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Adorkable

Cookie O'Gorman (Goodreads Author)

3.95 · Rating details · 10,621 ratings · 1,346 reviews

Adorkable (ah-dor-kuh-bul): Descriptive term meaning to be equal parts dorky and adorable. For reference, see Sally Spitz.

Seventeen-year-old Sally Spitz is done with dating. Or at least, she's done with the horrible blind dates/hookups/sneak attacks her matchmaking bestie, Hooker, sets her up on. There's only so much one geek girl and Gryffindor supporter can take.

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Feb 06, 2017 Chelsea ❤Peril Please❤ rated it it was amazing

Recommended to Chelsea ❤Peril Please❤ by: Jen ♥Star-Crossed Book Blog♥

Shelves: unforgettable-male-leads, favorites, my-favorite-covers, absolute-favorites, could-read-over-and-over-again, physical-book-wishlist-want-it-need

“But why? I don’t get it.”
“You don’t have to.”
“But Becks,” she whined, “I don’t understand. Why her?”
“Nothing to understand really,” he said, smiling down at me. “Sal’s my girl. Always has been.”

Adorkable is one of those books that just LOOKS like it’s going to be, well, adorable. Yet, every time I saw it and what people were saying about it, I thought it was going to be cheesy as hell. So, for as long as this has been out, I have passed it up and never marked it on my TBR. Stupid ...more

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Jun 17, 2016 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-romance

"She is my friend.
Her name is Sal.
I hope one day she'll be my gal."
- Becks, aged 7

Sally Spitz is in love with her best friend, Becks. Tired of having her other friend, Hooker and her mother trying to arrange dates for her, Sal decides she needs a FBF....a fake boyfriend. And who better to play her FBF than her BFF, Becks?

Sure, there are some cons to this story, particularly in regards to Sal's friend, Hooker and her mother who are both annoying! And, for crying out loud, Sal's only ...more

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May 22, 2018 peachygirl rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2018

Just as the title suggests, Sal is dorky and Becks is adorable and they make the best *fake* couple of the century!

"Her name is Sal. I hope one day she’ll be my gal"

Penning down pretty poems for his bestfriend since 7, Baldwin Eugene Charles Kent aka Becks is crazy about Sal and just as clueless as she is! (which does get annoying at times)
And there's Sally Sue Spitz, certified dork who quotes movies fluently and talks all the stuff 'that matters' in German, has been in love with her best frie ...more

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Oct 15, 2016 ambsreads rated it liked it

Shelves: contemporary, romance, young-adult

For half an hour I've been attempting to write a full review for Adorkable, which is usually how long it takes me to write a review. Due to this, I have forfieted any formating ideas and am just going to babble, so, this is a forewarning.

Adorkable has to be one of the cutest books I've read of 2016. I got some crazy Kasie West vibes throughout the story, but what more can you expect from an author named Cookie? The book was an adorable contemporary that is all about childhood best friend's bein ...more

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Feb 01, 2017 Jen ♥Star-Crossed Book Blog♥ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, love-makes-my-heart-happy, romance, romance-friends-to-lovers, good-boys-i-love, young-adult, kindle-unlimited, romance-fake-boyfriend-girlfriend

Adorkable was filled with laughter, butterfly and smile inducing moments, and I couldn't get enough of it! The characters quickly found a place in my heart, and the story-line was so cute! It involved the fake boyfriend trope, and it was done in a way that felt fresh and fun. So this addicting book easily made its way onto my favorites shelf!

I was so tired of surprises. If I had to meet one more blind date, I would literally go insane.

The nicknames in this book were hilarious ! O Adorkable was filled with laughter, butterfly and smile inducing moments, and I couldn't get enough of it! The characters quickly found a place in my heart, and the story-line was so cute! It involved the fake boyfriend trope, and it was done in a way that felt fresh and fun. So this addicting book easily made its way onto my favorites shelf!

I was so tired of surprises. If I had to meet one more blind date, I would literally go insane.

