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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
by E. Lockhart
Last year, Frankie was just the gawky little freshmen who depended on all those around her. But this year, with her new 'developed' body, people start noticing her, and she starts making the rules. When she finds out that her boyfriend's in an all boys secret society, she decides she isn't going to be left in the dark, and starts calling the shots, secretly of course. No one even guesses that she's the one controlling their every move, well no one except the person taking all the credit. But this secret society isn't the only secret Frankies boyfriend is keeping from her. And when things go south, and people start getting in trouble for doing what she said, what will happen to Frankie
Cover: I might be a slight cover whore. Let me tell you why. So I've seen this title a few times at my local library, but have never picked it up, because it was the old cover, and the old cover didn't really appeal to me. But then, my local library picked up another copy but with the new cover, and lo and behold, I pick it up. So yeah, slight cover-whore-ness. Anyway on to the actual cover. I like it, I don't really know why, I think maybe it's because, to me, the over all effect makes it look, I don't know, polished somehow. But I don't like the girls outfit, and she's not as 'developed' as Frankie is in the book.
StoryLine: This book is really cute. Watching Frankie try to prove herself to Matthew, and seeing everyone under her control, is funny. It flowed well, and you just had to keep read, to see what she did next. The only thing is, the dialog reminded me of how I'm told I speak: trying to fit a lot of information in one breath. Like it would be like, talk talk talk, no pause to breath or anything, topic switch, topic switch, all the characters have like ADD or something. (I do have ADHD by the way so I'm not trying to be insulting) But it was only in dialog, only some of the time, so if you just take a mental 'breath' between sentences while reading some of the parts that are like that, you'll be good. (I was always told, 'periods aren't commas. periods mean pause a second.' when I was younger and would read out loud) But even with that little issue, the story still flowed.
Characters: I enjoyed these characters. Frankie is a strong-willed, if not borderline psychotic at times, woman who doesn't become dependent when she falls in love. Alpha is manipulative, strong-willed, and just the perfect fit for Frankie, but sadly, they don't ever get together. I mean don't get me wrong Matthew is fine and dandy, but that didn't turn out so well either.
Parting Thoughts: This book was great, I read it in one day. I highly recommend it.
Cover: I might be a slight cover whore. Let me tell you why. So I've seen this title a few times at my local library, but have never picked it up, because it was the old cover, and the old cover didn't really appeal to me. But then, my local library picked up another copy but with the new cover, and lo and behold, I pick it up. So yeah, slight cover-whore-ness. Anyway on to the actual cover. I like it, I don't really know why, I think maybe it's because, to me, the over all effect makes it look, I don't know, polished somehow. But I don't like the girls outfit, and she's not as 'developed' as Frankie is in the book.
StoryLine: This book is really cute. Watching Frankie try to prove herself to Matthew, and seeing everyone under her control, is funny. It flowed well, and you just had to keep read, to see what she did next. The only thing is, the dialog reminded me of how I'm told I speak: trying to fit a lot of information in one breath. Like it would be like, talk talk talk, no pause to breath or anything, topic switch, topic switch, all the characters have like ADD or something. (I do have ADHD by the way so I'm not trying to be insulting) But it was only in dialog, only some of the time, so if you just take a mental 'breath' between sentences while reading some of the parts that are like that, you'll be good. (I was always told, 'periods aren't commas. periods mean pause a second.' when I was younger and would read out loud) But even with that little issue, the story still flowed.
Characters: I enjoyed these characters. Frankie is a strong-willed, if not borderline psychotic at times, woman who doesn't become dependent when she falls in love. Alpha is manipulative, strong-willed, and just the perfect fit for Frankie, but sadly, they don't ever get together. I mean don't get me wrong Matthew is fine and dandy, but that didn't turn out so well either.
Parting Thoughts: This book was great, I read it in one day. I highly recommend it.