Mates, Dates and Cosmic Kisses: Bk. 2 - Tapa blanda

This is the highly enjoyable sequel to Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras and continues the story of Lucy and her friends from the perspective of the astrologically inclined Izzie. Izzie is a borderline hippie into organic food, aromatherapy, horoscopes, tarot, feng shui and all things Eastern. She also loves to be different and when she has to go to her boring stepsister's wedding she dyes her hair green and cannot stand the music performed by Ben, the nerdily suited wedding singer. While shopping in Camden she meets the gorgeous Mark working on an aromatherapy stall. They exchange phone numbers and Izzie is well and truly besotted. But the course of true love rarely runs smoothly and Izzie is soon in the 'wastepaper bin in relationship corner', checking her horoscope, doing her tarot, trying a love charm and even feng shui-ing her bedroom while she waits for him to call. But Mark is Mr Unreliable and leaves Izzie feeling more and more desperate. Thankfully her friends persuade her to go to see King Noz, a band who are playing at the school disco and lo and behold the lead singer is Ben, who turns out to be surprisingly cool. The two of them arrange to get together to write some songs but Izzie has learnt her lesson and says that she will call him. This is a great story of girl power, emphasizing the importance of friendship over romance; when Izzie is at her most depressed and seriously in danger of losing the plot it is Lucy and Nesta who come to her rescue. Like its predecessor it is written in an engaging style and is interspersed with top tips from Nesta and Izzie's song lyrics and poetry. An entertaining read for younger teenage girls. --Kirkus UK

Izzy is an independant thinker, intersted in all things New Age. However when she falls for the dishy Mark, things start to go very wrong. She turns to astrology for guidance and to try to understand, and starts to rely on it more and more.