The nicknames in this book were hilarious ! Our heroine is Sally Sue Spitz and her classmates call her Spitz. And her best friend is Lillian Hooker, who Sally calls Hooker. Loved it! So Sally was forever single and Hooker, trying to be the best friend ever, always set Sally up on blind dates. But these weren't regular blind dates. Or even regular guys it would seem. Each and every interaction Sally had with them had me laughing, groaning or doing both out loud. After a horrible double-double date (you'll see what I mean lol) gone terribly wrong and a misunderstanding, Sally comes up with the idea that she needs a fake boyfriend. It was the only way to stop Hooker's attempts. So she begged Becks, her best friend forever who's been in her life since grade school, to be her fake boyfriend.

Ducking, he placed a lingering kiss on the spot right below my ear. The move made my hand shoot out to grip his jersey. Becks laughed silently, little puffs of air hitting my neck, as I shivered.

Becks. Oh Becks. He was one of my many favorite things about this book. The way Becks looked at Sally, the way he claimed her as his, the way he protected her, his jealousy, oh my gosh even the way he touched her, it all made my heart beat so fast. But here's the confusing part, I had NO clue what he thought at times. You see, he would say and do these things that would imply that he liked Sally more than just friends, but then again he was just playing a part. And his words would reinforce that idea. So I desperately wanted to get in that sexy head of his and know all of his thoughts. Especially when he suggested that they should start practicing....hello butterflies!

“But Becks,” she whined, “I don’t understand. Why her?”
“Nothing to understand really,” he said, smiling down at me. “Sal’s my girl. Always has been.”
As he squeezed my hip, I swear I stopped breathing.

So not only did I adore Becks, but Sally too. I loved how Sally easily sprinkled Harry Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek etc into her daily life. She embraced her geekiness, and I loved how she didn't second guess herself in that regards. But at the same point, she could be self-conscious. Especially when it came to her feelings towards Becks. You see, while Becks was her BFF, he was also beautiful, smart, a player, a jock and everyone easily loved him. Including Sally. Knowing that Sally wanted to be more than friends with Becks put my heart on the line right with her. I flipped through the pages as fast as possible for both of our stakes!

“Spitz, the guy’s wearing Chinos, and he tried to shake my hand.” She tugged at one end of her bob. “I found him bent over a book bigger than my head in the sci-fi/fantasy section at Barnes and Noble.”
That sounded suspicious. “And what were you doing in Barnes and Noble?” I asked.
“Isn’t it obvious?” she laughed. “I was looking for the male version of you.”
I laughed despite myself. - Spitz (Sally) and Hooker

The side characters not only helped round out this book, but they felt so real to me. Hooker, oh my gosh, I wanted her to listen to Sally at times. But we all have our flaws, and what Hooker thought was best for Sally wasn't always what was truly the best for her and it led to hilarious moments. My favorites were Ash, Becks' fellow soccer teammate and Sally's fellow classmate, and also Clayton, Becks' oldest brother. I could easily and happily read a book about each of them!

This one could only end badly, and when it did, it was going to hurt.
A lot.

So if you're a fan of cute books that leave you with the hugest smile ever, or if you adore the fake boyfriend trope, then I highly recommend you pick up Adorkable! This is the second time I've picked up this book and I loved it even more the second time. I even cried at the end this second time around, it was just so perfect. So yes, I loved this book with my whole heart! Cookie O'Gorman always creates characters that are so easy to connect with and love, and of course. I can't wait for you to meet them too!

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Oct 26, 2016 Tweebs♥️ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-that-killed-me-and-my-ghost

Let's start by stating the obvious fact that I READ THIS BOOK SO FREAKING QUICK AND I FREAKING REGRET IT. I have no one to blame, but myself so, shame on me. Lately, I've been reading books that are focused on heavy plots that involve a lot of thinking so, I was like " I NEED SOME LIGHT-READS NOW!!" and DING DING DING! I found this book.

