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operativealyssa's review
5.0
Have you ever experience being heartbroken? Feeling as if your heart is being stomp on by an elephant or shattered into tiny million pieces. I know you do, in fact, we all experienced that before. And that’s why The G.A.P Club is formed. Jessica and Maddie thought up an idea (it’s mostly Jessica) to get back to the guys that are just like those ones who hurt them—the kind of guy who plays girl’s heart in the palm of their hands—the playboy kind of guy. Maddie’s been feeling crappy for what they did to guys and she’s planning to lay low and maybe gradually let herself out in the club this semester. Then enter Sebastian, hottie extraordinary. The kind of guy that really looks like a player and Jessica wants him to be her next victim. Unfortunately, it’s not Jessica that Sebastian’s attracted to, it’s Maddie. And Sebastian is not what they think he is. He might not be the kind of guy that they thought he would be. As the saying goes, don’t judge a book by its cover or in this case, don’t judge someone by just how he looks.
The Guys Are Props Club is the answer to my prayer. It’s my saving grace. It saves me from going through a reading slump. Lately, I’ve been feeling pretty hopeless because all the books I’ve been reading these past few weeks just fell flat for me and I just desperately want to read a good book that will caught all my attention to it, that will help me forget my stressful life as a student and that will make me feel that feeling of enjoyment out of reading a book. And thankfully, my answer came in the form of this book.
This is one of those books that you will have a hard time thinking up of adjectives that could suffice to its awesomeness. The moment I read the first page, I already have a gut feeling that I will really love the book. And I was right, it really caught my attention to the point of finishing it in one sitting when I originally plan on just reading the first few chapters. This book is the bomb! I can gush over it for several hours and not get tired of it. It was THAT awesome.
What I especially like in this book was Maddie. I didn’t really expect that she would actually be an enjoyable character to read about. She’s witty and I love the fact that it took her quite a long time before she succumb and admitted to herself that she’s in love with Sebastian. I also love Sebastian! It’s not every day that you’ll encounter a guy like him—a hot straight guy who dances ballroom. I’m amazed as to how far he’s willing to do anything just to prove that he’s serious about Maddie and also to show her that he is not the guy that she thought he was. He’s deemed to be included in my list of drool worthy guys.
The pacing of the story is just right. It’s not too slow that you’ll eventually fall asleep and it is also not too fast that you will have a hard time keeping up with the things that are happening in the book, it’s theright perfect pacing. Two thumbs up to the author!
The Guys Are Props Club deserves to get a five shimmering stars. I stronglyinsist suggest for you to get a copy of this book and start reading it as soon as you got your own copy. You’ll miss the bragging rights in reading this gem if you don’t read it.
The Guys Are Props Club is the answer to my prayer. It’s my saving grace. It saves me from going through a reading slump. Lately, I’ve been feeling pretty hopeless because all the books I’ve been reading these past few weeks just fell flat for me and I just desperately want to read a good book that will caught all my attention to it, that will help me forget my stressful life as a student and that will make me feel that feeling of enjoyment out of reading a book. And thankfully, my answer came in the form of this book.
This is one of those books that you will have a hard time thinking up of adjectives that could suffice to its awesomeness. The moment I read the first page, I already have a gut feeling that I will really love the book. And I was right, it really caught my attention to the point of finishing it in one sitting when I originally plan on just reading the first few chapters. This book is the bomb! I can gush over it for several hours and not get tired of it. It was THAT awesome.
What I especially like in this book was Maddie. I didn’t really expect that she would actually be an enjoyable character to read about. She’s witty and I love the fact that it took her quite a long time before she succumb and admitted to herself that she’s in love with Sebastian. I also love Sebastian! It’s not every day that you’ll encounter a guy like him—a hot straight guy who dances ballroom. I’m amazed as to how far he’s willing to do anything just to prove that he’s serious about Maddie and also to show her that he is not the guy that she thought he was. He’s deemed to be included in my list of drool worthy guys.
The pacing of the story is just right. It’s not too slow that you’ll eventually fall asleep and it is also not too fast that you will have a hard time keeping up with the things that are happening in the book, it’s the
The Guys Are Props Club deserves to get a five shimmering stars. I strongly
jaimearkin's review
2.0
The Guys are Props Club has an interesting plot, and it starts out well enough. Maddie Burch was devastated by her last real boyfriend and she went into college bound and determined not to let it happen again. Two years later, she's been successful with the help of her equally jaded roommate and best friend Jessica.
They initially started The Guys Are Props club as a way to vent their frustration and hurt, but what started as a simple get together for girls has evolved into something more. Jessica still holds a grudge and not just against the guy who broke her heart. She lumps all guys together. If they're attractive, they're players and they deserve anything these girls can dish out.
