Adorkable by Sarra Manning

Adorkable by Sarra Manning

Review of Adorkable

Title & Author:
Adorkable by Sarra Manning
Publisher:
Atom
Publication Date:
May 24, 2012
Pages:
387
Source:
Purchased for Kindle

Jeane Smith is seventeen and has turned her self-styled dorkiness into an art form, a lifestyle choice and a profitable website and consultancy business. She writes a style column for a Japanese teen magazine and came number seven in The Guardian’s 30 People Under 30 Who Are Changing The World. And yet, in spite of the accolades, hundreds of Internet friendships and a cool boyfriend, she feels inexplicably lonely, a situation made infinitely worse when Michael Lee, the most mass-market, popular and predictably all-rounded boy at school tells Jeane of his suspicion that Jeane’s boyfriend is secretly seeing his girlfriend. Michael and Jeane have NOTHING in common – she is cool and individual; he is the golden boy in an Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirt. So why can’t she stop talking to him? – Goodreads

Adorkable by Sarra Manning isn’t available in the US. But Adorkable is available on Kindle, hint hint. Yes, I am telling you to go buy Adorkable before I even tell you my thoughts because that’s how good it is.

I bought Adorkable for my kindle cause I thought it looked fun and I started reading it at work earlier today and I COULD NOT STOP. I got home, had a phone meeting, and then proceeded to spend all afternoon reading the rest of Adorkable.

First of all, Sarra Manning knows teens. Adorkable was hilarious and fun and so freaking relatable. Sure, I don’t live in London anymore (wahhh) and I’ve never experienced the British school system, but I totally know what it’s like to not fit in all the time and to be obsessed with Twitter and run a blog and make out with people that I shouldn’t be making out with.

And legit, I loved Adorkable so much I’m going to include a few quotes to show what I mean about how relatable Adorkable is. And I never include quotes.

“No! I hate hospitals! I think I can feel my toes. Would I be able to feel my toes if it was broken? Shall I ask Twitter?” – Adorkable, 24% in Kindle version

“So, do you think my foxtrotting days are over?” she asked Dad. “And do you mind if I live-tweet my medical examination?” – Adorkable, 24% in Kindle version

Jeane is such a bitter protagonist and her humour was so biting, I loved every second of it. Sure she totally got on my nerves at some point because she was so freaking self-destructive, but I understood her and I loved her for her faults. Just like I understood Michael and loved him for his faults. There was lots of sexual tension and lots of sexy times and it was awesome. Adorkable, hands down, had one of my favourite couples of 2012 thus far.

Oh, and the POV changes with each chapter – usually they annoy me, but I loved getting both sides of the relationship in Adorkable. Both Jeane and Michael are complex people with crazy, a bit messed up lives and it was interesting to see how both of them reacted to stuff throughout Adorkable.

And I loved the plot! It was super refreshing to have a protagonist going after a dream and doing things – things I could almost kind of relate to like blogging and tweeting – and I thought that aspect of it was awesome.

Basically, in case you couldn’t tell, I loved Adorkable by Sarra Manning. This is the first book I’ve read by her and it certainly will not be the last.

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