[Out of Love is a] pleasant and appealing story…. There is really nothing wrong or objectionable with the book. The writing style is readable and competent, the characters are believable and their situations ring true. The relationship between Teddy and her best friend Maya is a very solid one and so is the author's portrayal of that friendship…. The portrait of Teddy's mother is also well drawn…. The obvious morals and lessons of the story—the value of one's family and friends, how not to judge people superficially, how to give people a chance by being open with them—are saved from becoming trite and hackneyed by a sympathetic cast of characters.

Cyrisse Jaffee, "'Out of Love'," in Young Adult Cooperative Book Review Group of Massachusetts, Vol. 13, No. 4, April 1977, p. 123.