She’s Dating the Gangster is a book written
by Bianca Bernardino that captured the hearts of many. This Filipino novel
twisted love story portrays a Romeo and Juliet story that had a beautiful but
sad ending. It all started when 17-year-old Athena Dizon unwittingly plays a
trick on resident heartthrob and bad boy, Kenji de los Reyes. When all of a
sudden, she finds herself pretending—unwillingly at that—to be his girlfriend
to make his ex jealous then came to the point that their feelings became real
for each other. A conflict arise when Athena was diagnosed non curable
type of cancer that threatened her life. The end of the story Athena died and
Kenji had mental breakdown ( Bernardo 3). Natalie (1) said that She’s
dating the Gangster was probably one of the most heartbreaking stories that she
had read so far.
MLA In-text
Citations
Book: Bernadino, Bianca. She’s Dating the Gangster. 1st ed. Philippines: 2009. Print.
Online: Bernadino,
Bianca. She’s Dating the
Gangster: Philippines: Wattpad Books Publisher, 2009. Wattpad.com. Web. 23
June 2011.