eruanna317 's review for:

Model Misfit by Holly Smale

4.0

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If Meg Cabot and Sophie Kinsella had literary babies together, I think they'd be Holly Smale's "Geek Girl" books. And yet Harriet Manners is a heroine all her own: intelligent, funny, awkward but charming, a tad clumsy (okay... UNDERSTATEMENT), and equipped with an intriguing factoid or witty pop culture reference for any imaginable scenario. I thoroughly enjoyed following Harriet's exploits this time around, from the ordinary (navigating end-of-grade tests and the inevitable weirdness that comes from a new baby sibling on the way) to the bizarre (being stranded in Tokyo by your pink-haired grandmother, or figuring out how to model with a live octopus as your "prop"). This is the kind of "fluffy" reading that has real substance behind it, the "Wizard of Oz" trifecta of brains, courage, and heart.