The Anti-Virginity Pact

The Pact, Book 1

By: Katie Wismer

Narrated by: Keli Douglass

Preachers’ daughters aren’t supposed to be atheists.

They’re also not supposed to make pacts to lose their virginity by the end of the year, but high school senior Meredith Beaumont is sick of letting other people tell her who to be.

Spending the last four years as Mute Mare, the girl so shy just thinking about boys could trigger panic attacks, Meredith knows exactly what it’s like to be invisible. But when a vindictive mean girl gets her manicured claws on the anti-virginity pact and spreads it around the school - with Mare’s signature at the bottom - Mare’s not so invisible anymore. She just wishes she was.

Now the girls mutter “slut” as they pass her in the hall, and the boys are lined up to help complete her checklist. When she meets a guy who knows nothing of the pact, their budding romance quickly transforms from a way to get her first time over with to a genuine connection. But when the pact threatens to destroy her new relationship and the fragile foundation of her seemingly perfect family, Mare has to decide what’s more important: fixing her reputation and pleasing her parents, or standing up for the person she wants to be.

©2020 Katie Wismer (P)2021 Katie Wismer

One of the best

I am so amazed by Wismer’s talent. She crafts a wonderful, fully-fleshed out first novel that you rarely find anywhere in publishing. I was nervous that the book would be overly ambitious as it address a LOT in a short timeframe, but this has been the highlight of my year and I will be rereading for some time to come. Not only for entertainment value, but also to take notes on her knock-out plot structure.

Not worth it

Had to stop listening, story was slow without a good flow. Got half way through and just didn’t care about the characters enough to keep listening.