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The Perfect Prom Date
Josie has been dreaming about going to her senior prom for as long as she can remember. After a big fight with her younger sister, who thrives on reminding her daily that she already has a date to the prom, Josie is more determined than ever to go. And she doesn’t just want any date. She has her eye on Brennan, the cutest boy in her class. That’s when she sets out to find the perfect date!
120 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2012
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April 16, 2012
Sweet, fun, light, book about dating. Of course I loved this book - I wrote it.
June 11, 2013
I have no idea why I read this book. I mean, it wasn’t on my TBR list, nor did it have awesome reviews. But I did, and since I wasted my time with it, it's my duty to warn others.
The Perfect Prom Date by Marysue G. Hobika, written using blog posts and narration, is a story of a girl, Josie, who devices a ten step plan to get her perfect prom date, Brennan Fisher.
Frankly, there was nothing interesting about this book. The plot was weak, the characters were boring and clichéd. And the 10 steps to getting the perfect prom date? Well, suffice it to say that you’ll have a better chance of scoring yourself a perfect date if you don’t follow the ten steps.
In conclusion, this book was a complete waste of my time.
The Perfect Prom Date by Marysue G. Hobika, written using blog posts and narration, is a story of a girl, Josie, who devices a ten step plan to get her perfect prom date, Brennan Fisher.
Frankly, there was nothing interesting about this book. The plot was weak, the characters were boring and clichéd. And the 10 steps to getting the perfect prom date? Well, suffice it to say that you’ll have a better chance of scoring yourself a perfect date if you don’t follow the ten steps.
In conclusion, this book was a complete waste of my time.
March 18, 2012
Quick, fun read for any sucker of a cute romance. Loved it.
November 30, 2012
Its a very light and quick read and I enjoyed it, but I would have liked a deeper plot.
December 24, 2012
I got this as an ebook for free thanks to the 1000 Members Giveaway on The YA Book Club (http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/7...). Anyways, this was probably the first giveaway I have ever won, so I was quite excited! Let's move on to the actual book now shall we?
GOOD:
I thought that this book was REALLY SWEET . I just loved the romance in it, because Josie and Brennan truly loved each other and cared so much about the other! There were so many moments when Brennan did something so sweet I couldn't even stand it! Brennan is the perfect boyfriend, and he will have you feeling like you're the love of his life from when you first meet him. Brennan is really cute, and you can just tell that they are the PERFECT couple. ;)
Josie is definitely a good main character. Though she could have used more depth (more on that later) I truly enjoyed her as a person and her quirks. I definitely felt like she was my best friend while I was reading it. She is a grounded, nice, well-rounded person. She is very mature, which is an admirable quality in a character in a romance novel. She gets good grades but isn't a super freak about school, is on the swim team, and is very well-behaved. I liked Josie from page one.
I think that this book definitely gives you a lot of good dating advice and just girl tips in general, although I think that the 10-step plan might have been a little far-fetched....
Brennan's family is really nice and I wish I knew a family like them. They always made me smile. And Brennan's little sister...AH.DOR.ABLE . I just kept saying, "Awwwwwww......." Maybe read the book just to hear about his sweet four-year-old sister?!
This is totally off topic but it was definitely a major score for me: I am one of the biggest Just Dance fans on the planet so to have I practically had a spazz attack on my couch (plus Just Dance 3 is the first one I ever played and still my favorite of all of the games)!
I think the only thing that kept the romance in this book from being super stupid was the maturity of the characters. It made their romance real and beautiful, not cheesy and teenaged "love".
BAD:
However, I had a few issues with the book that were kind of annoying.
Three words: MORE. PLOT. DEPTH. This book had no conflict for the longest time. I was worried there was never going to be one! I mean sure there was her b**** sister that tormented her, but that wasn't really a large part of the plot. I mean for the most part everything went smoothly for 3/4 of the book. Which brings me to my next point.
A lot of this book was really glaringly unrealistic. I'm not one of those people who reads a book and goes, "That could never happen!" but I still had a problem with it. It is romance YA fiction, not fantasy. There was a lot of instances where I just couldn't help but roll my eyes. Also, there were some problems with stuff being illogical or just not making any sense.
Examples:
Instance 4: Brennan put up with a lot of crap from Josie, which was really unrealistic because no guy would put up with the way Josie was at times!
Instance 5: Brennan's family was too perfect. They were too "classic suburban big family.". Also, the siblings all got along perfectly, which really made no sense. I can understand getting along for the most part, some families are like that, but they were literally all like best friends.
