Author: Heidi Acosta
Tagline: Drama. Rumours. Catastrophe.
Book Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ (happy 5 :)
The only thing that 17 year
old Barbie Starr wants to do is graduate high school so she and her little
brother, Everett, can get out of Alabama. She doesn’t care about the rumors
that are spread around about her like wild fire. Rumors are nothing new to her.
Sure, maybe she could change her reputation, but why bother. She is leaving
Alabama as soon as she can. That is, if she can pass algebra and graduate.
The only thing Dylan Knight
would like to do is go through high school unnoticed; he has had enough of the
drama that is high school. He took the whole of last summer to bulk-up: finally
he is not being called names or being shoved into lockers. He wants to remain
on the outside of the circle of constant rumors that surround the so-called
popular kids who get all the attention. He would not, however, mind if his long
time crush Katie took notice of him.
But it is Barbie who notices
Dylan and she offers him a deal he can’t pass up: if he helps her pass algebra,
she’ll help him get the girl of his dreams. Dylan agrees, but, as it turns out,
nothing is simple when it comes to Barbie. Somehow, she can’t help but draw
attention to herself — and to him. Soon Dylan finds himself tossed into the
whirlwind of rumors that seem to follow Barbie everywhere. Can he save his reputation
and still get the girl of his dreams? Or will Barbie be the one to break
through his carefully-built facade?
Having just read another cliché ‘bad boy loves Miss Perfect’ Barbie Girl
was a breath of fresh air. Honestly. This time round Barbie’s the high school
slut (even though she’s not) and Dylan Knight is Mr. Perfect. He gets the
grades, he’s not popular but he’s cool. So who could be better to tutor Barbie
right? And then they fall in love and get married tralalalaa. Umm…NO! Because a guy like Dylan doesn’t go for bad
girls, he prefers the girl next-door, like Katie. Now its Barbie’s job to help him get her if he’ll be her tutor.
Barbie Starr – Reading her name for the first
time gave me this image of a blonde (yes),
preppy (no way!) Miss Popular (rumors). I loved the reason that was
given for Barbie’s name, because it shows how society craves perfection. The
reason is also quite ironic because for a Barbie she doesn’t really care what
people think. Barbie’s nothing like the typical girl character I’d expected,
actually quite the opposite. Usually whilst reading a book you would find that
a girl like Barbie was stealing Katie’s boyfriend and throughout the book you’d
hate her and judge her. This book makes you step back and think twice about
people’s appearances. Barbie just shows that what’s on the outside, is nothing
like the inside. She doesn’t break into pieces because of what everyone thinks,
she stands up tall. You can’t help but to accept her for who she is, faults and
all.
Dylan the Knight
in
shining armour
Reading the start of Barbie Girl did remind me of Romeo and Juliet.
Dylan’s love for Katie seems similar to Romeo’s for Rosaline. He’s not in love with her, he loves the idea of her. After reading that I just
thought ‘well come on Barbie, come sort him out’ and she did. I wished Dylan
was a lot more understanding of
Barbie at the start. Have you ever read a book and wanted to change one of the
characters but knew you couldn’t without ruining the book? Well that’s how I
felt.
Now I can’t exactly due a Barbie Girl review without mentioning the
awesomeness that is Third and of course Roxie! Those two just made the story
ten times better for me because of their loyalty and just utter cuteness (I think I love Third).
The ending aarrrhghggh I CANNOT wait to read the sequel!!
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sounds like a great book :) I've never heard of it but definitely want to read it now. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. I'm following back :) Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteMegan @ Megz Madd Readz
I really like your review. I will be reviewing this on Monday and I say excellent work. Big fan of the novel.
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