thedaydreamreader's review against another edition
4.0
Actual rating is 3.5
I really liked this book. I guess it's because you get to see the changes in the character gradually and not all in one glob. I also found their comebacks highly entertaining and I do want to read another story about them.
I really liked this book. I guess it's because you get to see the changes in the character gradually and not all in one glob. I also found their comebacks highly entertaining and I do want to read another story about them.
valeriefm's review against another edition
Tia was such a FUN character. I loved her in all her messy, funny, crazy ways.
I just wish she looked more Puerto Rican on the cover! The girl they have posing looks Irish!
I just wish she looked more Puerto Rican on the cover! The girl they have posing looks Irish!
deamer26's review against another edition
4.0
So refreshing, Jennifer Echols is one amazing author ^_^ <3
pasalazar99's review against another edition
3.0
I like how Jennifer writes.
This book seems incomplete, though.
All the book was in an exact period of a week and a half.
It lacked a little plot but everything else was perfect.
This book seems incomplete, though.
All the book was in an exact period of a week and a half.
It lacked a little plot but everything else was perfect.
sweetcreature89's review against another edition
5.0
It had been a while since I'd read a YA book so I jumped at the chance to read this one when it became available on Riveted Lit. I'd read oe other book by Jennifer Echols in the past, Going Too Far, and I knew that I loved it so I had high hopes for Biggest Flirts. I'm happy to say that I was not disappointed!
I loved Tia as soon as I began reading. She was spunky and rough around the edges and not your typical YA high school female heroin. She wasn't clumsy or shy or any of those cliche things you normally see in young adult lit. She was loud and flirty and rambunctious. Will, on the other hand, was her opposite. He didn't take crap from any of his peers but he was also kind of shy and wanted a real relationship but also was willing to legitimately put in the work for it. It was great to see a teenage male that was sensitive and shy in a realistic way.
Overall, I really enjoyed the relationship between Will and Tia but also the relationship that Tia had with the other people in her life. I found myself really curious about her father and I loved learning more about her relationships with her sisters and how it affected her current life on a daily basis.
This was truly a great young adult read and I definitely won't hesitate to read more from Jennifer Echols in the future.
Rating: 5 stars
I loved Tia as soon as I began reading. She was spunky and rough around the edges and not your typical YA high school female heroin. She wasn't clumsy or shy or any of those cliche things you normally see in young adult lit. She was loud and flirty and rambunctious. Will, on the other hand, was her opposite. He didn't take crap from any of his peers but he was also kind of shy and wanted a real relationship but also was willing to legitimately put in the work for it. It was great to see a teenage male that was sensitive and shy in a realistic way.
Overall, I really enjoyed the relationship between Will and Tia but also the relationship that Tia had with the other people in her life. I found myself really curious about her father and I loved learning more about her relationships with her sisters and how it affected her current life on a daily basis.
This was truly a great young adult read and I definitely won't hesitate to read more from Jennifer Echols in the future.
Rating: 5 stars
raquel494's review against another edition
3.0
I received this ARC for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
I've read practically all of Jennifer Echols' books and they've never let me down... until now. Biggest Flirts tells the story of Tia and Will and how they're thrown together at every chance they get. And after hooking up one night before their senior year starts, things get a bit messy...
Honestly, I felt like this book was rushed much too quickly. The story takes place over the course of a week and a half, and just after a few days Tia and Will are declaring their love for each other? Only to go back on it? Umm.. No. I like a slow, budding romance that actually develops over time. It doesn't have to take place over a year, but certainly more than a week. There were also times where I was so confused as to what was happening, and how we'd gone from one thing to another. It gave me a bit of whiplash.
Tia has some serious commitment issues, and I'm actually glad Echols decided to write about the girl who isn't afraid of hooking up. You don't get a lot of YA novels with a protagonist who could be considered "easy," and I was looking forward to Echol's take. Will and Tia certainly switch stereotypes, in that he has no problems being in a relationship, while Tia runs away from them. Though I liked the different take in the norm, I still felt like Will and Tia could have been better developed. I also felt like there was so much potential that went unexplored between these two. Furthermore, the explanation we get for Tia's behavior felt flat to me.
