Smart Girls Get What They Want (Hardcover) by Sarah Strohmeyer

from eomalley

Sarah Strohmeyer's 2012 young adult contemporary Smart Girls Get What They Want is one of those books I picked up due to raging curiosity. I had been checking out reviews for her newest effort, How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True, (what's with the long titles?) and there were several revie...

from AboutToRead

I really loved reading Smart Girls Get What They Want. It was fun, original, and broke away from the tired high school cliches about the popular crowd. I adored the characters and liked the plot, even if it was a bit extreme (and therefore probably unrealistic). Gigi, the school's smartest girl (...

from A_Reader_of_Fictions

Review originally posted here. What attracted me to Strohmeyer's first YA effort is obvious: the title. I want to live in this magical world where being smart will get me precisely what I desire. Of course, nothing's really that simple, and the girls spend a lot of time NOT getting what they want...

from pahel

Smart Girls Get What They Want follows Gigi and her two best friends, Bea and Neerja, as they navigate the swift currents of high school. They have always had their eyes on the ultimate prize - an Ivy League acceptance - but as their sophomore year moves along each girl realizes that her goal may...

from amandacb

Smart Girls Get What They Want is an extremely frothy teenage read that doesn't break any new ground, yet it is still an enjoyable "weekend" read. I do take issue with the main character's name being a laughable "Gigi," and I do take issue with the plotlines being insanely predictable, but overal...