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The Perfect Boy
Ciara's summer must-haves:
Breezy beachside job
Bright white uber-short tennis skirt
Backstage passes for the B-Dizzy Crew
The Perfect Boy
Ciara Simmons is tired of random hook-ups with lame guys from school. She wants a boyfriend. So she waves good-bye to her wild LA ways and heads to Santa Barbara for the summer. When she sees sexy AJ rapping at a local club, she's sure he's...more
Breezy beachside job
Bright white uber-short tennis skirt
Backstage passes for the B-Dizzy Crew
The Perfect Boy
Ciara Simmons is tired of random hook-ups with lame guys from school. She wants a boyfriend. So she waves good-bye to her wild LA ways and heads to Santa Barbara for the summer. When she sees sexy AJ rapping at a local club, she's sure he's...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
April 24th 2007
by HarperTeen
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Ciara is a bit of a "player" and has the reputation to go with it. She decides she's done being a player and goes to stay with her dad in Santa Barbara for the summer. This is where she plans on finding "The Perfect Guy" and is convinced that this guy is AJ, a childhood friend who has transformed from nerd to hottest-boy-around. She teams up with Kevin, another childhood friends who has gone through a similar transformation, and they come up with Operation Woo-ha. The plan is to get AJ intereste...more
I think that this book was overall a well written book and it will keep you hooked though out the whole book. It is relate able for high school girls, which makes it irresistible. The main character, Ciara, was my favorite character because she had a lot of personality and I could, for the most part, relate to her situation of having a crush on a boy that is off limits. She was always cooking up new ways to get his attention and still being herself, which getting their perfect guy in always on...more
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This book was a yawn.
Probably one of the worst chick flick type of book I've ever read. The characters and their personalities were terrible. The writing was awful. The whole story line was just so bad and incredibly predictable. I knew how the entire story was going to end by chapter three, and what's the point in reading until the end if you know what's going to happen? Naturally, I did finish, but only because I wanted to say I read 9 books this summer, but, that's beside the point.
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Probably one of the worst chick flick type of book I've ever read. The characters and their personalities were terrible. The writing was awful. The whole story line was just so bad and incredibly predictable. I knew how the entire story was going to end by chapter three, and what's the point in reading until the end if you know what's going to happen? Naturally, I did finish, but only because I wanted to say I read 9 books this summer, but, that's beside the point.
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Omg I'm about to rip my hair out of my scalp! This book was so...lame. The author tried SO HARD to fit in with the cheesy teen activities, the out of date slang, and what's with the old rap song quotes?
I got to page 45 before I gave up. I tried to not hate it, but totally failed. Do not read this book unless you're into Tupac and 50 Cent quotes, a cheesy wannabe rap group, and a half Peruvian half black slut trying to be a good girl. Whatever, I guess some people are into that kind of thing. I...more
I got to page 45 before I gave up. I tried to not hate it, but totally failed. Do not read this book unless you're into Tupac and 50 Cent quotes, a cheesy wannabe rap group, and a half Peruvian half black slut trying to be a good girl. Whatever, I guess some people are into that kind of thing. I...more
Ciara spends almost the entire book doing all she can to get AJ. She worries over her friend, Heidi, changing her looks and behavior in trying to get the same guy (and that's something else to discuss!), but doesn't see that she's doing the exact same thing. I didn't like how self-absorbed Ciara acted through most of the book, and I can't believe she didn't think twice about breaking the unspoken rule of going for your friend's guy or ex-guy. Whew!
Now, this story isn't all bad. One of its redee...more
Now, this story isn't all bad. One of its redee...more
Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com
Ciara is tired of the same old boring guys from school. She has always liked to randomly hook-up and be done with it. But now she decides that she wants a real boyfriend.
She leaves her home in Los Angeles to go to her dad's house in Santa Barbra for the summer, and meets up with some old friends at a club. Specifically, she sees AJ rapping (Ciara is the hip-hop/rap queen) and she realizes that he is going to be her boyfriend.
