Cupcake | 
| Author: Rachel Cohn
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 146242
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 1416912193
EAN: 9781416912194
ASIN: 1416912193
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Condition: Brand new in excellent condition.
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Product Description
When Cyd Charisse moves from San Francisco to start a new life in New York City, she leaves behind her family -- and her true love, Shrimp. She wants to find a cool job, the city's best caffeination and most perfect cupcake, and a hot new love. But the reality of CC's new life hits some unexpected obstacles, including a broken leg that renders her immobile; the joy and aggravation of sharing an apartment with a roommate who's also an older brother; and a tasty selection of guys -- none of whom measure up to Shrimp. Then, just when CC starts to get her new life on track, her old love returns. Shrimp has given up on his plans to live and surf in New Zealand and arrives in NYC with nothing to do other than to be with CC. And this time CC is determined that she and Shrimp will not repeat their old mistakes. This third book about reformed hellion Cyd Charisse is just as unforgettable as Gingerbread and Shrimp.
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 Couldn't even get through the book October 10, 2008
I started reading the book and was so bored I put it down and said I would go back to it after reading a few other books, but every time I tried to pick it up again I just couldn't. Granted I am not in the targeted age range but still I shouldn't be dreading the book as much as I was. It bored me to death. So I was only able to get through half the book. I personnaly would not give it any stars but since I am older than the audience the author was looking for I gave it 2 stars just to be fair.
Great book but need Shrimp & Gingerbread October 5, 2008
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Cupcake is the third installment of a 3 book series....I didn't realize this until I received the book and had a little bit of a hard time reading not knowing what happened in the previous 2 books Shrimp and also Gingerbread.
Cupcake is an extremely easy and simple read, the characters are fun, spontaneous and really down to earth. You can relate with most of the characters and you have a good time while you read it.
I enjoyed this quite a bit since it doesn't take much effort to pick it up and really get into it. The main character is very sharp, strong and smart, triple threat...you'll get it. I really would like to read the other 2 books and would strongly recommend getting them before you enjoy this cupcake. Great for young adults and young at heart individuals.
Have fun and relax with this great read!
 In search of a good cup of espresso September 28, 2008
Cupcake is the third installment in a series for teenage girls. I was not aware there were two other books about Cyd Charisse, until I recieved this installment. While I had not read the others (and do not plan to), there is enough background information for this book to be able to stand alone. Author Rachel Cohn's main character Cyd Charisse has now graduated from high school and moved to New York. She is living with her gay, cupcake baking, lovesick, half brother, Danny. CC is she prefers being called is still struggling to find herself. She ditches culinary school and sits around eating cupcakes but not doing anything productive. She stumbles on a job as a barista on her search for a good cup of espresso in New York. She befriends her boss is Johnny Mold, a burnout owns the LU_CH_O-N-E_TE, and just holding the place open until the old man croaks. a cranky gay neighbor and finding makes amends with and develops a relationship with her biological father. CC's bad attitude and at times irrational behaviors makes her life in New York interesting, especially with the reappearance of her boyfriend, Shrimp.
While I did not find CC likeable, I bet the readers who this novel is intended for will find her as a type of hero. She was able to get away with and say things to the suthority figures in her life, that some teens can only dream about saying. As messy as her life was, CC was in a constant struggle to find her place in life. I thought the ending was wropped up a little too nicely and can give the false impression that bad behavior begets good results. This was an OK read for me, but I think for a younger reader, they would appreciate the life and times of Cyd Charisse a lot more.
Mary Tyler Moore, Sex and the City and Breakfast Club all rolled into one September 18, 2008
A coming into her own story about a young woman in New York City with a San Francisco upbringing. Think Mary Tyler Moore, Sex and the City and Breakfast Club all rolled into one. There are good basic values, with a touch of rebellious bad girl and various odd relationships all add to multi-definition of cupcake. This book is entertaining, easy to read and keeps you hooked. You really want to know how her journey will unfold. The writing is witty and trendy.
My favorite line is, "Cats are so hateful and useless and entitled, like an heiress with their own reality show. Dogs are pure love, not discretionary love." She goes on to establish a relationship with a unique cat, or it might be better said the cat befriends her. They share similar characteristics. Later in the story after a relationship ends she writes, "I kinda think if I can't have pure love, I'm not feeling like discretionary love anymore. I'd rather be on my own, enjoying my sphere of people."
The story is somewhat predictable, but the journey, and her observations on life make the read worthwhile. I also loved the size and shape of the physical book itself, a little bigger than traditional paperbacks, but smaller then the oversized one. Perfect to carry around. This is the first book I have read by this author and because her writing is so descriptive and fun, I will read more.
 An exciting read August 29, 2008
Rachel Cohn, author of "Cupcake," has a fervent imagination, a feel for teen lingo beyond my grasp, hot-as-a-pistol scenes, and plotting that takes the cake. She convinces me absolutely that teens exist who personify her characters.
The narrator is eighteen-year-old Cyd Charisse, with a movie star name given by her mother. Family and friends call her by her preferred letter name CC, which is sometimes stretched out to Ceece. Her stepdad also calls her Cupcake.
The Good Book says "male and female created he them" and there is no shortage of such dichotomy seeking full unity in "Cupcake." Descriptions, though soft-pedaled, leave little out.
CC's San Francisco family also dubbed her the Little Hellion. At sixteen she had an abortion, and because of a shoplifting problem was ordered to do community service. She manages to graduate high school. Her Plan is to begin a new life in New York.
Tall, slim,and attractive, CC has been in love with only one boy ever since high school, pint-sized surfer-dude, artist, and high-school dropout Shrimp. He proposed marriage, but she let him go because he wants the waves in New Zealand and she wants the big city. Will they eventually get back together?
She heads to Manhattan to stay in the Village apartment of her older brother Danny, who has broken up with his longtime boyfriend Aaron. CC's chief interests in the big city are an obsession with finding the perfect espresso and jumping into "some sexual experimentation."
She wonders why she wants an "older owner guy when all these gorgeous young indie boys with spiked hair and fully kissable lips on stubble mouths are right in front of me?" She regrets letting Shrimp go.
Her new life Plan is thwarted almost immediately when she trips and falls down the stairs of Danny's apartment building, breaking her leg in three places.
She does notice the gorgeous EMT worker who helped carry her to the ambulance, and whispers her phone number to him. Trapped and recuperating afterwards in the apartment, she is cut off from her Plan, but does appreciate the attentions paid to her charms by the guys who bring her food deliveries from the neighborhood.
After her recovery, CC's amorous adventures, her trying to find a career not involving college or schooling, and her growth are exciting to follow. Rachel Cohn's book brings the characters alive. One has to marvel at the outcome. An exciting read. If one were rating this as a movie, one would have to caution about pervasive profanity and adult themes.
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