Adorkable, is told by Sally Spitz (Yeah, you'll get used to it) who is our main female character. Her friend, Lillian Hooker, is a matchmaker in the process w

Adorkable, is told by Sally Spitz (Yeah, you'll get used to it) who is our main female character. Her friend, Lillian Hooker, is a matchmaker in the process who is determined to find Sally a boyfriend. EVEN HER MOM IS ON BOARD! She sets her up with horrible blind dates, hookups, and sneak attacks. I'm not lying guys, she would get all these boys from lord knows where. THEY JUST KEEP COMING!!

She has this best friend named Becks (His real full name had nothing on Sally) and they basically grew up with each other. Okay, I'm about to drop several clichés so, HERE I GO! Becks is a popular soccer player, everyone loves him, girls want him, and he's smart. You guessed it right! Sally loves him but doesn't know if he feels the same way so, she buries it deep within her. He knows all about her horrible blind dates and teases her about it. Sally came up with this plan to get herself a F.B.F (Fake Boyfriend), to get her friend off her ass with the never-ending horrible blind dates. Wow, you guessed it again!! Becks becomes her F.B.F.

I don't want to ruin it for you guys but, seriously, I recommend this book. I thought it was a cliché book and yes I predicted half of the shit but honestly, it'll make you laugh. The dialogue between the characters is so entertaining, actually, scratch that, THIS WHOLE BOOK IS SO ENTERTAINING.

Lowkey, I love this book because Sally is a huge fan of Harry Potter and Star wars. She doesn't care like she'll wear a Harry Potter t-shirt to a date and be like "Whaddap".

I absolutely loved the opening of this book, it was hilarious as hell and immediately sinks it claws into you. Seriously, I read this book within 24 hours like THAT SAYS SOMETHING. The writing was fun and easy to follow. If you ever need a good laugh guys, just hit this book up.

Anyway,

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May 25, 2016 Chelsey Connor rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own-it, stand-alone, young-adult, 5-star, book-boyfriend, favourites, favourite-stand-alone, covers-i-love, should-be-a-movie, romance

This book is going into my favourite shelf. This book is exactly how I wanted to meet my husband, be best friends first then blossom into more.... it hasn't happened. I really felt Sal's heart ache but just wanted her to tell Becks how she felt. It all worked out in the end and loved how he proved to Sal that he really did love her. People need to read this book ...more

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Jun 02, 2016 A_Ryan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ugly-duckling-makeover, friends-to-lovers, 2016, lets-pretend, young-adult, 6-stars-2016-17

5+++++++ TOTALLY AWESOME HUCKLEBERRY STARS!!!!!!!!

ADORABLE. FUNNY. SWEET. ROMANTIC. PAGE-TURNING. FANTASTIC. LOVED EVERY MINUTE.

ONE OF THE VERY BEST NA ROMANCE I'VE READ THIS YEAR!

To be honest, there is a plethora of 5 star reviews about this sweet little gem about two best friends who fall in love. And I agree with all of them so I won't repeat anything here.

Suffice it to say, I LOOOVED ADORKABLE.

6 Blew me away stars!!! ...more

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Nov 18, 2017 Scrill rated it it was ok

“He was my Huckleberry, my Han Solo, my one, but most of all he was my Becks and I was his Sal.”

Sally Spitz hasn’t ever had a boyfriend, and her good friend Hooker is bent on playing matchmaker by setting her up repeatedly on blind dates – that go pretty bad. In an attempt to dodge more awkward moments with boys she’s not into Sal adopts the plan to use a fake boyfriend as her get-out-of-blind-date card. Fortunately, her best friend Becks would do anything for her. Unfortunately, she has bee ...more

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Oct 28, 2016 Vanessa rated it did not like it

Shelves: contemporary, young-adult

1.5 stars // warning: lots of sarcasm and annoyed-me in this review

I picked Adorkable up because I enjoy the fake boyfriend trope quite a lot: it's somehow cute and so full of angst ??? I love it. It can be a bit of a cliché but, if well played, it can be entertaining to read. For example, I loved how it played out in To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han. So, I was expecting the fluffiness and the angst but they didn't come and you can understand my delusion.
Sally is the main character 1.5 stars // warning: lots of sarcasm and annoyed-me in this review

