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The Bex Carter Dramadies 1: How NOT to do High School

Tiffany Nicole Smith (Goodreads Author)

4.60 · Rating details · 289 ratings · 12 reviews

The first book of the Bex Carter Dramadies

Warning: This is what NOT to do.

High school is supposed to be Bex's time to shine, but things are off to a rocky start. First, her aunt embarrasses her on her very first day of high school. Next, Bex tries out for the soccer team and inadvertently makes the team captain angry. Then there’s the struggle to keep her grades up witho ...more

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Published March 24th 2017 by Marlowe Blue Publications

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Jan 23, 2018 Danielle's rated it really liked it

High school isn't the easiest experience for some. You just have to muddle through and try to make the right decisions. Bex carter is living with her aunt and her family. On the first day back at school she is embarrassed by one of her cousins and the school year takes a downwards spiral from there.

This is a lighthearted comedy with a good sentimental message. It's the start of a series of books following Bex. It covers the ups and downs of high school with a few immature giggles and some awesom ...more

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Jan 21, 2018 Gea rated it it was amazing

Bex has her priorities straight and with that she steps into a new adventure.
Of course almost nothing goes as planned so she adapts and makes the best of it.

I love that she’s not such a girlie girl, there are already so many books about them.
Even with what happened to her she trusts her gut feeling and that is awesome!

After reading the teaser for the next book I know I’ll want to read that too.

I received a copy from Hidden Gems and this is my honest and voluntary review

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Dec 12, 2018 Aisha rated it did not like it

Shelves: contemporary

It is a light read, still not a good one. There is a lot of issues regarding this book, so I will put them in points:

1) This is supposed to be about Bex Carter experience as she starts high school. We are told that it starts on a horrible note, but not much happen. This is basically it for the whole book. Every problem Bex is about to face gets solved before it is even explored or for you to feel anything toward the character. All her problems are solved easily to the point where it's not realis It is a light read, still not a good one. There is a lot of issues regarding this book, so I will put them in points:

1) This is supposed to be about Bex Carter experience as she starts high school. We are told that it starts on a horrible note, but not much happen. This is basically it for the whole book. Every problem Bex is about to face gets solved before it is even explored or for you to feel anything toward the character. All her problems are solved easily to the point where it's not realistic.

2) At best we are only told how a character feels, and sometimes this is completely forgotten. (view spoiler)

3) For some of the problems she is facing, we only get to see how it starts and how it ends (some were not resolved), but nothing about the middle. What I mean is that we got to see, for example, how her aunt wants to force this diet on her. We only get one scene, at the beginning of the book, introducing the problem. In another scene, it is barely mentioned. And through all of this, we are not shown how this affected her.

4) The characters are only there when needed to be there. Her friends are there when Bex is going to the party, or when she needs to talk to them. Her male friend appears two times throughout the whole book. Once where he is introduced (and immediately leaves), and then when he delivers so important news for Bex.

5) The relationships Bex has with the other characters seem to not affect her at all. For how her aunt is hard to deal with, we never get to see Bex struggle or mention it that much.

6) Bex had everything easy and knows to do the right thing always, even though this is supposed to be about her struggling. She is really good at playing football and knows what to do better than most of her teammates, who were playing for far longer than she did. She is really good when it comes to writing, but we are only told this (what we got at the end what would I call a good article). She says cringe-worthy things, yet all the high schoolers see it as a strong response and no one makes fun of her. Also for every childish thing she does, still everyone is either on her side, thankful for her or natural (doesn't exist). The ones that are against her barely do anything.

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Jan 03, 2019 thriftydigs rated it it was amazing

READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!

I loved this book and I love the variety in it
Also it is very useful advise to me because next year l’m going to high school.

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Feb 15, 2020 Athira K rated it it was amazing

This series ROCKS!

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Aug 31, 2017 Amital Harji rated it it was amazing

Great book

It kept me interested would definitely recommend💗definitely relatable characters for teens like me who are going through the school dramas

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Sep 24, 2018 Sarah Crawford rated it really liked it

Bex wants to do well in high school but there are problems. She lives with her aunt and uncle who have three kids, all of them nasty. She wants to be on the school's soccer team but she manages to make the team captain angry. Seems Bex knows better plays to use and the captain wants nothing of that.

She likes a boy named Lucas but her aunt says she can't date anyone until she is twenty-one. (Some one's really out of touch with reality there.) There's also a girl who is the subject of bullying, a ...more

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Jan 24, 2018 Candy Robosky rated it really liked it

How Not to do High School was a quick read and very appropriate for freshman in high school. Many of the things Bex talks about are very often things any new student has to deal with at high school. I like that she used the story to address so many high school issues. It is very hard going from a small middle school to a big high school. Many students have no idea what to expect or what to do. This book gives them a heads up to what could happen and how they could respond.

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Jan 28, 2018 annette08 rated it it was amazing

Funny

I was given this ARC as an honest read for an honest review. Bex is starting high school. She is this outgoing, soccer playing, journalist writing, amazing character. She meets Lucas, goes to her first party and stands up for her friends. This is a cute and funny read.

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Jan 23, 2018 Stephanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc-copy, own-it

Drama, Drama, Drama! This was a fun teen story. Likable characters and cute storyline. I am looking forward to the next in the series!

I was gifted an ARC in return of an honest review.

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