{Review} Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer

Publication date: March 26, 2013

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

ISBN-13: 9780061953415

Synopsis

Gigi, Bea and Neerja idolized Parad, Neerja’s older sister. Until they uncover the secret of her school life before parting to college, where Gigi bows that they will not follow Parad’s path.

Now the girls are in sophomore year and a mistake gets Gigi in trouble, which roughly translates in her and Mike working together. Mike is the guy that even if he is in Gigi’s advances classes is also a jock and he’s asked every now and again for her homework putting him on the jock that knows when to turn up the charm, hence he always gets what he wants leaving the conclusion that Mike Ipolito cannot be trusted.

This incident unchains a series of events that make the girls stop leaving their safe and guarded life and getting out there and take chances, from drama, ski to running for student rep this girls will find out that high school has more to offer if they decide to take a risk even if life presents a set back every now and then.

Review

Smart Girls Get What They Want was different from what I expected, it had some really nice surprises and little changes that made all the difference and made this book stand out from others of its kind.

If I had to pick one word to describe this story it would be “fresh” this story wasn’t fully loaded with drama, it was more like this things happen in life and it’s how you decide to deal with them that makes a difference kind of story.

The main character Gigi is naïve and is locked on preconceptions that her high school is an: us versus them world so her and her friends play it safe, stay together and study. We see her grow in what feels a natural pace and she has her friends to help her discover the things she would have otherwise discarded or taken a little longer to figure out.

Bea and Nerjaa are good secondary characters each one of them has her own personality, problems and side story. I like it that they aren’t the type of characters that are tossed aside and then when help is needed they come running. Gigi, Nerjaa and Bea are tight as thieves and they stick for one another.

Mike, Will, Henry and Justin are part of the male cast of this book, maybe Henry and Justin don’t get enough paragraphs to get to know them in a deep level but they each work their part well.

Mike and Will are part of the extra seasoning that shakes this story up and even if you know how things will end  they make you stumble and second guess about how exactly will the path to the end of the road twist and turn before you are finally able to read before you reach your destination.

For those of you looking for a fresh, high school, contemporary story I would highly sugest this one.

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{Cover Wars} Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer

Welcome back to our regular programing in Cover Wars!!!!!!!!!!!

As you already know in Covers Wars two (sometimes more)covers come here in a quest to see which one of them is worthy of your bookish loving, so please remember to vote and comment, you can find the poll at the end of the post and remember that this blogs comment section is powered by disqus so if your information is there I will be sure to repay the commenting favor.

Now let me present to you the two covers that will be fighting for your attention, for this week we have… (drum roll please) Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer. For those of you that have never heard of it or your memory is a little fuzzy here is a look at the book blurb:

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. . .

Now that we are all have at least some idea about Smart Girls Get What They Want let’s take a look at the covers!

First we have the original cover, they one that even if some might think of it as simple it doesn’t lose when it comes to eye catchiness.

The cover make-over shakes things up and decides to follow the norm of romantic book covers.

Tell us guy which cover is your favorite?? Which one would you end up picking from the bookshelves? Which one of these covers do you think is the best representative for this book?

Remember to join us next week to see which cover won all of your cover loving.

Remember to join us next week to see which cover won all of your cover loving.