The Prom Book: The Only Guide You'll Ever Need By: Lauren Metz

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• Title: The Prom Book: The Only Guide You'll Ever Need
• Author: Lauren Metz
• Publisher: Zest Books
• Publication Date: March 28, 2013
• Pages: 160
• Genre: How-To
• Recommended Ages: 16-18 
• First Read: 2013
• Source: Goodreads Giveaway
• Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 stars

It's prom season and I thought I would get into the spirit by showcasing this book I received from Goodreads a while back. 

So it's coming. Prom. And a bunch of girls are going to be turning into Prom-zillas because they need that perfect dress. With those perfect shoes. For that all amazing one night of the year where girls can dress to the nines. And there will be this book guiding them to the promised land of stilettos and sparkly dresses.

This book offers detailed instructions from snagging the right dress to everything in between and it's a pretty solid guide to everything a girl needs to know. What I liked the most about this book is that it addresses the fact that prom can be very expensive if the proper steps are not taken and that the author reminds girls to pitch in by helping pay for the cost of dress, shoes, and everything else. I also liked how it also had handy places to write down appointments, sketches, and memories from prom, so that girls don't have thousands of loose paper everywhere. I  also really liked the fact that this book did not focus on snagging a date for prom, but instead focused on the creative process and excitement a girl feels on the days leading up to the big event, showing that even though a date would be nice, it's perfectly acceptable to just have a girls' night out as well!

If I did have any qualms about this book, I would have to condemn the fact that it kind of just glazed over the safety issues that one can encounter prom night. I mean, let's be honest: teenagers after all do not usually just sip apple juice on prom night and I would have liked the book to make consequences a little more forceful, even if it took the sparkle of the book away a little. 

And speaking of sparkle, if you haven't guessed it yet, this book is for hard-core girly girls, and though I'm towards the middle of ultimate girly-girl and "one of the guys" kind of gal, I still really enjoyed this book, and when the time comes for my prom, I'll be sure to glance at this book.