I picked Adorkable up because I enjoy the fake boyfriend trope quite a lot: it's somehow cute and so full of angst ??? I love it. It can be a bit of a cliché but, if well played, it can be entertaining to read. For example, I loved how it played out in To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han. So, I was expecting the fluffiness and the angst but they didn't come and you can understand my delusion.
Sally is the main character of this book and, as the title says, she can be defined as adorkable: a plain, good girl with a passion for really famous franchises Harry Potter, Star Trek and Star Wars (still, I don't get why this makes her particular and strange to others. Everyone I know loves Harry Potter or one of the others. She's not special for that, I mean). She doesn't cure herself at all (THE STEREOTYPES: you know, I'm a living and walking proof that you can be a "fangirl", a bookworm and still having fun with makeup and clothes; it's not a bad thing. Self care is not a mortal sin, people. But whatever). She doesn't think of herself as a cute girl but every boy she meets falls in love with her in a short period of time and this is one of the silliest clichés ever: okay, you can have a low self esteem, I have that too. It's completely normal. But I don't think that you have wooden mirrors at home: you must notice that you're, somehow, attractive. WHATEVER.
Her best friend and her mom have this obsession: adjust her with someone. I don't understand this urgency, she's seventeen, not sixty ??? but still, it was somehow funny. Sally, to escape this torture, decides to have a fake boyfriend and --- guess who is it gonna be? Becks, her bff since childhood and the hottest guy who ever existed, probably: girls, in front of him, lose all of their dignity. Literally. They scream at him to take off his shirt and show them his six pack, they scream at him to marry them, they sit on his lap without invitation... and the list goes on. It was ridiculous, really. Like, I went to high school too of course, but I've never witnessed scenes like these. And who even is, this Becks? He's just a normal teenager, come on. He's described as Apollo descended to Earth. I CAN'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. Especially when I know for experience that seventeen years old are not /that/ hot.
Of course Becks is really into her but Sally is the only one who still didn't understand it and viceversa... etcetera etcetera. At first I was really enjoying it but then it became repetitive, with them becoming jealous, girls throwing themselves to Becks whenever he walks in a room, boys in love with Sally since the mists of time and Sally undecided between breaking up with Becks and stop pretending or confessing her love.
Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
At end, I was sick of it.
Expect the cheesy ending, of course. ...more

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Jun 13, 2016 Jacqueline's Reads rated it liked it

Shelves: ya

3 Adorkable Stars

I picked up this book because it seemed like a sweet YA read and that’s what I got. I really liked the premise and I love the sweet innocent high school setting.

Sally is a single girl and she has been this way her whole life. Her best friend and mom thinks it’s time for Sally to not be single anymore so they set her up with lots of random dates.

I thought Sally to be a sweet, charming and a very nerdy girl. She makes a lot of Harry Potter and Star Wars references and she even dre ...more

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Oct 27, 2016 ♛ may rated it really liked it

Shelves: hilarious, my-heart, 200-pgs, super-cute, love-triangle-ugh, contemporary, binged, standalones

You know the feeling when you’ve had enough of heartbreaking dystopian/fantasy books and you seriously just need a cute contemporary to serve as the perfect pick-me-up, well that is this book.

Adorkable is about Sally Sue Spitz and her eternal struggle of warding off blind-dates (set up from her lovely-but-kinda-annoying besties, Lilian). Lillian believes she is destined to be a matchmaker and Sally’s mom is a wedding planner, so things are not looking bright for Sally. The problem isn’t just
You know the feeling when you’ve had enough of heartbreaking dystopian/fantasy books and you seriously just need a cute contemporary to serve as the perfect pick-me-up, well that is this book.

Adorkable is about Sally Sue Spitz and her eternal struggle of warding off blind-dates (set up from her lovely-but-kinda-annoying besties, Lilian). Lillian believes she is destined to be a matchmaker and Sally’s mom is a wedding planner, so things are not looking bright for Sally. The problem isn’t just the mysterious and strange dates that Lillian sets-up, the problem is that Sally has been in love with her (other) best friend, Becks, since forever.
But she’d rather die than let that be public knowledge.

I must admit, I am a sucker for the ‘best-friend’ love stories so I’m probably going to be biased in this review (judge me). I don’t know what it is about them, they really just fricken cute. Albeit, Sally did do the whole ‘I’m-not-like-other-girls’ cliche and also the ‘I’m-super-cute-in-a-dorky-way-but-i’m-oblivious-to-it cliche and Becks had the whole sweet-best-friend-who-is-athletic-and-literally-the-most-beautiful-person-in-the-world cliche, but I’m so blind to all that because this book was so. fricken. cute.

But I have to say, I’m really disappointed in this Lillian character. I totally get the considerate bestie who’s trying to play matchmaker, but this girl has gone way too far. It’s like her sole existence on earth is to hook Sally up and she’s fricken annoying about it. Sally’s always telling her she’s not interested or that she’s feeling down and what does Lillian do? Not comfort her or eat three tubs of ice cream with her, no she sets her up with a blind date. *sighs*

So basically Sally gets Becks to be her pretend boyfriend to ward off Lillain’s matchingmaking attempts and yada yada yada but this story had the perfect touch of hilarity and sweetness and fluff and frustration. I just really enjoyed it in comparison to all the heart shattering books I’ve been reading lately.

And Becks is not a football player, no sir, he is a soccer player and I could cry from joy because thank you, I really needed this addition. Raised the book so much higher in my eyes.

“He was my Huckleberry, my Han Solo, my one, but most of all he was my Becks and I was his Sal. That was the truth.

Somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars!!
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Feb 17, 2016 Melissa (thereaderandthechef) rated it it was amazing

LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH. Typical pretend-dating book, but the way it's executed and the characters's personalities is what really makes it stand out. SO ADORKABLE. I WANT MY OWN BECKS, PLEASE! ❤❤❤❤

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Gosh, a few days before I read this book I was really wishing for a contemporary book that would give me all the feels, that would make me fall in love, laugh out loud, grin like a fool, and after reaching the end, wish to read it all over again.

ADORKABLE turned out t LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH. Typical pretend-dating book, but the way it's executed and the characters's personalities is what really makes it stand out. SO ADORKABLE. I WANT MY OWN BECKS, PLEASE! ❤❤❤❤

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Gosh, a few days before I read this book I was really wishing for a contemporary book that would give me all the feels, that would make me fall in love, laugh out loud, grin like a fool, and after reaching the end, wish to read it all over again.

ADORKABLE turned out to be EXACTLY what I wanted and possibly even more. I had no idea I was going to love it as much as I did. But after reading the first page, I knew this book would be my kind of read. I immediately liked the characters and their personalities. They are so much FUN. Everyone.
I know that this book sounds like the typical YA book where the guy best friend agrees to pretend-date the girl and they both end falling for each other, but this book is hands-down one of the best I have read of its kind. It’s so well done, not at all cheesy, and best of all, has a lot of HP references! Okay, maybe that’s not like the best reason, but the geek in me totally fangirled over this. So adorkable! (Pun intended)

I don’t have a single bad thing to say about Sally. I really liked her and I wish I had a friend like her. We would have HP marathons, I would let her introduce me to the Star Wars & Star Trek fandom, and of course, hang around in geeky clothes!

Hooker, Sally’s best girl friend, and Sally’s mom, were hilarious. I can’t believe they worked so hard together behind Sally’s back just to try to set her up with guys. And the type they would set her up with? So not Sally’s type! Except that one geeky guy who was rather intense and falls in love quickly LOL. Like the dog in UP!

But my Becks, omgggg. I want a boyfriend just like him! He is so sweet and funny and so hoooot. His dating lessons OMGGGGGGG. *le swoon* My cheeks refused to relax from their extreme grinning the whole time I was reading. And Becks’ brothers! Their teasing was so amazing, and more how they were all on Sally’s side, instead of his. Agh, loved it! I loved Becks! I SHALL MARRY HIM.

So as you can see, I really loved this book. If you are looking for a contemporary read that will make you have a great time, introduce you to a new book boyfriend worthy of your swoons, and lots of dorkiness, then you will surely enjoy Adorkable! ♥ ...more

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Sep 02, 2020 Syndi rated it really liked it

Just like the title... this book is so adorable. Dorky and adorable. This is my first read by Miss O'Gorman. The intended audience is YA. I usually read adult theme romance with relationship of convenience. So it is a breath of fresh air reading similar topic but for YA.

I do like Beck. He is sweet and clueless when comes to Sally. They are best friend since birth. Reading their chemistry, their interaction and their banter makes me wish to have male BFF. Who knew having male BFF can be as much ...more

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Jun 04, 2016 Didi rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, romance, i-love-u-love-me-back, what-a-jock, friends-to-lovers

Really cute friends to lovers! YA friends to lovers always comes off sweeter than adult ones...maybe the innocence and naïveté of the world is still there? The only issues I had was with how Sal and Becks kept their feelings from each other, and Sal's bestie. I related with Sal because I went through the same thing in high school...the difference being, my friend knew, he totally knew. You can't hide strong feelings like that for long.
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Oct 30, 2016 Mairenn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: all-time-favorites, favorites, 2016-reads, contemporary, humor, realistic-fiction, friendship, standalone-faves, young-adult

True to it's title, this book is the dorkiest and most adorable cliche of all cliches. PERFECT. And since I love good cliche contemporaries, it's no wonder this book was shelved to my All-Time-Favorites.

It's your typical bestfriends-turned-lovers story and it's quite predictable too! As I said very cliche but it's one of those feel-good books that will leave you smiling after you've reached the last page. Heck! I became a giggling mush all throughout my read! IT WAS THAT ADORABLE! If this is a m ...more

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Aug 03, 2017 Lili Marcus rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, family, contemporary

I am your Huckleberry.

Woah....That is so sweet. What fun, fluffy, snuggle-worthy read. :) I love Sally and Becks so much, though at first, i wanted to smack Becks for being too slow. because it's very obvious he's in love with Sally, why not just man up, y'know?

Anyway, I love him still...
Also I kinda hated Hooker, she's being too much. Like really too much. And personally, my favorite is Ash, he made the story more alive, funnier and better. I would want him a story of his own. ...more

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May 08, 2017 Rose rated it really liked it

my heart is melting

i repeat my heart is melting

ohmyogdhavhj it has been WAY too long since a book has made me feel like i have butterflies in my stomach. I mean, seriously, this book was absolutely adorable. I did expect cute, but I was not expecting that tension between Becks and Sal??? Plus so much kissing and holding each other and jdndbdk im a mess a mess.

anyway full review is coming~

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Nov 30, 2019 Sophie's Reading Corner rated it really liked it · review of another edition

🤩 4 ADORKABLE STARS 🤩

Sally is seventeen years old and has never had a boyfriend. Her mother and her best friend, Hooker, want to change that situation so they keep trying to hook her up with people and force her to go on dates with them. Sally seems fed up about it and she thinks that to escape them all she needs is a fake relationship.

There comes in Becks, Sally's best friend since they were babies and one of the hottest and most popular guys at school. He gets on board with her plan of F.B.F ...more

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Jul 31, 2016 Michelle_Mck rated it really liked it

I'm not sure how I discovered Adorkable, I am guessing that it came up as a "you added this to your shelf you might like this" or something like that. I found it on special in the Kindle store so I popped it into my cart.. Can I just say, the $1.99 specials can end up being an expensive little look in the store when you buy 20.. But I digress.

Our main character and narrator is 17 year old Sally Spitz, she is a spunky, alternative pop culture kind of girl. She loves Harry Potter and other wizardy ...more

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Apr 09, 2016 Ashley rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Adorkable had a lot of potential.

Nerdiness
Cute idea
Cute romance

But there were a few big problems I couldn't get over.

Sally could be annoyingly self deprecating. Like, "Oh he'd never love me." Well why the hell not?

Hooker and Sally's mom were INFURIATING. Even with the explanations provided, I still couldn't understand why they were CONSTANTLY setting Sally up on dates. It was just blatantly rude. Examples (paraphrased):

Hooker: "Sally, want to go to the movies?"
Sally: "Yeah! Just us, right? I rea ...more

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Oct 27, 2016 Ninjaflower rated it it was ok

Shelves: kinda-cute, funny, 90-s-feeling, ott, cliche-but-cute

Since I finished this stupid ass book at 5am and spent my day tired and annoyed I decided this deserves a proper review.

This is a cliché story about a dorky nerd called Sally (She's actually really pretty but sssssh) and her best friend Baldwin Eugene Charles Kent, otherwise known as Becks. Becks is a popular soccer player of their high school with plenty of girls at his side (view spoiler)

Tired of her mother and girl best friend Li ...more

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Aug 14, 2017 Yoda rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle, read-2017, feel-good, on-the-shelf, young-adult

This is a really adorable, easy novel. Perfect for summer and when you´re tired of reading.

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Dec 06, 2019 Shatarupa Dhar rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance, young-adult

Synopsis:
Sally Sue Spitz is your average dorky girl-next-door who's yet to fess up about why she wasn't really into dating. But that doesn't deter her mother and her best friend from setting her up with all the boys (and even a girl) that are available. When their matchmaking starts to get on her nerves, she comes up with a perfect plan. Sally asks her childhood friend, Becks, to be her fake boyfriend. After all, she wants the almost always terrible blind dates and shocking setups to stop. B ...more

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Sep 05, 2017 bookaholic_kim rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fave-books, read-in-ebook, 5-stars, fast-read, read-in-2017

First and foremost, let me express how I really like this book’s title. “Adorkable” it is very cute and captivating isn’t it? So yeah, the title got me to read this.

I posted a review here in goodreads when I saw this book on the “Readers also Enjoyed” section of goodreads. I am glad I checked it because if not? Then I won’t be able to know that this adorable book exists.

The characters in this book are lovable. I swear! We have Sally Spitz, a senior student who never had a boyfriend and it worrie ...more

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Feb 02, 2016 Rê rated it it was amazing

Shelves: is-awesome, made-me-laugh, loved-it, shipping-so-hard, young-adult-contemporary, book-hangover, we-should-be-friends, 2016

4.5 “Fantastic BFF to Lovers” STARS

ADORKABLE is adorable (cheesy, I know), but I’m writing this review the morning after staying up until 1 a.m. because I could not, simply COULD NOT stop reading. Yep, I devoured all the pretty words and I did it with a smile. A big smile. Trust me, this book is that good.

You know how sometimes you just read one paragraph and you know you’ll fall hard for the rest of the story? That’s what happened here. Cookie O'Gorman’s (love the name, BTW) writing was addicti ...more

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Mar 15, 2016 Crina (Reading Addict) rated it liked it

If you just take a second and think this book is not original, because this idea has been written and used ten thousands times already. But what makes this book original are the writing style, the characters and how the plot remains kind of realistic and credible even though all those cliches are floating around.

After I finished the novel I felt very happy and fuzzy inside, because it's so full of cute moments, funny moments, moments that make you breathe harder or faster, because there are a lo ...more

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Jul 10, 2016 Dilek VT rated it it was ok

Shelves: friends-to-lovers, teen-romance

Well, I don't know why I ever started to read this book, I am too old to read 17-year-olds :) !

This teenage drama and stuff was not for me, so don't read my review if you are a teenager, perhaps you may like this book; I don't want to mislead anyone. But maybe it was not a good example of a teenage romance, not anything like Elle Kennedy's The Deal, for example... Maybe that is why I got so bored, I don't know...

This was about two best friends, Sally and Becks, who were in love with each other b ...more

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May 16, 2016 Brittany rated it liked it

This was such a cute, nerdy read. I loved all the fandom references and Sally's quirky personality. There were some typos and errors that annoyed me, but overall an entertaining read. ...more

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Dec 14, 2016 Liz rated it liked it

Shelves: romance, ya, contemporary

Adorkable is a story of boyfriendless geeky Sally Spitz. Her mother and best friend Lillian Hooker set Sally up on dates because she’s a senior and is still single. Gasps and horrified faces all around! In wedding-planner-Mom’s and matchmaker-Hooker’s books not having a BF is like sacrilege or something. I get it, it can seem like a matter of life and death to have someone to hold hands with because being single is so bloody weird and single people are weird and there has to be something wrong w Adorkable is a story of boyfriendless geeky Sally Spitz. Her mother and best friend Lillian Hooker set Sally up on dates because she’s a senior and is still single. Gasps and horrified faces all around! In wedding-planner-Mom’s and matchmaker-Hooker’s books not having a BF is like sacrilege or something. I get it, it can seem like a matter of life and death to have someone to hold hands with because being single is so bloody weird and single people are weird and there has to be something wrong with them…[that was sarcasm by the way]. So, naturally, Mom and Hooker annoyed me and Sally had no backbone to tell them to go where the sun doesn’t shine because obviously she didn’t really want any of those dates. Besides, bad dates will only make one lose faith in humanity, especially the opposite sex and if you have 12465235 of those bad dates a year then I am not surprised one’s self esteem gets a blow in the nether regions.

Enter Operation: Fake Boyfriend. To get Mom and Hooker off Sally’s back, she comes up with the FBF plan. And as ‘fate’ would have it, enter bestest friend Becks. Player on the soccer field, player with the girls but always there to help a friend. All popular chicks fall over at his feet, pop out their hips at him, touch his ‘lucky beard’, sit in his lap every chance they get and show off cleavage. Yeah, ’nuff said. I’m all for going what you want, but JFC, hold on to a bit of self esteem, fictional popular girls!

As a side note, this is a problem I have with the ‘popular girl’ character in any of these high-school themed books: they’re always so darned bitchy on their high horses with their cleavages, blond hair and mini skirts. If a story needs a popular girl, then I’d like the author to add a moral to the story whereby it’s made clear that showing tits or acting like a really sticky band-aid at the guys hips does not necessarily give you a genuine relationship! Isn’t it about time to introduce the feminist agenda to YA books? I mean, self respecting, strong and independent girls? Where are they?

Sally+Becks friendship is really just stated as a fact. Other than an event of Becks cooking for Sal and her mom (apparently once a week) there was really no other scenes in the book to actually portray their friendship dynamics. And I can’t get my head around those two and their fake relationship if I don’t know how they actually were as friends… because- I have soooooooo much to say about this whole thing but I can’t because nobody likes spoilers, right? It was simply frustrating to read! Character behaviour was just very hard for me to relate… anyway… cryptic!

I still have to admit I liked this book. It was very entertaining, cute and well executed. The story was clean- as in no heavy petting sessions and as always I am won over by subtle humor and quirkiness. A lovely character trait for Sally was the fact she switched over to speaking German when she was anxious or angry and it added some interesting twists :) ...more

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Cookie O'Gorman writes YA & NA romance to give readers a taste of happily-ever-after. Small towns, quirky characters, and the awkward yet beautiful moments in life make up her books. Cookie also has a soft spot for nerds and ninjas. Her novels ADORKABLE, NINJA GIRL, The Unbelievable, Inconceivable, Unforeseeable Truth About Ethan Wilder, The Good Girl's Guide to Being Bad, The Kissing Challenge (Y ...more