Instance 6: Josie and Ellie's relationship. I can understand sisters strongly disliking each other (my sister and I are like that) but the extremes to which it is taken in this book is really out there. They HATE each other. Their relationship is basically that of the most popular girl in school (Ellie) bullying the less popular but pretty and nice girl she's jealous of (Josie). I think having Ellie be that much of a b**** and that evil just didn't really make sense. She is a sophomore, so she is capable of being that evil, but it just didn't make sense. Ellie is her younger sister, not her older. Injust didn't understand why she had so much power over Josie. I know some girls who could totally be Ellie, I just think it might have been easier to understand the hate if the author had elaborated on Ellie's character more. Ellie literally fits the definition of a b****to a T, the author really knew what one of those girls acts like. Because Ellie was it.
Sometimes this book felt like a fantasy, which was kind of weird too read. Basically, my main point is that at least for half of the book, there wasn't any major flaw in Josie's life or conflict in the plot at all. I mean, besides Ellie's b****ness.
Josie was often quite blinded by her plan. It blocked her vision to what was happening in her relationship. She probably could have made going to prom with Brennan a lot smoother if she had just revised some of the steps to her plan that maybe weren't very smart or not necessary now that she was at a certain point in her relationship with Brennan.
One thing I didn't understand was how
Josie describes herself as having medium popularity. She says that she hasn't ever really been super popular with guys, and that she isn't good with clothes. Then suddenly, as soon as she begins to put her plan into action, she speaks like a seasoned pro about flirting, dating, boys, clothes, fashion, everything! I was like, "Whoa, back up a sec. She knows this how?" It just didn't make much sense. The fact that she just came up with this brilliant plan out of the blue, that just fell from the sky and landed in her brain, just made no sense.
A fair amount of spelling and grammar mistakes but I don't mind those really. Just figured I should note that.
OVERALL:
By now you are probably thinking, "Well it sure seems like she should give this book two stars." However, I really did enjoy the book for all of its problems, so I am giving it three stars. It's a light, fun read that is only 0.99 cents on the iBookstore, so if you have some free time, buy it and give it a chance. There is a small plot twist at the end, which felt a bit weird, but was interesting. The plot depth got better towards the end, so that was nice.
I can't say that the title didn't warn me: The PERFECT Prom Date. As in, this book will be a bit too perfect at times and you will have to deal with it.
My final words-
I enjoyed this book and thought it was a sweet romance that just needs some work on the plot. The author needs to revise it a bit is all. Still a "good" read. ;)
GOOD:
I thought that this book was REALLY SWEET . I just loved the romance in it, because Josie and Brennan truly loved each other and cared so much about the other! There were so many moments when Brennan did something so sweet I couldn't even stand it! Brennan is the perfect boyfriend, and he will have you feeling like you're the love of his life from when you first meet him. Brennan is really cute, and you can just tell that they are the PERFECT couple. ;)
Josie is definitely a good main character. Though she could have used more depth (more on that later) I truly enjoyed her as a person and her quirks. I definitely felt like she was my best friend while I was reading it. She is a grounded, nice, well-rounded person. She is very mature, which is an admirable quality in a character in a romance novel. She gets good grades but isn't a super freak about school, is on the swim team, and is very well-behaved. I liked Josie from page one.
I think that this book definitely gives you a lot of good dating advice and just girl tips in general, although I think that the 10-step plan might have been a little far-fetched....
Brennan's family is really nice and I wish I knew a family like them. They always made me smile. And Brennan's little sister...AH.DOR.ABLE . I just kept saying, "Awwwwwww......." Maybe read the book just to hear about his sweet four-year-old sister?!
This is totally off topic but it was definitely a major score for me: I am one of the biggest Just Dance fans on the planet so to have I practically had a spazz attack on my couch (plus Just Dance 3 is the first one I ever played and still my favorite of all of the games)!
I think the only thing that kept the romance in this book from being super stupid was the maturity of the characters. It made their romance real and beautiful, not cheesy and teenaged "love".
BAD:
However, I had a few issues with the book that were kind of annoying.
Three words: MORE. PLOT. DEPTH. This book had no conflict for the longest time. I was worried there was never going to be one! I mean sure there was her b**** sister that tormented her, but that wasn't really a large part of the plot. I mean for the most part everything went smoothly for 3/4 of the book. Which brings me to my next point.
A lot of this book was really glaringly unrealistic. I'm not one of those people who reads a book and goes, "That could never happen!" but I still had a problem with it. It is romance YA fiction, not fantasy. There was a lot of instances where I just couldn't help but roll my eyes. Also, there were some problems with stuff being illogical or just not making any sense.
Examples:
Instance 4: Brennan put up with a lot of crap from Josie, which was really unrealistic because no guy would put up with the way Josie was at times!
Instance 5: Brennan's family was too perfect. They were too "classic suburban big family.". Also, the siblings all got along perfectly, which really made no sense. I can understand getting along for the most part, some families are like that, but they were literally all like best friends.
