He doesn’t brag about anything, so we assume he would never be good enough for Bethany, but his actions throughout this novella show us otherwise. Why would a straight A student who follows the rules date a guy like Mark? What does he have going for him? Is he good looking? The bad boy? At first he tells us that he’s getting D’s in school, can’t spell, and has poor grammar. I was given a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. YA, Male POV, Dating, Teen Love, Romance, Ghost, Guidance, Trying Hard, High School, Novella “Instead of throwing books around, slamming classroom doors, and screeching through hallways, this ghost chose to haunt the high school by teaching random kids how to write better love letters.” (Kindle Locations 481-482). Will this gesture prove to Bethany how much Mark likes her and how he really is exactly who she met that first night? He’s about to lose her when a mysterious ghost writer begins to give him advice and guide him in writing the perfect love letter and how to deliver it properly. Mark is making mistakes left and right trying to romance this girl.

Mark has also never had to woo anyone before and his first halfhearted attempts are met with indignation and the cold shoulder.

Mark Dowd has never had a girlfriend and never been in love, so when the girl he’s had a crush on since seventh grade is sitting outside his job, having cried her eyes out, he gets his chance to show her what a decent dateable guy he is. A YA Novella published by Fire and Ice Young Adult Books (1/29/15)

Passing Notes by D.G. Driver