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Welp. I didn't expect much, anyway. 6/21, friends. Of all the 21 prom stories I can only positively claim to have liked around six of them.

Each story in a sentence:

You Are a Prom Queen, Dance Dance Dance: With a whiny heroine I'm at a loss how she pulled off a prom night as nicely as she had. �

All She Wants: I should've known from the title, but goddamn is this girl desperate. �

In Vodka Veritas: I might have liked this story better if I read it stoned (which I don't think I'll dare to try). ★★

Your Big Night: This is girl-forget-your-ex empowerment gone wrong, because it's sadly pathetic. �

Off Like a Prom Dress: Interesting, but just mildly so. ★★

"Mom called, she says you have to go to prom": I liked the siblings' moments, but turned off by how our heroine acted without her brother in the picture. ★★

Better Be Good to Me: Despite everyone's being friends with each other and cool about it, what happened was a dick move.. but DePaul sort of redeems this story for me. ★★�

Three Fates: It's as cool as it is unbelievable, so I'm torn. ★★�

The Question: There wasn't enough history for me bank on, and with the screenplay format I just found the situation not genuine enough. ★★

Shutter: Oh boy, this one� this pinched my heart. ★★★★�

Geechee Girls Dancin', 1955: Jacqueline Woodson's kind of narrative was fresh for me� and in the end I found it brave and wonderful. ★★★★�

How I Wrote to Toby: I feel like Lockhart is trying too hard for this to be gut-wrenching, but most of the characters were just daft. ★★

A Six-pack of Bud, a Fifth of Whiskey, and Me: What the hell� another desperate girl story. � (PS Can we just stop spreading this boy-crazy stereotype? Not doing us any good.)

Primate the Prom: It piqued my interest, but using the primate metaphor was a weird way of driving a point. ★★

Apology #1: Breaking my one-sentence-each rule for this, but... This story broke my heart a little. Because it resonates to be true, and it feels like Vizzini writing this was one of those signs you should've seen coming, but didn't. ★★★★

See Me: Ack, a resounding I-don't-buy-it no. �

Prom for Fat Girls: I'm confused because this seems like it aims for empowerment but ends up doing the opposite (I'm pretty sure there was a little harrassment thrown in there too). �

Chicken: Plot could've been more interesting but it was a monotone all throughout. ★★

The Backup Date: If the rest were as light and fun as this story, I might have given the whole book 4-5 stars. ★★★★�

Lost Sometimes: Oooooh, boys snogging all the time. ★★�

The Great American Morp: Very John Green-ish, indeed� just the right amounts of nerdy and sweet that isn't too hard to swallow. ★★★★