Ciara and her old frien...more
Ciara is tired of the same old boring guys from school. She has always liked to randomly hook-up and be done with it. But now she decides that she wants a real boyfriend.
She leaves her home in Los Angeles to go to her dad's house in Santa Barbra for the summer, and meets up with some old friends at a club. Specifically, she sees AJ rapping (Ciara is the hip-hop/rap queen) and she realizes that he is going to be her boyfriend.
Ciara and her old frien...more
Totally a Fun/Short Read Loved all the pure love thing and the fact that this book just SCREAMS SUMMER!!! ... Cant wait to start this summer vacation nothin left \o/ ... any way back to subject the book is perfect for young girls ... it starts with Ciara being a Wild child in LA "Where her mum lives" and Changes that by going to Santa Barbara in summer which is where her fathers Lives "Her mum & dad are divorced" So Ciara decided to have change her wild child behaviour and looks for the perf...more
I'm going to write my review about this book in a few simple sentences.
Bad writing.
All the characters with weak and unremarkable personalities.
Common storyline
And finally,
A very bad read.
Bad writing.
All the characters with weak and unremarkable personalities.
Common storyline
And finally,
A very bad read.
Eh a light read. I wasn't too into it, only finished so I could move on to other books weighing down my to read pile. Seriously, it needs a backbone. Or maybe I should break it up into smaller piles? hmmm.
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Breezy beach read. Main characters emotions and immediate and full connection to the love interest is hard to believe, but everything works out in the end. Just for fun.
Light reading. Written well by Abbott. Discusses teen issues at a young age of 16-17. Lesson of the story: You don't always get what you want or wish for.
I was glad she ended up with a guy but I was still kinda hoping that AJ would deflate his head and be with her. Kevin is just too much of a nerd for me but in happy that everyone ended up with someone in the end.
was a very good book. had a great discription and voice. i would recommend this to people that like short easy to read books
Cute, predictable story! *Sigh* Love these cute endings!
It was a wonderful story. A friend thats close has the potental to get much closer if you let them.
So so. Not too good. Not too bad.
I didn't like this one
A quick read. I read this book in one sitting. Entertaining enough to keep me reading until the end.
3.5 stars
i really liked this as a light summer read, i read it at any chance i got!
Feb 22, 2008
Annie
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone
Recommended to Annie by:
a friend
I thought that this book was interesting because it was ironic and the ending was really cute. I enjoyed this book because it was descriptive and I would reread it anytime. This book was about a girl named Ciara who wanted to change her bad habits. She moved to Santa Barbra to do so and in the process, she was reunited with her childhood friends.
Ciara is known as the school player. When she goes back to her summer house where her dad lives after some years, she realizes she needs to behave. She catches up with an old friend who surprises her by being so understanding. The friendship grows to much more towards the end of the book,but I won't give the entire story away.
After reading the last book by Hailey Abbott, I had to say I was pretty disappointed in this one. The plot didn't move for most of the story, and only on the last page did it start to get interesting. Overall, I was just reading it so I could finish it and move onto a different book.
I have to say that what I liked most about this book was the ending. I don't want my review to be spoilery so I'm not going to say more.
Ciara's not really a character I connected with, I couldn't really "understand" her.
Overall, this is a fun, light book
Ciara's not really a character I connected with, I couldn't really "understand" her.
Overall, this is a fun, light book
Was an okay book, I wasn't too impressed and didn't really get into it. It was also predictable. There were some good parts too it, but overall it was a little cheesy.
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I light summer read! :)
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Hailey Abbott grew up in Southern California, where she split her time between creative writing and creative beaching. She is the author of Summer Boys, Next Summer: A Summer Boys Novel, The Bridesmaid, Getting Lost with Boys, and The Secrets of Boys. Hailey now lives in New York City.
Her first book was Summer Boys, published in 2004, the first of a series. It was described as "escapist beach rea...more
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