Vinegar Girl is a modern retelling of The Taming of the Shrew. It focuses on Kate, who is working as an assistant at a preschool and is living at home with her father and sister. Their home life is amusing _ Kate_s family relies on her to keep the ship afloat, which she does by leaning on routine and without any zeal or creativity.returnreturnHer father is a scientist and has a brilliant research assistant, Pyotr, with an expiring visa. Kate_s father cooks up a scheme to have Kate marry Pyotr to ensure the success of his research, which Kate is disgusted by. Tyler_s way of bringing all of these characters together proves to be such good fun and is hilarious. The dialogue in this book is blunt and comedic, given that Kate_s character is brutally honest and lacks the social niceties that help one get by in the world.returnreturnThis is not great literature but if you are looking for a quick summer read that will make you smile and lift your spirits for a bit, then I would press this book into your hands. There is only one caveat that I would share _ given that I was a teenager in the late 90s/early 2000s, I absolutely could not picture these characters as anyone other than the actors from 10 Things I Hate About You. This isn_t necessarily a bad thing and is no fault of Tyler_s writing, but something to consider if you want to read this with a fresh perspective.