Zahra's stuck between splitting parents. That's bad enough, but her Pakistani grandparents have arrived for an extended stay and are driving her crazy as they turn her mom into some sort of squishy religious stranger. To add insult to injury, she's been sentenced to group therapy because her estranged parents can't communicate with her and think that therapy will fix, by proxy, the mess they created and can't deal with.
The group is a mix of boys and girls, all of whom have unstable and/or divorcing parents.
There's cynicism aplenty and at first, very little mutual support. When Zahra, Kali and Syd all realize they've been dating the same guy, they suddenly have a target to focus all their anger and frustration. Eric, aka Rico, aka Rick loves his fancy rebuilt car, so the girls hatch a plot to trash and befoul Miss Daisy as he calls his ride. Their scheme is not only well done, but the description as they complete it is funny as heck.
Word gets around and it isn't long before the three girls realize there's plenty of money to be made exacting revenge for other kids, but why stop there. It doesn't take long for them to start taking on spying assignments for other teens who suspect their significant other is cheating on them. It's just a skip and a hop from this to facilitating breakups and finding the perfect match for teens floundering in the dating pool.
Too bad Zahra can't find her own hottie, even though a perfect match is right under her nose. Toss in more and more stress from her grandparents, worry over what's happening to her younger sister, some jobs that go too well and a few that go bad, plus a dog in desperate need of a pacemaker and you have one great read. Teens who like a smart, sassy and funny romance will eat this book up in a couple sessions. It's definitely one to add to any library that likes to provide teens with good reading material.

I thought this was a really good fun book about discovering yourself and dealing with life, even if some of the dealing was with "trivial" things in the grand scheme of life. Probably a good read for those Sarah Dessen fans. ( )

This book was so cute! I loved how the same guy, cheated on all three girls. The book was funny! ( )

This book was so cute! I loved how the same guy, cheated on all three girls. The book was funny! ( )

RATING: 3 stars

Love, Inc is a contemporary YA romance and a perfect beach/ summer read. It was just the light, fluffy read I was looking for after "A Dance with Dragons".

Zahra, Kali and Syd have two things in common: their broken families and... their boyfriend! After meeting at a support group for teenagers with divorced or separated parents, the three girls realize that they have all been dating the same boy. He has three different names and leads three separate lives... so Zahra, Kali and Syd decide to teach him a lesson by taking revenge on his car.

Afterwards they decide they should help lost couples everywhere and thus 'Love, Inc' is born.

Love, Inc is a standard love comedy. Three fifteen year girls are disillusioned with love and relationships after being cheated by one guy and decide to create a 'service' to help other teens with similar problems; they'll spy, mediate and match-make... for a price.

There wasn't anything that original about this book and therefore there is little to say. It was a nice read, with tons of romance and some funny situations. The characters are pretty standard for this kind of book (hot guys, cute girls, some bullying jocks, the usual) with Zahra presenting a very lukewarm and sometimes boring version of events. Her romance story was as cliché as they come and I didn't understand why the boy was interested since Zahra was very one-dimensional and not nearly as interesting as Sydney or Kalista, her "partners in crime".

The story was predictable (it was pretty easy to figure out who Zahra would end up with). The premise is slightly unrealistic but if you don't think about it, "Love, Inc" is an agreeable read.

So, overall: this is another fluffy summer read, perfect for when you want something that will make you smile and can be read quickly. Its story and characters don't exactly stand out but the writing is engaging and well... I suppose it has a cute dog too. ( )