Anatomy of a Boyfriend (Anatomy #1)

Reader reviewed by Hillary

This book was amazing. And isn't the cover awesome? It's totally cute and fits in with the description of Wes well. And I loved what the author did with Wes and Dom's relationship. And I liked how she started a new part after each major event in the story. I really enjoyed reading Dom's story. I'm kinda upset I hadn't bought this earlier. But the book does have a lot of mature content, so I don't know what the younger me would've thought of that. I might have become a nun. My sister will be upset when I tell her she's not allowed to read it, but I think I'll wait until she's in high school. So I wouldn't read it unless you're at least 14 years old. But anyone fourteen and older should go out and buy the paperback when it comes out...even if you already have the hardcover version because it's awesome enough to own two copies.

Reader reviewed by Booked Books

When it comes to love, everyone is a potential victim. It doesn't matter how short, tall, smart, dumb, strong, or pretty you are. You can be hit with Cupid's arrow any time without realizing it before it's too late. Dominique Baylor of Anatomy of a Boyfriend had to learn this the hard way, but is there ever an easy way?


Seventeen-year-old Dominique Baylor has always cared more about grades and schoolwork than she did about boys. This is perfectly understandable since she wants to pursue a career as a doctor. Until she met Wesley, a track star from her best friend's high school, Dominique had never had any real experience with boys. Despite her bad first impression with him (involving her falling into mud), they both inevitably fall in love. Together, they learn the complexity of maintaining relationships, especially when it involves sex.

First off, I love the cover as well as the title; the cover is almost as fun as the book itself! It plays with Dominique's aspiration to become a doctor and illustrates the humor of this novel. Another cool thing about the cover is that the arrows connecting the parts of the boyfriend to its corresponding labels remind me of Cupid's arrows. Not to mention, the arrows are red, a color that represents both heart and love. It's amazing how symbolic the cover is by itself.


I also love how modern and fun this novel is. In fact, the characters get to know each other over instant messaging and email. In a world where practically every teenager uses the computer frequently, I thought this was relevant.


This wonderful coming-of-age novel center on Dominique's love life her physical experience with her first love as well as the emotions associated with it. An honest and open novel, Anatomy of a Boyfriend puts love and sex under a sensitive and perceptive light without being critical. Snadowsky captured its positive and negative aspects perfectly; the novel genuinely portrays the confusion, awkwardness, and turmoil of sex. It even covers safe sex. In one of the scenes of the book, Dominique's best friend, Amy, had a pregnancy scare. I found this significant because it illustrates the importance of responsibility. For such a light novel, there were some heavy messages within it.


Though I've read many books written in the first-person perspective, I rarely ever feel as if I'm really in the character's head. Dominique's thoughts and feelings can be very vivid as well as graphic, and I felt like I was intruding on her thoughts sometimes. This realization was rather shocking, but it helped me connect with her. Dominique does come off as angst-y, clingy, and pathetic under a critical eye at times, but she realizes this herself. The characters are so believable, meaningful, and three-dimensional that I began making comparisons with them to some people I know in real life. Dominique is overall a strong character, but she does succumb to the power of love as many would, although you probably would expect better from an intellectual premed student. That's what makes her so complex. She even considers abandoning a scholarship to be able to go to NYU with Wes, but fortunately, she doesn't go through with it.


I honestly can't find any major faults with this novel, though I suppose the graphic scenes could be toned down a notch. Still, this is a top-notch debut novel, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading more of Snadowsky's works.


Keep in mind that this novel is aimed at the older teens. As mentioned throughout the review, the mature content - some explicit sex scenes and language - may be inappropriate for kids and younger teens.

Reader reviewed by wendy

this is a book about the love life of high school senior Dominique. Through out her 17years of life, she had never really had a "real" boyfriend or a productive lovelive. She has yet to frech a guy and unlike everyother girl in her senior class, she's never done "it." It doesn't bother her much since she's been able to keep up with her grades and do so well that she might actually get a shot of going to the college of her dreams, so life for her is going pretty well...until she meets wes--a blue eyed hunk from the highschool her best friend amy goes to. At first, they're just friends and the email and IM each other constantly, then, it all changes. after Dominiquea and Wes share all their firsts together, everything goes downhill from there. That's when Dominique finds out what it really is like to have loved someone so much.

This is a really good book, but i would recommend it to people 17+ or people who have already had a Sex ED class. This is because, this book is like Sex 101. Despite all it's sexual content, this was an amazing book, considering it was the author's first.

Reader reviewed by bria

this book i thought was very good. the story line was like must but there wasd something about it that made me want to keep reading. I was sad about the ending but i tliked that i felt some what reasured about Dominique's future. The writing style was also to my liking, the author had a way of putting words on paper that made me keep turning pages, and i'm glad that i did because anatomy of a boyfriend was a very enjoyable read.

Reader reviewed by rochita

i´m a fifteen year old girl who ejoys reading stories for young adults these one was definetly one of my favorites .
i enjoyed so much how she captures dominique and her feelings the way the book indirectly helped you clear out tons of questions about life, how you should manage boyfriend situations and even how to deal with big firsts with out freaking out .
shows you real teen situations to relate to and solutions by a common age character makes you feel comprehend if you ever had a break up or liked someone quite as bad .!!!
excellent !!!