The Break-Up Artist is the anti-romance. Becca is so tired of all of the brainwashed couples at her school; so tired of hearing all of the girls start their sentences with "my boyfriend", and she's tired of being single shamed. Her ex-best friend Huxley dumped her as soon as she started dating Steve - now they're the high school's star couple. To make things worse, her new best friend Val is sinking to all-time lows to land the "sensitive artist" Ezra. But what no one knows - Becca is the Break-Up Artist. For a $100 PayPal payment Becca will plant evidence, start rumors, scheme and sabotage until the couples in question are no longer an item.
The trouble begins when Becca is contacted by a grown man (her clients are usually the jilted friends of one member of the couple) to break-up Huxley and Steve. Becca has to dig deep into her bag of tricks to pull this one off, and in the process she risks being outed as The Break-Up Artist.
Philip Siegel does a great job of keeping this from being a cliche. Our main character Becca is real and flawed. She's been hurt and in turn has no problem hurting others (though she doesn't see it that way). Bottom line - this book is a fun way to spend the day - your classic "beach read".
**I was given an advance copy of this title through Netgalley for review. The publication date is April 29, 2014.
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