While I wasn't the biggest fan of Biggest Flirts, I am planning on reading the sequel, Perfect Couple, which deals with Tia's friend Harper. I really do hope that the next two books in the Superlatives trilogy are better than the first--not just for my sake, but because, all in all, Jennifer Echols is a pretty good writer.
For more reviews, visit my blog at Bittersweet Reads.
I've read practically all of Jennifer Echols' books and they've never let me down... until now. Biggest Flirts tells the story of Tia and Will and how they're thrown together at every chance they get. And after hooking up one night before their senior year starts, things get a bit messy...
Honestly, I felt like this book was rushed much too quickly. The story takes place over the course of a week and a half, and just after a few days Tia and Will are declaring their love for each other? Only to go back on it? Umm.. No. I like a slow, budding romance that actually develops over time. It doesn't have to take place over a year, but certainly more than a week. There were also times where I was so confused as to what was happening, and how we'd gone from one thing to another. It gave me a bit of whiplash.
Tia has some serious commitment issues, and I'm actually glad Echols decided to write about the girl who isn't afraid of hooking up. You don't get a lot of YA novels with a protagonist who could be considered "easy," and I was looking forward to Echol's take. Will and Tia certainly switch stereotypes, in that he has no problems being in a relationship, while Tia runs away from them. Though I liked the different take in the norm, I still felt like Will and Tia could have been better developed. I also felt like there was so much potential that went unexplored between these two. Furthermore, the explanation we get for Tia's behavior felt flat to me.
While I wasn't the biggest fan of Biggest Flirts, I am planning on reading the sequel, Perfect Couple, which deals with Tia's friend Harper. I really do hope that the next two books in the Superlatives trilogy are better than the first--not just for my sake, but because, all in all, Jennifer Echols is a pretty good writer.
For more reviews, visit my blog at Bittersweet Reads.
boyanna's review against another edition
4.0
Whenever I'm reading one of Jennifer Echols books I end up thinking they are wage and superficial but somehow they manage to live a grand impression on me that lingers long after.
Amazingly I realized that that’s her appeal.
She avoids the deep staff on purpose, tiptoes around them and sidesteps over them... It lives you with just the impression of the majority of the deepness, making you wonder and imagine the vastness.
This one was no different.
And, yes, it’s another issue-teen book, but it’s one worth reading. Why? Because!
We have the MC – Tia - messy, tall and confident. She is all over the place, underachiever extraordinaire, determinately unobligated, and committed on not having a boyfriend. She is gorgeous and aware of it and refreshingly self-confident. I loved HER!
Then we have Will - her “friend” - serious, blond and hot! Hockey player, unexpectedly funny and nice.
Somewhere in between the two we have their issues and their baggage.
And then we have the vast variety of secondary characters. Every single one different, every single one likable.
*Even Sawyer (who BTW I can’t wait to read about in the third book!).
The story and the resolutions were lovely, believable and vaguely hopeful, living just enough to make me excited for the next book in the series. And even though I loved her previous book “[b:Such a Rush|12989112|Such a Rush|Jennifer Echols|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345851913s/12989112.jpg|15502516]” slightly (just slightly) more, i still consider this a great book.
I encourage all YA contemporary-romance lovers to read this. If you get nothing else from it, like I have, at least it would be a fun summer read.
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Amazingly I realized that that’s her appeal.
She avoids the deep staff on purpose, tiptoes around them and sidesteps over them... It lives you with just the impression of the majority of the deepness, making you wonder and imagine the vastness.
This one was no different.
And, yes, it’s another issue-teen book, but it’s one worth reading. Why? Because!
We have the MC – Tia - messy, tall and confident. She is all over the place, underachiever extraordinaire, determinately unobligated, and committed on not having a boyfriend. She is gorgeous and aware of it and refreshingly self-confident. I loved HER!
Then we have Will - her “friend” - serious, blond and hot! Hockey player, unexpectedly funny and nice.
Somewhere in between the two we have their issues and their baggage.
And then we have the vast variety of secondary characters. Every single one different, every single one likable.
*Even Sawyer (who BTW I can’t wait to read about in the third book!).
The story and the resolutions were lovely, believable and vaguely hopeful, living just enough to make me excited for the next book in the series. And even though I loved her previous book “[b:Such a Rush|12989112|Such a Rush|Jennifer Echols|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345851913s/12989112.jpg|15502516]” slightly (just slightly) more, i still consider this a great book.
