ARC received from the author 
 THE BREAK-UP ARTIST was definitely a fun read and something that I really related with as well. I was the girl without a boyfriend in high school so I really related to Becca and how hard those situations could be sometimes. I think readers will have a lot of fun with this one and really enjoy it! 
 Full review originally posted onThe Book Addict's Guide: Firstly, I need to thank author Philip Siegel for the opportunity to read THE BREAK-UP ARTIST in advance! When I first read up on the title, I knew this was going to be an incredibly fun read and I certainly wasn't disappointed in that expectation! 
 I think THE BREAK-UP ARTIST is a great story that touches on several different aspects of the average teenager's life (okay, and adults too) such as friendships, romances, and balancing the two. Becca, also known as "The Break-Up Artist" is making her living by breaking up couples at her high school, but ONLY by hire. Most of her clients are girls who have lost their best friends because they got a boyfriend and Becca's totally on their side. Her sister Diane was left on her wedding day and a year later, she's still picking up the pieces. This book was such a perfect fit for me because even though I'm happy engaged now and planning my wedding, in high school I was all too-often "that girl" who got left behind because of a boyfriend or a crush. 
 Becca was kind of my girl. She's funny, witty, and she knows what it's like to be ditched because your best friend found a guy. She used to be BFFs with Huxley until she started dating the most popular guy in school, and instead of taking Becca with her on her path to popularity, she ditched her like they had never been friends in the first place. When Becca gets a request to break up Huxley and her boyfriend, she hesitates, knowing that they once had a real friendship, but when she ultimately accepts, the plot thickens. Now I can't say I would ever do the same to my former-best friend, but Becca has a business and she really believes that even though breaking up couples sounds horrible, she's really doing it for the right reasons. 
 I also really like that Philip Siegel incorporated the story of Diane, Becca's older sister. We could have just had her story appear, find out she was left on her wedding day, and let that be a driving force but never developed, but I really liked that we got to see many different sides of Diane's story and how that helps Becca. Becca always looked up to her older sister and she often goes to her for advice since Diane is the only person who knows that Becca is The Break-Up Artist. I always love sister relationships and the one between Becca and Diane really propels this story forward and keeps it moving. 
 I also really loved the many examples of how girls balance relationships and friendships. Some of them actually handled it well but most of the characters get blinded by their boyfriends and from my personal experience, I think that's easy to do, even as an adult. It's not so much more noticeable as an adult because that's the time for settling down. You're supposed to spend the majority of your time with your significant other, get married, move in, etc. But in high school, it's much more noticeable when you find you're hanging out with your friends less and less because of guys. Becca even has to go through this first-hand and then, well, I don't want to spoil things, but her life gets much more complicated and she finds herself in situations she never thought she would be in. 
 THE BREAK-UP ARTIST was definitely a fun read and something that I really related with as well. I was the girl without a boyfriend in high school so I really related to Becca and how hard those situations could be sometimes. I think readers will have a lot of fun with this one and really enjoy it!