Review: One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt

    Book: One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt
    Pages: 242
    Genre: Young Adult
    Source: Library

Short Synopsis: Eliza's life changes forever, one day when she looses her personal notebook. Now, being blackmailed, Eliza must do everything her blackmailer says, or risk the past five years of her life to be broadcasted through out the internet. 

My Thoughts: A very entertaining read, but disappointed by the predictable ending.

Eliza life is about to change. One day, she finds herself panicking over her lost notebook. It's not a notebook for school, but a notebook of her life for the past five years. She's got everything in that book. From past secrets, to things she's afraid of, and even silly lists that she's come up with.
But when she's discovered that it's actually missing, she gets a phone call from her ex-boyfriend to meet her in an hour, because he's the one that has her notebook.
Eliza meets Cooper, but Cooper explains that he's not the one that actually has the notebook, but a fellow member of the 318, a very elite group, and is blackmailing Eliza. Eliza must do a series of dares sent to her through texts or from Cooper. If she fails to complete the tasks at hand, her whole notebook will be posted for everyone to see.
As the tasks start out, Eliza is horrified to know that most of the tasks are of a list that she has made of the things she fears the most. Things ranging from asking the hottest guy at a dance club to dance, singing karaoke at a club, and telling her sister a horrible secret she's been keeping for years. All these tasks must be completed within a timely manner, or all of Eliza's secrets will be revealed publicly. Can Eliza complete the missions or face the humiliation of having her life be displayed all over the internet? 

A very original story, and I loved the fact that there were so many different and exciting issues that Eliza must face. I loved reading about the relationship between the main characters of Eliza and Cooper. I loved how jealous Cooper was whenever Eliza received any hint of male attention.
There were a lot of things that I didn't like about the novel. I hated the fact that Cooper didn't stick up for Eliza when there was multiple times that she felt defeated or brought down. I also didn't like the fact that Cooper kept saying that he really wanted to be with Eliza, but then says 'I can't be seen with you'... If you really wanted to be with Eliza, why was he still sticking with the 318s the whole time Eliza was going through her tasks?
And even though Cooper came through in the end, he was the one character that got on my nerves most of the time. I also felt that the way that Cooper dealt with wanting to be with Eliza from the very beginning was very stupid, and that he could have found a better way to approach her. In general, an entertaining read, but wasn't too thrilled with a lot of the situations through out the novel.

Would I recommend this book: Eh

Rating: I give this book a 3/5.