4/5 Nerd Glasses
Smart Girls Get What They Want
Author: Sarah Strohmeyer
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Synopsis: Gigi,
Bea, and Neerja are best friends and total overachievers. Even if they aren't
the most popular girls in school, they aren't too worried. They know their real lives will begin once they get to
their Ivy League colleges. There will be ivy, and there will be cute guys in
the libraries (hopefully with English accents)! But when an unexpected event
shows them they're missing out on the full high school experience, it's time to
come out of the honors lounge and into the spotlight. They make a pact: They
will each take on their greatest challenge—and they will totally rock it.
Gigi decides to run for student rep, but she'll have to get over her fear of public speaking—and go head-to-head with gorgeous California Will. Bea used to be one of the best skiers around, until she was derailed. It could be time for her to take the plunge again. And Neerja loves the drama club but has always stayed behind the scenes—until now.
These friends are determined to show the world that smart girls really can get what they want—but that could mean getting way more attention than they ever bargained for. . . .
Gigi decides to run for student rep, but she'll have to get over her fear of public speaking—and go head-to-head with gorgeous California Will. Bea used to be one of the best skiers around, until she was derailed. It could be time for her to take the plunge again. And Neerja loves the drama club but has always stayed behind the scenes—until now.
These friends are determined to show the world that smart girls really can get what they want—but that could mean getting way more attention than they ever bargained for. . . .
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Reviewer Annabell Cadiz
Review: Three Words: Get. This. Book!
I discovered
this book via perusing Amazon as I tend to do since I’m always searching for
books regardless of the fact that I have too many as it is . . . I digress.
Upon discovering this book, I decided to give it a chance and place it on hold
at the library. I am DEFINITELY happy I did! Smart Girls Get What They Want turned out to be a great first book
to the new year!
Right from the
beginning, I fell in nerd-girl love with Gigi! I could completely relate to her
character in so many ways. As a fellow nerd who worked hard at attaining good
grades and achieving in school, I could totally understand Gigi’s need achieve
academically while trying to also discover who she is and how to expand outside
of her bubble. From the start, Gigi’s quick wit and snarkiness will have you
laughing! I loved her narration throughout the whole book and as her character
grew, I loved her even more.
Bea and Neerja
are the best friends every girl should have! They are loyal to the core, very
supportive and protective. Gigi, Bea and Neerja build each other up instead of
putting each other down. They support each other’s successes and console each
other through the struggles they face. They face everything as a team with
wonderful humor, cute styles, and sass.
Michael Ipolito.
I cannot tell you how much I loved his character! Mike is goofy and playful and
so laid back, you’d think he took some secret happy pills no one else knows
about. But Mike is also wonderfully and vastly intelligent. He secretly loves
to read classics and poetry. He aces his classes and is great at sports. If I
could find a Michael Ipolito in real life (just a few years older) I’d be all
over that like white on rice! *dreamy sigh*
Will is supposed to be the other male interest but I knew what he was up to right from the beginning. Technically, Gigi has a crush on him, not Mike. For a while Gigi can't think of Mike that way because she can't see passed her prejudices. Will, on the other hand, loves all the same things she does and flirts with her off the bat and acts like a gentleman. But don't let that fool you, Will isn't everything he seems. I really enjoyed how the author flipped around both Mike and Will's characters to challenge people's preconceived notions of how jocks or nerds are supposed to categorized vs. who they really are. Gigi's decisions when it came to Will are probably the only element that dragged that book in certain instances. I could understand her being swept away by Will in the beginning but after a while, she should have caught on to who he really was. Even Mike pointed it out to her at some point.
I loved the
romantic relationship between Gigi and Mike. It grows slowly and starts with a
big cheating scandal. Underneath the fluff-like plot and sarcastic dialogue,
there are deeper topics being discussed and brought to light in a way that will
make readers be able to pick up and connect on them without causing the book to
feel weighed down. Gigi has to get over her misconceptions and already cast prejudices
against Mike to discover who he really is. I just loved watching Gigi being so
smart but making such a fool of herself around Mike. It was equally fun to
watch Mike tease her. I especially loved how Mike nicked named Gigi, Einstein and was the only one who call her that. So adorbs.
The plot is made
of part fluff, part romance and a tale of self-discovery and coming-of-age.
Gigi, Neerja and Bea have to learn how to break out of their world of honors
classes, straight-A’s, and constant studying to discover how to just have some
plain, old, good nerd fun.
Smart Girls Get What They Want is full of hilarious, awkward, nerdiness
that will have you laughing out loud throughout and hugging the book when it’s
over! I will DEFINITELY be checking out more of Sarah Strohmeyer books in the future!!
About the Author
Sarah Strohmeyer is the award-winning, nationally bestselling author of fifteen novels one of which, THE CINDERELLA PACT, became a Lifetime Movie, LYING TO BE PERFECT.
Her first mystery, BUBBLES UNBOUND, won the Agatha Award and THE SLEEPING BEAUTY PROPOSAL was nominated for a prestigious RITA™. Her books have been translated into German, French, Italian, Turkish, Taiwanese and a bunch of others.
Her first young adult novel, SMART GIRLS GET WHAT THEY WANT, will be published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins, on June 26, 2012.
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