What is the author's style in Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten?

Since Lynn Weingarten tells her novel "Wherever Nina Lies" from the first-person perspective of Ellie Wrigley, a sixteen year-old girl, Weingarten writes in language that is simple and straightforward with a touch of poetic elegance commonly associated with the fairer sex. This serves to reinforce the quality of Weingarten's characterization and makes the character of Ellie convincing.