I encourage all YA contemporary-romance lovers to read this. If you get nothing else from it, like I have, at least it would be a fun summer read.
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hazelstaybookish's review against another edition
3.0
Actual rating: 3-3.5
I seriously adored the idea of the Superlatives companion series the first time I heard about it. I was totally excited to read Biggest Flirts, which focused on Tia and Will, high school seniors who meet at a party and basically flirt at first sight, if there’s such a thing. They even bag the official title for their yearbook senior superlative! The two, despite their shared tendencies of flirting and casually hooking up, proved to not meet eye-to-eye when it came to one thing: taking their flirtationship one step further.
The quirky thing is- it’s Will, the male lead, who wants to get serious. The reversal of roles held some appeal for me, as well as the story’s fast-paced-but-fun romance. Will Matthews oozed charm despite being the new guy in town and I liked him (and his abs!) very much. He’s vulnerable and introverted, not so comfortable yet with his new schoolmates, having just moved from Minnesota. The quick-developing attraction between him and Tia could have made him feel better about too-hot California, but Tia was hard to pin down.
Tia, Biggest Flirt’s main character and female lead, was afraid of commitment. Not just relationship commitment, but any other kind of responsibility really. She goes as far as continually selling herself short (despite the fact that she’s actually smart and talented) just so that no one expects anything of her. Tia sure comes off as immature and stubborn but that just made her juvenile and realistic as a teenager. She’s not an easy character to like; she gets a little frustrating sometimes. Nevertheless, I enjoyed her vibrant voice, her extroverted personality and her character development. Also, she was a band geek (so was Will!) and band/drum corps was another aspect of the book I liked!
While Tia and Will were definitely interesting, I also was fond of the secondary characters, who had their own subplots that were to be the focus of the next books! Sawyer is probably my favourite and I can’t wait to read about him in the third book, Most Likely To Succeed, and also the next book, Perfect Couple, which will be about Harper, one of Tia’s BFFs. I just hope that the next books will dig deeper into the characters. Still, Biggest Flirts was delightful, funny and absolutely cute!
"And I wouldn’t change my life for her. I’ve learned that from you. I’m not changing for somebody else, because that person could disappear. The only person to change for is yourself."
I seriously adored the idea of the Superlatives companion series the first time I heard about it. I was totally excited to read Biggest Flirts, which focused on Tia and Will, high school seniors who meet at a party and basically flirt at first sight, if there’s such a thing. They even bag the official title for their yearbook senior superlative! The two, despite their shared tendencies of flirting and casually hooking up, proved to not meet eye-to-eye when it came to one thing: taking their flirtationship one step further.
The quirky thing is- it’s Will, the male lead, who wants to get serious. The reversal of roles held some appeal for me, as well as the story’s fast-paced-but-fun romance. Will Matthews oozed charm despite being the new guy in town and I liked him (and his abs!) very much. He’s vulnerable and introverted, not so comfortable yet with his new schoolmates, having just moved from Minnesota. The quick-developing attraction between him and Tia could have made him feel better about too-hot California, but Tia was hard to pin down.
Tia, Biggest Flirt’s main character and female lead, was afraid of commitment. Not just relationship commitment, but any other kind of responsibility really. She goes as far as continually selling herself short (despite the fact that she’s actually smart and talented) just so that no one expects anything of her. Tia sure comes off as immature and stubborn but that just made her juvenile and realistic as a teenager. She’s not an easy character to like; she gets a little frustrating sometimes. Nevertheless, I enjoyed her vibrant voice, her extroverted personality and her character development. Also, she was a band geek (so was Will!) and band/drum corps was another aspect of the book I liked!
While Tia and Will were definitely interesting, I also was fond of the secondary characters, who had their own subplots that were to be the focus of the next books! Sawyer is probably my favourite and I can’t wait to read about him in the third book, Most Likely To Succeed, and also the next book, Perfect Couple, which will be about Harper, one of Tia’s BFFs. I just hope that the next books will dig deeper into the characters. Still, Biggest Flirts was delightful, funny and absolutely cute!
"And I wouldn’t change my life for her. I’ve learned that from you. I’m not changing for somebody else, because that person could disappear. The only person to change for is yourself."
boondocks_09's review against another edition
5.0
I just love Jennifer Echols' sense of humor. I've loved every one of her books.