SYNOPSIS: Harriet Manners knows a lot of things. She knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a "jiffy" lasts 1/100th of a second, and the average person laughs 15 times per day. What she isn't quite so sure about is why nobody at school seems to like her very much. So when she's spotted by a top model agent, Harriet grabs the chance to reinvent herself. Even if it means stealing her Best Friend's dream, incurring the wrath of her arch enemy Alexa, and repeatedly humiliating herself in front of the impossibly handsome supermodel Nick. Even if it means lying to the people she loves. As Harriet veers from one couture disaster to the next with the help of her overly enthusiastic father and her uber-geeky stalker, Toby, she begins to realise that the world of fashion doesn't seem to like her any more than the real world did. And as her old life starts to fall apart, the question is: will Harriet be able to transform herself before she ruins everything? Rating: 4/5
The reason I'm writing this review now, is because I have not yet read the final book in the series and I want to dedicate a blog post to Forever Geek by itself when I have. That's how excited I am to read it. Honestly, I would secretly love to be a model but unfortunately I am too short and love cookies too much, so it will never happen. The fact that Harriet, the main character of the Geek Girl series, is such a nerd and an outcast makes it so that she is unlikely to become a model too, so when it does happen it fills me with joy! Because it makes me feel like even though you may not seem the perfect fit for something at first, you never know what can happen! Most of the time I related to Harriet a lot, as I am a bit of a nerd myself and I'm also not very good at making friends. Other times I found myself getting very annoyed with her because she just didn't know when to stop. I have to admit though, I'm not good at reading other people's emotions either so maybe her inability to do this just feels like too much of a personal attack on me and that's why I don't like that part of her. Harriet's friends and love interest(s) are all lovely and multi dimensional characters and although Toby is a little creepy, I do secretly love him a lot. And Wilbur. I love Wilbur so much he is an actual fairy angel. Harriet's story is very relatable to me, because although she becomes a model, she still treats it the way you and I would. She's still her clumsy and nerdy self and attempts to balance everything together, which doesn't always work out. I feel like this is what any normal person who suddenly got thrown into the world of modeling would do. We would all feel a bit out of place and like we're an elephant stomping around in a room full of antique porcelain. Holly Smale, the author of Geek Girl, was a model as a teenager herself, so that makes the story even more believable. She knows a few things about modeling that others would not know as she has lived through it! Overall, the Geek Girl series is funny, relatable, a bit sad at times, but 100% worth a read! Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13621089-geek-girl Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Geek-Girl-Book-x/dp/0007489447
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