Smart Girls Get What They Want

This young adult novel by Sarah Strohmeyer starts out a little slow but picks up quickly.  In the end, I couldn't put it down.  The book chronicles the events of three best friends as they go from total nerdom to participating in school events and becoming involved in things other than academics.  But, the best part (besides the romance) is that is a totally plausible story.  Nobody can read each other's minds and this author creates extremely realistic characters for me.  It is somewhat predictable, but I like that sometimes. 

The novel contains themes of friendship, loyalty, and being open to new interpretations of people and things.  There is very little language and multiple laugh-out-loud enjoyable scenes.