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Title: Geek Magnet
Author: Kieran Scott
Year of Publication: 2008
Genre: YA
Pages: 308
First Line: "Okay, so I was dizzy with power."
Summary: Everybody loves KJ. Especially the geeks. See, KJ is supernice, smart, pretty, the stage manager of her high school's spring musical Grease...and a total geek magnet. She's like the geek Pied Piper of Washington High, drawing every socially clueless guy within a five-mile radius. If only Cameron Richardson, star of the basketball team and the hottest guy in school, would follow her around and worship her the way the entourage of dorks do. Enter Tama Gold, queen of the popular crowd, star of Grease, and solution to all of KJ's problems. She insists that KJ is too nice and that the nice girl never gets the guy. Tama is ready to help KJ get cruel, dtich the dorks, and win Cameron's heart. But is KJ?
(Source: Back of book)
Review: This has been on my To Be Read list for awhile so I picked it up the other day. It was a pretty quick read, but much more intense than I expected. There's a lot of familial drama that I hadn't been expecting. Though the cover and the summary suggests a light, chick-lit tone to it, it's a little bit darker with KJ's drunk/alcoholic father. And when the summary says "cruel," it's not exaggerating--she's really mean to these kids. Throughout the book, she continuously whined about "why me" and "my life is so awful" and stuff and she really just wasn't likable. Also, letting Tama help her out wasn't so smart, seeing as how Tama's relationship with her boyfriend is obviously a horrendous one. Despite my bashing of this book, I wouldn't not recommend it. If someone were to pick it up and asked me if they should read it, I'd say, 'sure,' but only if they're a fast reader, because it's not worth that much time.
Worst part: KJ was a really unlikable character.
Best part: I liked the geeks, despite how some of them were, in all fairness, waaaaaay too pushy and invasive with KJ.
Grade: C
Other Books by This Author: I was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader, Brunettes Strike Back, others.
Author: Kieran Scott
Year of Publication: 2008
Genre: YA
Pages: 308
First Line: "Okay, so I was dizzy with power."
Summary: Everybody loves KJ. Especially the geeks. See, KJ is supernice, smart, pretty, the stage manager of her high school's spring musical Grease...and a total geek magnet. She's like the geek Pied Piper of Washington High, drawing every socially clueless guy within a five-mile radius. If only Cameron Richardson, star of the basketball team and the hottest guy in school, would follow her around and worship her the way the entourage of dorks do. Enter Tama Gold, queen of the popular crowd, star of Grease, and solution to all of KJ's problems. She insists that KJ is too nice and that the nice girl never gets the guy. Tama is ready to help KJ get cruel, dtich the dorks, and win Cameron's heart. But is KJ?
(Source: Back of book)
Review: This has been on my To Be Read list for awhile so I picked it up the other day. It was a pretty quick read, but much more intense than I expected. There's a lot of familial drama that I hadn't been expecting. Though the cover and the summary suggests a light, chick-lit tone to it, it's a little bit darker with KJ's drunk/alcoholic father. And when the summary says "cruel," it's not exaggerating--she's really mean to these kids. Throughout the book, she continuously whined about "why me" and "my life is so awful" and stuff and she really just wasn't likable. Also, letting Tama help her out wasn't so smart, seeing as how Tama's relationship with her boyfriend is obviously a horrendous one. Despite my bashing of this book, I wouldn't not recommend it. If someone were to pick it up and asked me if they should read it, I'd say, 'sure,' but only if they're a fast reader, because it's not worth that much time.
Worst part: KJ was a really unlikable character.
Best part: I liked the geeks, despite how some of them were, in all fairness, waaaaaay too pushy and invasive with KJ.
Grade: C
Other Books by This Author: I was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader, Brunettes Strike Back, others.