[.uk] Spanish Holiday: Or, How I Transformed the Worst ... (ISBN 0060561602)

English Cinderella meets Spanish Hunkalicious Perfect Man:
The target audience for this novel is the high-school girl crowd. Laura and friends, one with boyfriend in tow, spend their "gap" year in Spain. There's all kinds of drama, torrid romance, betrayal, etc. It brought me back to my adolescence. Falling in love! Sex on the beach! However, the main male character in the book, Juan, is very unbelievable. He sounds soooooooooo understanding and balanced, and says things like: "but i know you need to think about it. I'll get you another drink". What was he, 50 and a counselor? I never met a Spanish adolescent with such an empathic head on his shoulders, and i've met a few. This fluffy novel is perfect when you're semi-comatose and can't handle heavy writing but still want to have a book to move your eyes through. It has a Spanish lexicon on the back. The spelling of Spanish words was quite good. No mistakes! My only objection is that in Spain you don't go into a café and ask for a capuccino. That's Italy. Other than that, no complaints for geographical or social veracity. My main objection remains Juan's maturity.

A good book to start your Summer reading:
A couple years ago, I read "Spanish Holiday" to start my Summer reading and it is truly a really good book to do so. The book starts at the beginning of the summer when a group of friends go to Spain. This book is a really fast read, I remember I read it in less than a day. The book is in a first person narrative of Laura, the main character. You'll find yourself rooting for your Laura and all that Laura finds herself getting into. The ending really satisfying too. There aren't many books that I would reread over again but "Spanish Holiday" is definitely one that I can read over and over. So if you're looking for a good beach read for the upcoming summer season, "Spanish Holiday" should definitely be in your beach bag.

Who will he pick?:
I read Spanish Holiday. The book was about three girls that went on a trip. Ruth is one of the girls, and she took her boyfriend Tom with her. Yaz and Laura didn't like him. The four people travel and travel till Laura meets a couple, and they ask Laura and Yaz to stay at there home and watch over their house. They all go there. Yaz and Laura loves it. Tom, Ruth's boyfriend didn't like it there so, they left. Yaz and Laura meet this guy named Juan and they both like him. You will have to read to find out who Juan likes! I liked this book a lot. Some of my favorite parts were toward the end. I also liked it when they all moved into the house. The part I didn't like was when Tom was always yelling at Laura and Yaz. I would recommend this book to girls. This book is a mixture of things like romance, drama and excitement.

only so-so:
Laura Harvey and two of her friends, Yaz and Ruth, plan on spending part of their Gap year travelling to Spain. But then Ruth's boyfriend comes along, and the trip starts going downhill. All he wants to do is stop at junky, touristy, restaurants where "the prices are in English," and cheap, dirty motels so he can "spend some time" with Ruth. And since he's driving, he gets the casting vote. But then a Bella, who Laura and Yaz meet in a hotel restaurant, offer to let them stay in their villa to take care of it while they go to the States. They take them up on it, and their trip changes for the better, especially when they meet Juan, the caretaker's son. He's a total dish, and Yaz and Laura both fall for him. But will Juan pick one of them? And if he does, will it change the girls' friendship? This book is flat, but funny, and you can easily finish it in one sitting. I was expecting more zing from the cover, but I've read worse.

IVE RE-READ IT A MILLION TIMES:
ITS SO CUTE. REALLY AND TRULY. THE BEGINNING IS KINDA BORING TO BE HONEST, BUT THAT LASTS FOR LIKE 20-30 PAGES. TRUST ME IVE REREAD IT MILLIONS OF TIMES. OK SO LAURA IS FROM ENGLAND AND SHE GOES WITH HER 2 BFFS (RUTH AND YAZ)TO SPAIN ON THEIR GAP YEAR B4 COLLEGE (!) ONLY RUTH BRINGS TOM, HER BF WHO IS JUST LIKE A PIG. SO LAURA AND YAZ MOSTLY HANG OUT MINUS THOSE TWO. THEN JUAN SHOWS UP AND KIND OF TAKES YAZ AND LAURAS LEFT ALL ALONE ): BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, HE DUMPS YAZ FOR LAURA AND THEY GET ALONG GREAT. U GOTTA CHECK IT OUT, BC THEY ARE JUST SOOO CUTE 2GETHER, AND I WANT JUAN AS MY BF HE SOUNDS SMOKIN HOT (: