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Art Geeks and Prom Queens

by Alyson Noel (Goodreads Author)

3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 · rating details · 1,762 ratings · 169 reviews

Dorks, Dweebs, Debutantes, and Jocks—Where would you fit in?

Being the new girl is tough—just ask sixteen-year-old Rio Jones. A New York transplant, Rio has no clue how she's going to fit in at her fancy new private school in Southern California. Plus, being late, overdressed, and named after a Duran Duran song doesn't make the first day any easier for her.

Then Rio meets Kr...more

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Published April 1st 2007 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published September 1st 2005)

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Feb 27, 2012 Courtney rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed, stupid-hero-heroine, ya, standalone, disliked

For those of you who love this book, I would turn back now. Unless, of course, this is the kind of review you're looking for.

I first read Art Geeks and Prom Queens (AGPQ) when I was at the height of my YA craze which began with the Immortals series, also by author Alyson Noel. I wasn't really a fan of her writing, but, like any good addiction, it wasn’t so much about the quality. And so I embarked on the unreal, painfullly so, journey that is the life of Rio Jones. For whatever reason, I was ac...more

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Jan 27, 2009 Bianca added it · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone who LOVEs reading ten fiction

The book I was reading was called Art Geeks and Prom Queens by Alyson Noel. I loved this book beacause of the way it hooks you in and I think a lot of girls would also be very intrested in it beacause of the things that it states and the way all the characters act.
I liked this book because it makes every scene look like a movie. For example, when JC is going off(yelling)on Rio. The narrator describes it so well it seems like your right there watching it happen. Also it definatley shows the pee...more

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Jan 25, 2013 Cdee rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So let me begin this review by stating that I finished it just a few hours ago and wanted to write the review up tonight. Now I've left the book downstairs and completely forgot what the book was called. I know, that sounds terrible because the fact is, the title has a lot to do with the plot so I think this already suggests what I'm going to say about the rest of it.
I was super excited to get this book because as many of you know I have a huge thing for books that have school, whether public,...more So let me begin this review by stating that I finished it just a few hours ago and wanted to write the review up tonight. Now I've left the book downstairs and completely forgot what the book was called. I know, that sounds terrible because the fact is, the title has a lot to do with the plot so I think this already suggests what I'm going to say about the rest of it.
I was super excited to get this book because as many of you know I have a huge thing for books that have school, whether public, private or boarding plots. I've had it on my TBR for a couple of months because I was in a reading slump and because I was able to get out of it lately by reading shorter books I thought I would give this one ago because I'm start Les Miserables soon so it was bigger than other's I've read lately but not huge, However It took me about a week which is extremely long time for me and as I said by the time I'd finished it, my mind went blank. I've read a couple of Alyson Noel's books now and I must say I do prefer her Evermore series to her standalone Novels, Although I haven't read all the Evermore set, I do own them so I will be reading them soon. I don't know whether it was because more time was spent on the series, or she went in a different direction with the Stand alones. I just prefer her writing style in them, mainly because the character's are given time to develop.
I would say this book could be like other high school popularity stories, which although isn't original, I do still enjoy them. Kind of a Mean Girls theme, which is an awesome plot so not turning my nose up to it, but it can be predictable at times.
I wasn't a big fan of Rio, from the beginning because of her attitude towards her mum and the way she can be seen as ungrateful, which is obviously a big thing in the book, but it got a bit on my nerves at times. I did however like the character of Mason and wished there was more about her.
I think I had higher expectations for the story because I have read other books from the author and the fact that I knew it was going to go along the popularity route at the school, I thought it could have a bit more depth to the story from Rio's point of view. It would have been nice for readers to be able to relate more to her and her issues.
I would say this book is good for any fans of Mean Girls, Popularity in schools or just a girly read about trying to fit in. (less)

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Nov 01, 2012 Jaquelyn Neves rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I think this a good book it shows many readers who read this book how high school is for many people and how they get nervous and tense. Rio in this book moves to a new school and becomes nervous on her first day of school. When Rio gets to school and she meets Kristi who makes her feel loved and welcomed at her new school. Rio doesn’t always agree with her actions and what she does tot other people. But she realizes that Kristi does not always become friends with everyone and she decides to sti...more

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Sep 24, 2012 Keira rated it 1 of 5 stars

This has to be one of the worst books I have EVER read. This is like a horrible adaptation of one of my favorite movies, Mean Girls and its insulting. The main charcter has to be the most obnoxious protagnist ever. Rio starts out to be relatable, a dweeby kid who likes photography and dosen't fit in very well and her mom not always agreeing with her. Then when she befriends Kristi things get to be very unlikable. She becomes instantly popular by doing things that she should regret doing like not...more

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Jul 18, 2012 OceMei Belikova♥ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: english-book, friendship, own, read-in-2012, bullying, buntelan

3.5

You Reap What You Sow

Rio Jones is a new kid from New York. She's got her mother's look and height. Basically, she is a gorgeous girl. But somehow she doesn't aware of it. She starts to hang out with Jas and Mason and for some reasons, she got detention and her mother told her not to hang out with them anymore. Then she meets Kristi, a popular girl who seems to have lots of friends. Kristi told her that in order to be one of her friends, Rio needs to follow some rules, which most of it are rid...more

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Apr 18, 2012 dontouchmychocolate rated it 1 of 5 stars

New girl who starts off pretty smart and confident, but at her initiation into the popular clique, she fizzles to weak, bitchy and a complete follower.

Irritating.

There's no other way around reviewing Art Geeks and Prom Queens than getting nasty. Halfway through, I'd rolled my eyes a few times, wondering if I was reading a cheesy diary of someone who is actually in high school, giving writing a go.
The tone of writing, the voice of the main character, all the brand name dropping and fancy living h...more New girl who starts off pretty smart and confident, but at her initiation into the popular clique, she fizzles to weak, bitchy and a complete follower.

Irritating.

There's no other way around reviewing Art Geeks and Prom Queens than getting nasty. Halfway through, I'd rolled my eyes a few times, wondering if I was reading a cheesy diary of someone who is actually in high school, giving writing a go.
The tone of writing, the voice of the main character, all the brand name dropping and fancy living had me wondering if I had gotten sucked into someone's mind, a mind that's full of delusions of grandeur.

Like in half the YA books I've been reading lately, of course the teenagers are constantly drinking, snorting drugs, popping pills and being promiscuous to have a good time. Cliché, much? If I were a teenager, I would be completely insulted by the author's thinking. For once, is it too much to ask for an author to write out high schoolers who have a good time without getting wasted, talking overextensively about "hooking up" and being labeled "cool" for doing it? Who will ever speak for those who prefer not to do ish like that? And who will mold a character that won't suddenly wither when she's in the so-called "in" crowd?

Predictable ending - the meanest of the mean girls gets what she deserves, the main character kisses and makes up with everyone she dissed, and everybody lives happily ever after. A surprising ending would have probably led me to giving this book 2 stars, but too bad.

Again I ask, was this book written by someone in high school? The grown-ups are not acting like grown-ups, rather than older version of teenagers.
Rio, the main star, has a mother who doesn't give a shit about her daughter's comfort in her own skin, pimping her out to the popular girls because hey, if you're not popular, you're not somebody.
In one of those 'awesome' parties that kids in her school throw, Rio actually sips champagne in the presence of someone's father and the man doesn't even bat an eyelash! WTF.

Snotty, juvenile behaviour that made me want to punch those shallow guys and girls. I'm not turning to grab a James Patterson book but I need more than a book being so darn superficial.

If this was what the author wanted to achieve: congratulations, I felt like I was watching a Disney movie.(less)

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Nov 28, 2011 Emily rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Book Title: Art Geeks and Prom Queens

Author: Alyson Noel

Published By: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (April 1, 2010)

Genre: Young Adult

Recommended Age: +13

Reviewed By: Emily Tuley / AngelsCryHavoc

Blog Reviewed For: Great Minds Think Aloud Literary Community

Rating: 5 Ravens

I’m a sucker for Young Adult books especially some of the ones that have that good moral behind the story. With todays Youth seeming to loose their innocence younger and younger each year or having to deal with the...more Book Title: Art Geeks and Prom Queens

Author: Alyson Noel

Published By: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (April 1, 2010)

Genre: Young Adult

Recommended Age: +13

Reviewed By: Emily Tuley / AngelsCryHavoc

Blog Reviewed For: Great Minds Think Aloud Literary Community

Rating: 5 Ravens

I’m a sucker for Young Adult books especially some of the ones that have that good moral behind the story. With todays Youth seeming to loose their innocence younger and younger each year or having to deal with the brutality of bullying that only seems to have gotten worse than when I was a kid it was some books like these that helped me cope with things and deal especially when it felt like I had no one to talk to or a parent I was delusional enough to think wouldn’t listen. I knew better once I had gotten older and there isn’t a moment or day that passes by that I don’t feel thankful for the dad I had god knows I probably put him through a few rounds of hell at my rebellious age.

This book is about a young girl of seventeen , Her name is Rio. Yes her mother named her after one of even my favorite Duran Duran songs from the eighties. Use to being the gangly awkward geek back in her home city of New York Rio is swept away to Orange County living in California and soon learns that over the time she thought she was awkward she had grown into her body and looked more like her retired “almost” Super model mother Jahne Jones. Starting out at the new school she meets with Mason a very trendy artsy girl and what others call a geek and Jas the extremely handsome laid back dreamer/Surfer that everyone calls a pot head or loser. To begin things seem simple and her crush for Jas makes things awkward but fun for Rio till she finds out he has a girl friend. Seeing the type of girl he dates Rio assumes of what the girl is like and tries to transform herself into that girl by joining in with the popular girls.

Kristi and her two lackeys as they are first known to Rio. Soon enough with all the debauchery and scandals that travel through the girls group Rio finds herself on top only to be quickly ripped down by Kristi and sunk into a brutal bullying and scandalous harassment of Rio. After breaking down talking to her mother and her father about the situation. Rio shows just how to properly handle a girl like Kristi and how to know that she’s nothing like what the others think she is. Reforming her bonds with Jas and Mason and finding out who she is not who everyone wants her to be Rio is a very smart, strong and lively girl that shows you no matter what wrongs you make you can always fix them with the rights and staying true to yourself.

This is definitely a book I will give to my daughter when she gets old in hopes that she will feel the inspiration I think it gives to all girls that read it and learns from it as well that it’s always good to be you. Not what the others think are you. (less)

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Aug 02, 2010 Karin rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-fiction, realistic, chick-lit, art, high-school, friendship, rich-girls, label-dropping

77 pages in and I'm really not enjoying this anymore. It starts out ok - Rio Jones is the new girl at her school (having just moved to California from New York). Rio's never been all that noticeable, but she gets her braces removed, shoots up a few inches, and, suddenly, in the new wardrobe her former-model mother has purchased for her, she's a knock-out. Rio falls in with a group of art-geek stoners her first day of school and develops a crush on Jas (hot surfer boy material). But she's not sur...more

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Oct 11, 2009 Adele rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Having not been terribly impressed with the Evermore series, old school contemporary Alyson Noel hit the sweet spot and reminded me of what she does best. Rio moves to the deliciously shallow community in Southern California and immediately feels out of her depth in both the geek and the popular crowds. Though she feels slightly more comfortable and able to be herself with the geeks, she is swayed to the dark side when her romantic feelings are shut down in an oblivious but insensitive way.

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Mar 18, 2012 ☆hii...i'm awkward☆ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: alyson-noel, teen-and-tween, realistic-fiction, goodreads-authors, romance

Brief Summary:
Rio Jones just wants to fit into her new school.
First, she is 25 minutes late for her class and totally overdressed...and for sure she'd be the only girl to be named after a Duran Duran song. Even when she had made new friends, Mason and Jas, one quick move and being caught by the school security just gave them one entire week of detention. Now Rio's mum is disapproving of Mason and Jas.

After an uneasy start to her new school year, she meets Kristi Wood and her extremely popular c...more

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Jan 12, 2012 Heather rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: unfinished, ya-reads

A few quick quotes to demonstrate why I skipped pages 141-217

[Pot] ... "But all that happened like way long ago, and I haven't really done it since. But not wanting to look like a total geek, I go, 'Yeah, I light up every now and then.' And then I pinch it from his fingers, take a long, deep drag..." (p. 16).

[Popularity] ... "And I'm not used to worrying about stuff like this, 'cause at my old school it was just me, Paige, and Hud... and we didn't really care what everyone else thought. I guess...more A few quick quotes to demonstrate why I skipped pages 141-217

[Pot] ... "But all that happened like way long ago, and I haven't really done it since. But not wanting to look like a total geek, I go, 'Yeah, I light up every now and then.' And then I pinch it from his fingers, take a long, deep drag..." (p. 16).

[Popularity] ... "And I'm not used to worrying about stuff like this, 'cause at my old school it was just me, Paige, and Hud... and we didn't really care what everyone else thought. I guess you could say we were geeks, but it didn't matter. But now that it's just me, I admit, it kind of matters," (p 27).

[Pill] ... "[Kristi] tosses something to me, and I close my hand around it. When I open my palm there's a small pill lying there. 'What's this?'
"'Take it when you want to chill.'...
"Then I take that pill Kristi gave me the other day. Because if I ever needed help chilling, it's right now...
"'Um, what was that pill you gave me the other day?' I ask, leaning my head against the neck rest, and totally interrupting her.
"'Just valium. Why? Did you take it?' Her eyes light up," (p 88, 100, 101).

[Powder] ... "I just stand there not saying anything because even though I've totally made up my mind that I'm not gonna do it, there's still this tiny part of me that's whispering, 'Why not?' I mean, I've watched Kristi do it, and it's not like it made her all crazy or anything. And it's not like one line's gonna make me an addict...
"And when she comes back up [from snorting a line] her eyes are wide and sparkling, and her skin is flushed slightly pink, and she looks so happy and perfect, that I think: What the hell? I mean, it is my birthday. And I'll only do a little bit. And no one will ever find out since it's our secret..." (p 113)

[Pressure] ... "But now it's getting late, and Tyler still hasn't called, and I still haven't picked out an outfit for tomorrow, not to mention the homework I haven't touched all week. It's like there's just not enough time in the day to fit it all in, and it makes me wonder how other people do it. People who have jobs and stuff like Mason. But then again Mason doesn't really have a ton of friends like I do, and it's not like she has to keep a log what she wears from week to week so that she doesn't repeat. I mean, all she cares about is getting into art school, that's her entire focus. I guess it used to be mine, too, but now it doesn't even make the list," (p 138).

[Powder] ... "So I turn off my phone and reach all the way into the back of my nightstand drawer where I've stashed that little vial of coke... I pull the drawer all the way out but I still can't find it, so I dump the contents on the ground... And then I remember how Kristi finished it the last time she was here. And even though I'm pretty wide-awake now and could probably make it without the extra boost, the fact is I kinda want some," (p 139).

That's when I stopped reading. I flipped to the back of the book and then, like, straight out of Mean Girls, the protagonist (who up to this point has been a popularity-hungry loser who did literally anything to be accepted by the cool crowd) has miraculously started to stand up for herself and was able to get everything to fit right in the world again.(less)

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Dec 13, 2008 Lauren rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Art Geeks and Prom Queens a was cute and light read that I finished in less than a day. I enjoyed reading about Rio's up and downs as she began to rise to be the most popular girl in her class and than going crashing to the bottom when the Kristi, the former queen bee, turns out to be well... mean. I thought Rio's character was very believable by how she handled the situation, because I could see why she would get lost in the moment of popularity which would quickly lead her to want to be the Pr...more Art Geeks and Prom Queens a was cute and light read that I finished in less than a day. I enjoyed reading about Rio's up and downs as she began to rise to be the most popular girl in her class and than going crashing to the bottom when the Kristi, the former queen bee, turns out to be well... mean. I thought Rio's character was very believable by how she handled the situation, because I could see why she would get lost in the moment of popularity which would quickly lead her to want to be the Prom Queen instead of the Art Geek. In the end, Rio handled the situation in a very adult manor which made me like her even more. Alyson Noel's writing truly sounded how a teenager would talk and act which made the novel fly by for me.

Though, I enjoyed Art Geeks and Prom Queens I had one problem with it which was how much it sounded like the movie Mean Girls. For example, when Rio moved to Orange County she quickly became friends with the some people who were interested in art and films, similar to Lindsay Lohan's character, and than when given the chance to be popular she ditches the people in her new school who are starting to like her. Also, Kristi's character was very similar to Rachel McAdams' character Reginae, in the way that she had two sidekicks that she controlled completely, had a set of rules that each girl had to follow, and was the queen of her high school even though she was a junior. Lastly, Rio, like Lindsay's character had a boy who that she was interested in and who was interested back, but she ended up making him distant when she began to follow all of Kristi's rules.

Even though it contained some of those key aspects of Mean Girls, it did stand on it own in many ways. For one, it had substance. Especially in the message that Alyson Noel was trying to get across which was find your true friends not the ones who will turn their backs on you in a moment, and don't just focus on things you don't have, but instead be happy for the ones that you have.

Over all, Art Geeks and Prom Queens is probably one of my favorite Alyson Noel books even with the faults it had.

Grade: B+
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Sep 18, 2012 Ms. Myers added it · review of another edition

The book art geeks and prom queens by Alyson Noel was about a girl named rio.she was a art geek.but then she had to move state and school house. Wen she went to her new school she had to make new friends but it was hard for her because she was a big huge art geek. She met these two kids at school named jas and mason. Her mom thought that they were a bad infuence to her.so her mom had told her to not hang out with those kind of kids. There was these three girls named kristi,Kayla,and Jen Jen. The...more

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May 03, 2012 Mar *How I see it reviews* rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-reads, chicklit, read-in-english, ya

**1.5 stars**

Already after reading the blurb and a couple of reviews, I knew this book was in the danger zone. I heard them talking about a stupid main character. And I absolutely hate it when the main character is a brainless girl. Still, I decided to give it a chance.
I only need two words to describe the whole plot of this book. Mean Girls. *the first movie*Yeah, that's all I need to say about it. Those two plots are exact matches. *spoilerspoilerspoiler*Normal girl goes to high school gets ge...more

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Aug 17, 2012 Amber rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What was this book?

I swear this is the ultimate fantasy of every girl, to somehow be magically 'pretty enough' to be noticed by the popular girl and welcomed into the folds.

Yes, this was a story about Mean Girls ... a twist on it.

It was so BAD. I can't tell you how many times the protagonist made NO sense. She stopped caring about her crush and started caring about the popular girls so fast it was unbelievable. Although what she did at the end was cool, she was just the most insufferable person...more

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Nov 26, 2012 Katarina Pisarova rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Waaw.
Started slow. Like your typical high school angst-filled, groving up kind of novel.... And than it was like watching a train wreck from a passing car, wondering: "what the hell..." knowing that this isnt gonna be pretty!

Clicks, bulling, emotional blackmail, manipulation,... basically the typical part of high school life no one wants to talk about but everyone knows is there. It shows the part of people that knows but does not want to acknowlege. The us that hide behind a mask and nearly ki...more

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Jun 18, 2011 Rebecca rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya

Nerd girl moves from New York to the shores of Orange County. She becomes friends with goth artists that her mother, a former super model doesn’t approve of. Dork Girl makes a fool of herself in front of her new friends, so she decides to join the popular girls, because she thinks that underneath all boys really want the prom queen. She gets boyfriends and she is about to sleep with one of them, so they wouldn’t break up with her and shit breaks loose at the party they are at. Chaos ensues and t...more

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Oct 03, 2012 Keya K added it · review of another edition

Art Geeks and Prom Queens
Alyson Noel
240 pages
September 26, 2012

This book is about a girl in high school named Rio Jones who is very upset that her parents are making her move to California because they want her to start somewhere new... again! Rio moves a lot and she's never really had very many friends or been popular. She quickly befriends Mason, a spunky girl, and Jas, an adorable guy who Rio instantly likes. They hang out with her for a while but then Rio finds out about Jas's girlfriend, Mo...more Art Geeks and Prom Queens
Alyson Noel
240 pages
September 26, 2012

This book is about a girl in high school named Rio Jones who is very upset that her parents are making her move to California because they want her to start somewhere new... again! Rio moves a lot and she's never really had very many friends or been popular. She quickly befriends Mason, a spunky girl, and Jas, an adorable guy who Rio instantly likes. They hang out with her for a while but then Rio finds out about Jas's girlfriend, Monique, and is deeply hurt because she though that Jas liked her. So, when queen bee and cheeerleader Kristi Wood becomes interested in her she takes the opporunity. From therhe she gains popularity by hanging out with Kristi, Jen Jen, Kayla, and the rest of the varsity jocks. She becomes more and more like them as time goes on and as time passes she becomes meaner and meaner. Soon she has had one boyfriend who's heart she broke by cheating on him. She then goes out with her second boyfriend Chris who is a senior, but then Kristi who has been getting more and more jealous as time passes steals Chris away from her. That is when Rio crashes and burns everyone thinks she's a liar and a cheater and no one will be her friend. Then some one fills her locker with dog crap and she thinks it's Kristi but has no evidence. But Jas comes through in the end and catches Kristi in the act. Kristi gets in trouble and Jas and Rio end together.

I liked this book a lot because it is very fast-paced but also funny and can at times be serious. I love Alyson Noel because she is a really good author and has great books and this one is no exeption. Also something about this book is that it has a lot o foreshadowing so you can tell when something bad is going to happen. This made the book really suepenseful. My favorite character in the book is probably Mason because she's original and she won't let Kristi change her. I also like her because she doesn't hold a grudge at Rio after ditching her. She just really nice. My least favorite is probably Kristi because she is backstabbing and mean to people. She's also undermining and heartless. I'm really glad things turned out the way they did in the end because she did some pretty horrible things. This book was really good and I enjoyed it.

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Jul 30, 2012 Charlene rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book felt like a rip-off of Mean Girls.

