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Model Misfit
by Holly Smale
ARC received from publisher in exchange for an honest opinion. Find more reviews at The Reflections of a Bookworm
What worked: Holly Smale, you are a magician! After having a blast reading Geek Girl, I waited and waited for what felt like an eternity but in actual fact was only a year for the sequel, Model Misfit. Now to wait for the third book, why do I do this to myself?
Anyway, we meet back up with Harriet Manners and the poor girl hasn't gotten any more socially acceptable since we last saw her. She's still struggling along and trying her hardest to be her own person when everything stacks up against her. But instead of staying on home turf, Harriet leaves behind the drama that follows her around and her pregnant stepmother and hops on a plane to Japan! Holly captured the hustle and bustle of the city with the tranquil rural areas of Japan so well and duuuuuuude I need to buy a one way ticket ASAP. All of those bright lights and weird and wonderful inventions, the old traditions and the gorgeously sculpted mountains had me drooling.
I know what you may be thinking (and if you're not, you soon will be), there's no way that Toby can stowaway in Harriet's suitcase and you're right. I missed my favourite little stalker but we do have an eccentric substitute in Rin whose rudimentary grasp of English almost killed me. I'm sure there are a few sayings I'll be Rin-ifying for good measure and if I ever had a kitten, she would definitely be getting named Kylie Minogue.
However, it's not all fun and games. There are some very poignant moments where I really related to Harriet. It seems like she can never do anything right and with her new half-sibling on the way, she has to contend with her own doubt that her dad and Annabel won't love her anymore. Dealing with that is tough enough without being thousands of miles from home
Tons of Wilbur-isms, clumsy antics, belly laughs by the dozen and a protagonist you want to care for like a baby baby bird, it's fair to say that Geek Girl: Model Misfit is a sequel to be reckoned with!
What irked: Hahahaha oh that is a good joke. Nothing at all irked me about Geek Girl: Model Misfit.
What worked: Holly Smale, you are a magician! After having a blast reading Geek Girl, I waited and waited for what felt like an eternity but in actual fact was only a year for the sequel, Model Misfit. Now to wait for the third book, why do I do this to myself?
Anyway, we meet back up with Harriet Manners and the poor girl hasn't gotten any more socially acceptable since we last saw her. She's still struggling along and trying her hardest to be her own person when everything stacks up against her. But instead of staying on home turf, Harriet leaves behind the drama that follows her around and her pregnant stepmother and hops on a plane to Japan! Holly captured the hustle and bustle of the city with the tranquil rural areas of Japan so well and duuuuuuude I need to buy a one way ticket ASAP. All of those bright lights and weird and wonderful inventions, the old traditions and the gorgeously sculpted mountains had me drooling.
I know what you may be thinking (and if you're not, you soon will be), there's no way that Toby can stowaway in Harriet's suitcase and you're right. I missed my favourite little stalker but we do have an eccentric substitute in Rin whose rudimentary grasp of English almost killed me. I'm sure there are a few sayings I'll be Rin-ifying for good measure and if I ever had a kitten, she would definitely be getting named Kylie Minogue.
However, it's not all fun and games. There are some very poignant moments where I really related to Harriet. It seems like she can never do anything right and with her new half-sibling on the way, she has to contend with her own doubt that her dad and Annabel won't love her anymore. Dealing with that is tough enough without being thousands of miles from home
Tons of Wilbur-isms, clumsy antics, belly laughs by the dozen and a protagonist you want to care for like a baby baby bird, it's fair to say that Geek Girl: Model Misfit is a sequel to be reckoned with!
What irked: Hahahaha oh that is a good joke. Nothing at all irked me about Geek Girl: Model Misfit.