Instance 6: Josie and Ellie's relationship. I can understand sisters strongly disliking each other (my sister and I are like that) but the extremes to which it is taken in this book is really out there. They HATE each other. Their relationship is basically that of the most popular girl in school (Ellie) bullying the less popular but pretty and nice girl she's jealous of (Josie). I think having Ellie be that much of a b**** and that evil just didn't really make sense. She is a sophomore, so she is capable of being that evil, but it just didn't make sense. Ellie is her younger sister, not her older. Injust didn't understand why she had so much power over Josie. I know some girls who could totally be Ellie, I just think it might have been easier to understand the hate if the author had elaborated on Ellie's character more. Ellie literally fits the definition of a b****to a T, the author really knew what one of those girls acts like. Because Ellie was it.
Sometimes this book felt like a fantasy, which was kind of weird too read. Basically, my main point is that at least for half of the book, there wasn't any major flaw in Josie's life or conflict in the plot at all. I mean, besides Ellie's b****ness.
Josie was often quite blinded by her plan. It blocked her vision to what was happening in her relationship. She probably could have made going to prom with Brennan a lot smoother if she had just revised some of the steps to her plan that maybe weren't very smart or not necessary now that she was at a certain point in her relationship with Brennan.
One thing I didn't understand was how
Josie describes herself as having medium popularity. She says that she hasn't ever really been super popular with guys, and that she isn't good with clothes. Then suddenly, as soon as she begins to put her plan into action, she speaks like a seasoned pro about flirting, dating, boys, clothes, fashion, everything! I was like, "Whoa, back up a sec. She knows this how?" It just didn't make much sense. The fact that she just came up with this brilliant plan out of the blue, that just fell from the sky and landed in her brain, just made no sense.
A fair amount of spelling and grammar mistakes but I don't mind those really. Just figured I should note that.
OVERALL:
By now you are probably thinking, "Well it sure seems like she should give this book two stars." However, I really did enjoy the book for all of its problems, so I am giving it three stars. It's a light, fun read that is only 0.99 cents on the iBookstore, so if you have some free time, buy it and give it a chance. There is a small plot twist at the end, which felt a bit weird, but was interesting. The plot depth got better towards the end, so that was nice.
I can't say that the title didn't warn me: The PERFECT Prom Date. As in, this book will be a bit too perfect at times and you will have to deal with it.
My final words-
I enjoyed this book and thought it was a sweet romance that just needs some work on the plot. The author needs to revise it a bit is all. Still a "good" read. ;)
December 30, 2012
I got this book as a free giveaway from a goodreads group :) thanks!
I think 'the perfect prom date' is a great chicklit. However, I need some time to get trough the book because english isn't my mother tongue.
At first I didn't like the idea with the blog so much but later I liked it. Though some of the ten steps to get a perfect prom date were a little bit needless.
I loved the characters! Brennan was just sweet and his little sister was also very cute. Josie was very nice and I could imagine her as my friend. She suits great as a main charakter.
The only character I didn't like was Josie's little sister. She seemed evil and really mean. But I think the relationship between Josie and her sister was overdone. They just couldn't stand each other without a real reason exept the meaningless of her sister.
All things considered I liked the book. It was a cute and romantic story.
Four stars!
I think 'the perfect prom date' is a great chicklit. However, I need some time to get trough the book because english isn't my mother tongue.
At first I didn't like the idea with the blog so much but later I liked it. Though some of the ten steps to get a perfect prom date were a little bit needless.
I loved the characters! Brennan was just sweet and his little sister was also very cute. Josie was very nice and I could imagine her as my friend. She suits great as a main charakter.
The only character I didn't like was Josie's little sister. She seemed evil and really mean. But I think the relationship between Josie and her sister was overdone. They just couldn't stand each other without a real reason exept the meaningless of her sister.
All things considered I liked the book. It was a cute and romantic story.
Four stars!
January 9, 2013
3.5 stars
Like the cover :)
Light, cute read. Would have liked a little more depth. I mean, Josie was in the "nothing can possibly go wrong today" mode all the time and nailed all "10 Steps of Getting the Perfect Prom Date". I would have probably liked it better if atleast a few of those steps would have gone HILARIOUSLY wrong. The issues kept getting resolved a LOT quicker than I anticipated.
I love books with kids. Brennan's sister Madison was ADORABLE. I wanted to read more about her interaction with Josie in the book.
But bottom line, I am a sucker for cute romance. Really liked it.
Like the cover :)
Light, cute read. Would have liked a little more depth. I mean, Josie was in the "nothing can possibly go wrong today" mode all the time and nailed all "10 Steps of Getting the Perfect Prom Date". I would have probably liked it better if atleast a few of those steps would have gone HILARIOUSLY wrong. The issues kept getting resolved a LOT quicker than I anticipated.
I love books with kids. Brennan's sister Madison was ADORABLE. I wanted to read more about her interaction with Josie in the book.
But bottom line, I am a sucker for cute romance. Really liked it.
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