I hated the way the book was written too. Rio is such a spoiled brat, and it really bugged me. Rio practically gets everything she wants in this book. She wanted a boyfriend, she got one. And then came along Tyler and her stupid "relationship" with him. She was so stupid, how could anyone be that naive to let KRISTI BELL, go into an empty room to "get a scarf"? She was always so bitchy to her mom too. And I literally wanted to flip a table when she cu...more

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Dec 14, 2011 Sandy rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ppya11

Rio's family has just moved to California, and on top of that, her body has filled out. She now looks much more like her former model mother, but wants to still be the arty-geeky girl she was before. But when she's spurned by a guy at her new school, she comes up with a theory that every guy wants to be with the prom queen, so she sets out to infiltrate the "In" crowd and be one of those girls. Of course, she loses who she is while doing so, and becomes invested in that world, until it comes cra...more

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Apr 09, 2011 Alissa rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: brain-candy, teen-books, time-i-wish-i-had-back

Reading this one for my library's Teen Book Discussion Group (The teens pick the books we read & we talk about them at our next meeting).

Unable to finish this one. If a book is going badly, I usually give it 50 pages before I make the decision whether I want to soldier on or give up. This is in keeping with my new motto: "Life is too short to read bad books". With this one, however, I stopped short of my usual cutoff. Maybe it was my mood, but I just couldn't stomach how shallow the charact...more

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Jan 26, 2012 Sarah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012

reading this book was like watching an american series like Hell Cats ... high school experience in America .... i have to admit that i liked reading this book it does really hook you up from the beginning till the end you just wanna know what will happen next to her, finished it in one day .
Rio the main character ,you cant help it but to love her mainly because she makes a lot of mistakes which makes her not perfect like all of us .
yet the middle of the book makes you feel sad , drags and bad...more

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Jan 08, 2013 Jillian rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-books

This has been sitting on my shelf for a few years now. I bought it at the L.A. Times Book Festival at the height of my, "I want to write YA fiction" phase. After making it through the first few chapters, I remember why my love affair with Gossip-Girl-type books came to an end.

I first read an Alyson Noel novel when I picked up Evermore and I was sucked into all the mysticism and Orange County references. The characters seemed real, multi-dimensional and funny, and Noel's tone was conversational;...more

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Mar 05, 2012 CαthεεBooks rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone

Shelves: beautiful-covers, great-reads

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Title : Art Geeks and Prom Queens
Series : -
Pages : 226
Author : Alyson Noel
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Format : Hardcover
Source : Library

My Opinion :

Art Geeks and Prom Queens is written by the author of the Immortals series, and I believe this may be her debut novel (does anybody knows???). And it is completely different. While the Immortals series is of poor quality, Art Geeks and Prom Queens is actuall...more

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Sep 20, 2009 Jennifer rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Dec 09, 2012 Nancy White rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is almost an enjoyable romp through teenage life.

Except for the stereotypes, the 16-year-olds doing hard drugs and the fact that it's the same book we keep reading over and over again: think Mean Girls, only not nearly as funny.

The character I hated most was, luckily, not the protagonist. It was her mother. Really, you have no choice but to hate her because her behaviour is truly awful and she's simply unbelievable as a character. That paragraph of explanation right at the end? Doesn't...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Carly rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It started out good - Rio has just moved to a new town, new school, and is adjusting to that plus dealing with typical teen issues such as mother-daughter conflict and body image. She starts out as a fairly confident character, content to live her life on her terms, but quickly changes into one of the in-crowd wannabes. It's supremely irritating. By the end of the book she begins to come back around to her real self, but the time in between is rather annoying. I completely understand wanting to...more

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Aug 27, 2009 Cathy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The redeeming aspect of this title, which separates it from most of these "I have to sell my soul and wear designer to be popular" books, is that Rio DOESN'T. While she begins on that slippery slope, in the end she stands up to the mean girls, remains true to herself, holds on to her virginity, goes back to her true "geeky" friends (realizing, of course, that they were her true friends all along). This genre seems to be growing by leaps and bounds, and I wonder how much reference to drugs, alcoh...more

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Jun 12, 2011 Destiny rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have read two of Noel's Immortals series and the title of this just called to me. I thought it was an okay read. Not much art was mentioned like I had expected, but that was okay. Rio did start to annoy me a bit about how much of a bitch she was being with the popular kids. Like she was so conceited. But in the end she saw the error of her ways, so I can get with that. Also I did kind of relate with her about her mother. My mother is the same way, but I can never get through to her like Rio di...more

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