Cook’s humor absolutely shines in Outward Blonde. The hilarious depictions used to describe poor Lizzie’s intestinal woes had me laughing out loud. And the colorful array of words used to describe the female anatomy had me cracking up. Lizzie’s journey is wrought with drama, sadness, lots of climbing, laughter, some intensely itchy situations, and most of all, love. The way Lizzie and her fellow campers — Sam, a confused lesbian; Chandra, a do-gooder with a gambling problem; Ari, the way-too-skinny bad boy “artiste;” and Jack, the good guy who wears guilt like a second skin — come together during an unexpected adventure to Vegas shows Lizzie what true friendship is all about.