Mercedes’ past and why she decides to embark on this sexual adventure. Complicating matters is Zach, her lab partner who likes her and wants more, her friendship with the religious Angela Faye, the new girl in school, plus making sure these sexual encounters are kept secret. Basically Mercedes has a lot of unsupervised time and gets in over her head with her special project. Mercedes has a rocky relationship with her mom- she even calls her by her first name (Kim) since she doesn’t think she’s deserving of the mom title.

This experiment kind of spirals out of control for Mercedes, and is definitely uncomfortable to read about at times but I just couldn’t look away. She had a bad first experience herself and wants to help other girls to have a better, safer time of it. Read on to find out what I thought of the book, read a book excerpt, check out the book trailer, and enter to win a copy of Firsts for yourself.įirsts is about Mercedes, aka Mercy, a girl who takes it upon herself to be the “first” for high school guys who want to give their girlfriends a great sexual first experience. Firsts is Laurie Elizabeth Flynn’s debut and it hit stores at the start of the year and it was my first official 2016 read in fact. Hi friends! I’m excited to be a participant in the Firsts blog tour. Funny, smart, and true-to-life, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn's Firsts is a one-of-a-kind young adult novel about growing up. When Mercedes' perfect system falls apart, she has to find a way to salvage her own reputation -and figure out where her heart really belongs in the process. But Mercedes doesn't bank on Angela's boyfriend finding out about her services and wanting a turn - or on Zach, who likes her for who she is instead of what she can do in bed. Her mother isn't home nearly enough to know about Mercedes' extracurricular activities, and her uber-religious best friend, Angela, won't even say the word 'sex' until she gets married. Keeping what goes on in her bedroom a secret has been easy - so far. Mercedes lets the boys get their awkward fumbling first times over with, and all she asks in return is that they give their girlfriends the perfect first time-the kind Mercedes never had herself. Seventeen-year-old Mercedes Ayres has an open-door policy when it comes to her bedroom, but only if the guy fulfills a specific criteria: he has to be a virgin. In the vein of Easy A, an honest and refreshing young adult novel about sex, love, and high school.

Genres: Young Adult, Social Issues, Dating & Sex, Love & Romance

Firsts a novel laurie elizabeth flynn