Friday, November 25, 2011

Geek Girl Online Book Tour: Review of Geek Girl by Cindy C. Bennet

                                 Overview
Jen's life of rebelling and sneaking out is growing stale. In an effort to combat her boredom, Jen makes a bet to turn Trevor, a nice little geek into a "bad boy". She is immediately pulled into Trevor's world of sci-fi movies, chastity work, and even--ugh--bowling. Unexpectedly Jen discovers that hanging out with Trevor isn't so bad at all. But when Trevor finds out about the wager, all  bets are off. 




         Book Quotes: Pg. 173-174

" I'm glad you came into my life, Jen. I still don't why you did, but I don't care. I'm just glad you did, glad you turned my world upside down, which is really right side up."
I swallow the lump of guilt in my throat. Someday, I think, someday I'll tell him. Just not right now. 
" I am too, Trev. Who knew you would be The One," I smile, which I guess makes me your Trinity." 
" My Amidala."
" Your Zira."
"My Sylvia."
" Your..." I scour my brain trying to remember some other great sci-fi love interest. 
"My what?" he laughs.
 "Ha! I'm your Saphira," I settle back smugly, only for Trevor to start laughing.
" What " I demand.
" Saphira is a dragon."
" I know, but Eragon needed her and she needed him." 

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Blog Tour: Geek Girl brought to You, thanks to Cedar Fort Book Publishers.




  About Geek Girl
Available as: Paperback, $11.67 from Amazon.com
                                   Recommended Ages: 15 and Up                                     E-book: 281 pgs.
Published: December 6th 2011 by Cedar Fort(first published June 29th 2010)

 For This Review:  *Advance Reader Book Copy Provided Through Book Tour*


Jen is a troubled teen girl in high school. From a young age she's had to grow up fast. That has has made her a bit bitter and destroyed any gentler feelings she has for people. Her only friends are a few goth type kids. They are not really friends if you'd really like to call them that. Without much thought she makes a bet to them on getting a cool geek type boy in her school to be bad. By this she means to give him bad influence. Jen relentlessly pursues the poor kid. You should see poor Trevor or as Jen likes to call him, Trev. 

Being confused is one of his reactions. Smitten is the big one. As Jen and Trevor spend more time she realizes that he is a pretty cool person. He's very understanding and underneath his geeky appearance he is pretty good-looking too. Trying to keep her bet then proves really hard to do. It doesn't help either that her foster parents have decided to adopt her into the family. While being a whole new change of Jen's life it will also bring her face to face with a mother that left her behind into the foster system a long time ago. Now the only person who seems to care is Trevor her pet project. He's the only one who can comfort her and she can't help but love that. 


Jen is such a hilarious girl. She loves to speak her mind but never once while I read did I see a mention of swear words. She does though come off a bit strongly but this has more to do with her passionate nature. Trevor is hard to describe. He's a scifi geek who loves to talk about movies concerning science fiction. The best part though is that he's just really, in fact handsome but chooses his geeky nature. Throughout the story, it becomes really easy to fall in love with Trevor. We also encounter numerous characters that are part of Jen's or Trevor's life which leave us very happy by their presence. 


This is such a bubbly romantic read. On most occasions, there isn't a moment that wont capture your entire attention. Even if you have read various romantic books, you'll want to read Geek Girl. The romance between a geek and a goth type isn't the only thing that will stand out. There is more. It will slowly build this warm thump, thump, in your heart. Now that's what I call real emotion created from reading a book. 
      Overall: Amazing read!
              Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Family Issues  



About the Author
Cindy C. Bennett was born and raised in beautiful Salt Lake City and grew up in the shadows of the majestic Rocky Mountains. She and her husband raised two daughters, two sons, and a plethora of pets. 
In addition to writing young adult fiction, Cindy volunteers her time working with teenage girls, ages twelve to eighteen, all of whom she finds to be beautiful, fascinating creatures that constantly inspire her stories.
Cindy developed a love of writing in high school English, when a teacher introduced her to the joys of escaping reality. 

Geek Girl had been previously released but was taken up by Cedar Fort Book Publishers. Now, containing a new book cover look!



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Cedar Fort book publishers is the owner of CFi, and Horizon Publishers, Pioneer Plus, Benneville Books, Council Press, and Sweetwater Book imprints. They publish books that are both LDS and non-LDS books. They distribute their products to various places such as: Costco, Deseret Books, Seagull Books, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Wal-mart, and much more! They strive to publish books and materials that are clean and uplifting.

Publisher Blog: http://www.cedarfortbooks.com/



9 comments:

Cindy C Bennett said...

Cassandra - I can't thank you enough for doing the review on Geek Girl, and even more so for writing such a great review! You made me want to get the book and read it myself (lol).

And I admit, reading your Peeta and Katniss quotes on your sidebar had me sighing. Now I want to go read that series that I love so much again. :o)

Cassandra @ Book & Movie Dimension a Blog said...

Hi Cindy glad you liked the review.
I love your book, had to share some book quotes with everyone.

You have read The Hunger Games, awesome! I love the series.
Thanks for stopping! It's nice to read your comments:)

Anonymous said...

Great review with a lot of detail, Cassandra. I love Geek Girl and was happy to be a part of the tour as well.

Cassandra @ Book & Movie Dimension a Blog said...

Thanks! Hope I could express well enough what I thought about the book.
Saw your post too. Great job too.

Alexia561 said...

Great review! Haven't heard of this one, but it sounds intriguing! Hope she didn't break the little geek's heart!

Cassandra @ Book & Movie Dimension a Blog said...

Thanks Alexia. It's so sweet. Definitely read and find out:)

Author Sherry Gammon said...

Loved your review!! I too was part of the tour and LOVED this novel!

Cassandra @ Book & Movie Dimension a Blog said...

It was a most amazing novel indeed.
The tour was the best.

Penelope Sanchez said...


I love that the author wrote this book for and with her daughters. I think it is a great read for young girls and totally appropriate, inspiring, realistic and relatable.

Mariz
Ketterman Rowland & Westlund

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