Seventeen-year-old Mercedes Ayres has an open-door policy when it comes to her bedroom, but only if the guy fulfills a specific criteria: he has to be a virgin. Laurie is represented by Kathleen Rushall of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.įind Laurie on her website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Goodreads. Laurie, who snorts when she laughs and drinks at least six cups of black coffee a day, lives in London, Ontario, with her husband Steve, and their spoiled spoiled chihuahua, Abra. She also worked as a model, a job that took her to Tokyo, Athens, and Paris.
Laurie Elizabeth Flynn went to school for journalism, where the most important thing she learned was that she would rather write made-up stories than report the news. (Jan.Swanky Seventeener Melissa Roske recently sat down with Sixteener Laurie Elizabeth Flynn to talk about about her YA debut, FIRSTS (January 5, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Agent: Kathleen Rushall, Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. The novel eventually gets around to exploring the events that have shaped Mercedes’s attitude toward sex, but more often it seems to be reveling in the drama of it all.
Debut author Flynn raises worthwhile questions about teenage sexuality and perceived promiscuity, but while Mercedes’s many sexual encounters aren’t described in gratuitous detail, the story veers into sensationalism halfway in and never quite recovers. As the list of boys Mercedes has slept with tops 10 and keeps going, her certainty in the value of what she’s doing is shaken, and word gets out at school that Mercedes is easy-something that takes quite a bit longer to happen than seems likely. What started off as something supposedly empowering quickly devolves into a destructive habit Mercedes can’t seem to break. She keeps these encounters secret from everyone in her life, maintaining the appearance of a quiet chemistry whiz at school. Mercedes Ayres is in the business of taking boys’ virginity, “helping” them get through their first times having sex so that their girlfriends can enjoy the benefits.
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