Name: Stupid Girl
Rating: 3.8125 (16 reviews)
ISBN: 9781937776909

Cindy Miles

Stupid Girl

Navya 

“𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. “𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏’ 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒈𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒉?”

To be honest, I started this book for a good cry but there was nothing making me emotional till a certain person's death.

The last 60 pages made me increase my rating for this book. The reason being that while the story is good and sweet, I didn't cry when the twist came, not a single tear. Did I feel bad? Yes! But did I sob? Nope.

The story starts with the cocky baseball player Brax and the geek from the ranch Olivia. Both their lives aren't easy, they have demons and secrets which hidden from plain sight.

The sweet connection was great but the moment of separation was too quick and I went "what the hell is this" because it was plain. We don't get a lot of Brax's point of view but we do know what happened. While the reason was sensible, I feel that Olivia took him back too easily. If I ignore that part, then the ending is absolutely beautiful.

Genesis (@whisperingchapters)

3.5 stars review
I asked the publisher to send me this book because they had offered to send me Stupid Boy, which I read first and I didn't really like it but I read more positive things about this one so I really wanted to give it a try.

I found myself enjoying Stupid Girl a lot. While it is very cliché, I quite enjoyed it. It reminded me of when I first started reading NA books.

Olivia wants to start fresh at college, a place where no one knows her or what had happened to her. She meets Brax, a total man-whore, the day she arrives at college when he knocks her to the ground. Brax was immediately interested in Olivia and soon came to realize that this girl is very different from the girl's he is used to. Brax goes through girls like bookworms read books. He finds Olivia to be a challenge and chooses her for a dare, but Olivia doesn't know. Even then, Olivia is warned by her roommate Tessa to stay away from Brax. If only Olivia knew about the dare that has been brewing. Unfortunately, her world is about to start crumbling down when someone from her past arrives as a student at the college she is attending, someone that had ruined her life.

I had a few issues with Brax. I loved that he was tough and a bad boy but I really hated every single time he would punch someone just because they were staring at Olivia or if he was just pissed. I was really mad because he just sounded like a high school kid looking for a fight. I was so not okay with that. But Brax was still a major charmer. I really liked him a lot, despite my issues with him. He also has an accent and I love accents. His accent is from Boston and I found myself quite liking it. 

I found Olivia to be a normal college girl, which I liked. She was tough when she needed to be and I liked that about her. I wish she would have put up more of a fight in agreeing to go out with Brax the first time, but that's okay. It was actually fun to read. I loved how bubbly and fun Tessa was. I really enjoyed her character and really want a book set on her life. 

This is actually one of those stories that at times, comes close to being realistic, which I liked about it. The characters would act their age and not like high school kids (except for Brax in his fits), which has been an issue with NA stories.

What I disliked: (view spoiler)[This book involves rape and I really disliked how the author pretty much down-played this and just brushed it off. Yes, it was mentioned and the situation of what happened was explained but...that was it and it really frustrated me a lot. (hide spoiler)]

Overall, this was a light and quick read. I enjoyed it.

Only fools fall in love... After her senior year of high school leaves behind nothing but heartache, Olivia Beaumont is sure of this: She's no stupid girl. She sets out for Winston College, promising herself that she will remain focused on her first and only love - astronomy. But all it takes is cocky sophomore Brax Jenkins and an accidental collision with a football, to throw her entire year off course. A quick-tempered Southie who escaped the inner city streets of Boston to pitch for Winston, Brax is known to play way more fields than just the baseball diamond. So, when his name is drawn to take part in his fraternity's hazing dare, Brax eagerly accepts the mission to take Olivia's virginity. But he doesn't plan on falling hard for the sweet and sassy Texas girl who sees right through his bad-boy persona. As Olivia and Brax battle their feelings for each other, echoes of the past year begin to surface. A boy who once turned Olivia's whole world upside down reappears, and "harmless" pranks wreak havoc. Pretty soon the aspiring astronomer is on the verge of revealing her most difficult, heartbreaking secret. All the while, Brax must wrestle with the irrevocable dare, and Olivia struggles against all logic as she does the one thing only a stupid girl would do: fall in love.

Stupid Girl (Print Edition)

Jessica 

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Firstly, I’d like to give a shout out to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an opportunity to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Stupid Girl's summary had me intrigued the second I read it and truthfully, I wasn't expecting anything more than the typical contemporary romance — which isn't a bad thing.

In fact, it was what I was looking for. And before I dive into my review of this novel; I have a couple of things to warn you of if you should decide to read it. Number one being that this novel does have a background of sexual assault — it doesn’t go into great detailing, but it is enough to trigger someone. And number two, this is definitely one of those good girl meets bad boy, sparks fly sorts of novel.

So, if that isn’t your cup of tea or you’re simply not looking for that sort of story at the time being Stupid Girl is not for you. Now, onto the review…

Full review: http://bookgirl.co.vu/post/8919946717...

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