24 Girls in 7 Days

24 Girls in 7 Days
Author: Alex Bradley
Series: ---
Publisher: Puffin
How Received: local library

Jack Grammar, average American senior, has no date to the prom. Or so he thinks. Percy and Natalie, Jack's so-called best friends, posted an ad in the classified section of the online version of the school newspaper. They figured it couldn't hurt-after all, there's not much in this world sadder than Jack's love life. Soon Percy and Natalie have assembled a list of girls eager to go to the prom with Jack, including one mysterious girl known only as FancyPants. He has just seven days to meet and date them before he will ask one special girl to the prom.

I originally saw this book in my school library and I would pick it up, then put it down, going, "Eh, I'll save it for a later day..." I was at the public library and dropped it in with the huge pile of books I normally take out and started reading it this morning.

It was an enjoyable book - rather straightforward when it came to what was happening but, surprisingly, I couldn't put it down. It wasn't that the writing was great or that the plot line was original, it was that he hit home when it came to the characters. You could relate to everybody, even if it was just that you knew a girl or a guy like that.

Who he ended up with was also surprising. I thought I had it down on who he would end up with, but I was way off in the end - in a good way. I was happier for him that way!

Overall Rating & Final Comments: 8/10. The characters were phenomenal, and the plot twist with the love was good, but for the rest, it was rather ordinary.
24 Girls in 7 Days or Geek High?: Now, you may wonder why I'm comparing a book that has to do with a guy getting a prom date and a girl who helps plan the school prom and has to find a date... actually, it's kind of obvious why I compared them. Now, if you're a guy, I say full steam ahead for 24 Girls in 7 Days, because it's designed for you to read - and it'll help you learn a little bit about the female mind. Or make you more confused, one of the two. ^^" For girls, I'd say Geek High, because the main character is female and it's much more romantic.

Happy reading!

~Nicole