Then the 'contest' happens or making a play. All the girls who are in the club have to play a minimum of one guy. Only Maddie isn't quite on board with this. The last one she did had her feeling guilty about it.
Enter Sebastian. He seems different, but Maddie can't trust him, because he's gorgeous and confident and that means he'a player... plus Jessica wants him for herself.
So that's all I'm going to say about the plot on this one.
I struggled with this book from the start. For me the writing felt really elementary,it just didn't work for me.
Additionally, I felt that there were things that really rubbed me the wrong way.
First, if you're going to write a New Adult book, where sex and sexual things are going to be talked about, I think you also have a bit of a responsibility to include precautionary information. When Sebastian and Maddie finally succumb to their passion (lol do you like that?) there is never once a mention of a condom or birth control or anything. I was a bit surprised by this to be honest. I just feel that if you're aiming for the 17+ crowd on a book you need to include things like that. (totally my hangup I guess) I know, it's a mood killer sometimes, but when I stop to jot a note "NO CONDOM" on my review copy, you better believe I'm going to comment on it.
Second, I felt that there were times that Sebastian 'said' things for me that I was all
"Your hair looks so long. I love your loose curls, but this style is also great on you."
I think my actual comment on my copy was "Nuh uh".
Plus there was this paragraph:
To my dismay, Sebastian still preferred Italian food to sushi. He said it was his heritage and pointed out that Capello was an Italian name - not a Hispanic one. I told him I didn't care, as long as he still exuded all the Latin hotness.
So being Hispanic is not the same as being Latin - I know this because I have a friend who likes to remind people of this. Two completely different cultures. Though, to be honest, I'm not sure why it was even mentioned because they were comparing Italian to sushi.
Finally, I hated almost everyone in this book.
When I read books like this, I want to be able to picture these girls as my friend... people I'd like to get to know and hang out with. I absolutely never felt this way about Maddie and Jessica. Maddie was spineless and let Jessica walk all over her, and Jessica....
that is all.
To say I was disappointed in this book would be a bit of an understatement. I was definitely expecting a bit more. Unfortunately I didn't find it here. If you're looking for something like this, I can think of a handful of books that do this type of story much better. Just check out my New Adult shelf!
The author provided this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
They initially started The Guys Are Props club as a way to vent their frustration and hurt, but what started as a simple get together for girls has evolved into something more. Jessica still holds a grudge and not just against the guy who broke her heart. She lumps all guys together. If they're attractive, they're players and they deserve anything these girls can dish out.
Then the 'contest' happens or making a play. All the girls who are in the club have to play a minimum of one guy. Only Maddie isn't quite on board with this. The last one she did had her feeling guilty about it.
Enter Sebastian. He seems different, but Maddie can't trust him, because he's gorgeous and confident and that means he'a player... plus Jessica wants him for herself.
So that's all I'm going to say about the plot on this one.
I struggled with this book from the start. For me the writing felt really elementary,it just didn't work for me.
Additionally, I felt that there were things that really rubbed me the wrong way.
First, if you're going to write a New Adult book, where sex and sexual things are going to be talked about, I think you also have a bit of a responsibility to include precautionary information. When Sebastian and Maddie finally succumb to their passion (lol do you like that?) there is never once a mention of a condom or birth control or anything. I was a bit surprised by this to be honest. I just feel that if you're aiming for the 17+ crowd on a book you need to include things like that. (totally my hangup I guess) I know, it's a mood killer sometimes, but when I stop to jot a note "NO CONDOM" on my review copy, you better believe I'm going to comment on it.
Second, I felt that there were times that Sebastian 'said' things for me that I was all
"Your hair looks so long. I love your loose curls, but this style is also great on you."
I think my actual comment on my copy was "Nuh uh".
Plus there was this paragraph:
To my dismay, Sebastian still preferred Italian food to sushi. He said it was his heritage and pointed out that Capello was an Italian name - not a Hispanic one. I told him I didn't care, as long as he still exuded all the Latin hotness.
So being Hispanic is not the same as being Latin - I know this because I have a friend who likes to remind people of this. Two completely different cultures. Though, to be honest, I'm not sure why it was even mentioned because they were comparing Italian to sushi.
Finally, I hated almost everyone in this book.
When I read books like this, I want to be able to picture these girls as my friend... people I'd like to get to know and hang out with. I absolutely never felt this way about Maddie and Jessica. Maddie was spineless and let Jessica walk all over her, and Jessica....
that is all.
To say I was disappointed in this book would be a bit of an understatement. I was definitely expecting a bit more. Unfortunately I didn't find it here. If you're looking for something like this, I can think of a handful of books that do this type of story much better. Just check out my New Adult shelf!
The author provided this ARC in exchange for an honest review.