The Good Girl's Guide to Being Bad by Cookie O'Gorman Purchase on: Amazon
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Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Sadie is tired of being a good girl.
Her Career Aptitude Test results say she's ideally suited for a career in the clergy (aka a nun), and on top of that, she receives yet another rejection. An aspiring dancer/choreographer, Sadie dreams of being featured on Dancer's Edge—but they say she's too sweet, needs more life experience. Her BFF, Kyle, and her oldest friend, 79-year-old Betty, agree: Sadie is in desperate need of a life makeover.
But she'll need a coach.
Sadie doesn't lie, cheat or steal--heck she doesn't even curse (part of the reason she hasn't checked off anything on her "Carpe Diem List"). Sadie doesn't know the first thing about being bad. But Kyle's twin brother, Colton, does. And he's willing to teach Sadie on one condition: she has to do everything he says for the next month.
A dazzling first kiss, two smokin' hot brothers and a bet that changes everything. In this enemies-to-more YA romance, Sadie learns:
Breaking the rules can be fun—especially when it leads to happily-ever-after.
Review:
The Good Girls Guide To Being Bad was fun, flirty and absolutely adorable! Friendship, kisses, lists, banter, first love and jealousy were wrapped into the pages and I loved every minute of it. With a hate to love vibe and moments that made me laugh so hard I cried, this book easily flew onto my favorites list. So if you’re looking for a YA Romance that is swoon worthy and smile inducing, then this is definitely your book!
Don’t fall for his brother? Colton Bishop?
That was one promise I was sure I’d have no trouble keeping.
Sadie Day found out she was destined to be a nun, or at least that’s what the aptitude test from school told her. As if that wasn’t enough, Dancers Edge rejected her. Again. They said she was too nice and in need of life experiences. Which she kinda did, since Sadie was the ultimate good girl. She didn’t drink, cuss and and she had never been kissed. Plus she had been madly in love with her best friend, Kyle Bishop, since the 5th grade. But her gorgeous best friend had a twin brother. And while Kyle was preppy and clean cut, his twin Colton was a bad boy. Sadie wanted to change her good girl ways, and Colton could be the perfect person to help her out.
“Gah! Will you stop calling it that?”
“What? Your naughty list?” he said innocently. “I don’t know what you’re so ashamed about. It’s natural for repressed good girls like you to want to take a walk on the wild side.”
I absolutely loved Sadie! She was sweet and innocent, but at the same time she could be brave and fierce. She was someone I’d love to have as a friend! But watching Sadie try and crack out of her good girl shell rang me through the emotional ringer. I actually screamed out loud for her, from embarrassment. Where’s a hole in the ground when you need it?! And then there were times when Sadie’s naiveness had me shouting nooooo and then laughing so hard I’d cry. The whole time, I kept finding myself cheering for Sadie and her journey. It was impossible not to be glued to the pages.
“Colton?” I said.
“Yeah?”
Okay, deep breath, Sadie. You can do this. Time to swallow your pride and carpe freaking diem.
“I was hoping you might want to be my kissing partner.”
When Colton finally agreed to help Sadie work on her list, to gain life experiences, I just knew fireworks were in their future. You see, Sadie’s relationship with Colton wasn’t anything like what she had with Kyle, his twin brother. Colton was Sadie’s arch-nemesis, so there was a strong hate vibe between them. Banter was ensured and it was impossible not to smile or laugh when they were around each other. But every once in a while something would happen between them that would have me sighing out loud. And I’d find myself wishing that they could be more.
When I finally worked up the courage, I followed my instinct and pulled the ring into my mouth, giving it a short tug.
That was when I realized just how much he’d been holding back.
With something like a growl, Colton slanted his mouth over mine, and the kiss went from a slow burn into a wildfire.
It didn’t matter to me that Sadie had been in love with Kyle for forever. That’s because Colton was my favorite type of guy, sigh. He’s one of those where you have to dig and look for clues, to see who he truly was. And while he came across as a conceited, cocky, jerk who got into fights and skipped school, he could also be so sweet to Sadie. So when he stood up for his brother or did things that would steal my breath, how could I not love Colton with everything I was. Colton was the ultimate pierced, bad boy who quickly captured my heart.
The thoughts I was having right before ending the kiss…they were trouble. The dangerous kind. My heart was getting confused. This was Colton, not Kyle. I was in love with Kyle. I’d always been in love with him—but then why was my heart still beating so hard after that kiss with his brother?
I love that Cookie O’Gorman writes swoon worthy stories that make you fall in love, laugh and want to be friends with the characters. I couldn’t stop smiling while I read this book, I cant recommend it enough! So if you love stories with bad boys, girls you want to be besties with, an adorable storyline and a hate to love vibe then you should definitely check this book out.
He chuckled, the air hitting my neck as he ducked his head.
When Colton leaned back, it was almost worse because now I could see his eyes, and they bore right into mine, seemingly cool and unaffected. I had no idea what mine revealed, but I hoped it wasn’t too much.
PS If you’ve read Ninja Girl then you may recognize Sadie. She was a friend of Ash, so yes, we get to see our favorites from not only Ninja Girl, but Adorkable too!
PPS I LOVED Sadie’s other best friend, Betty. She was hilarious, that woman cracked me up!
About Cookie O’Gorman:
Cookie O’Gorman writes stories filled with humor and heart for the nerd in all of us. Fiery first kisses, snappy dialogue, smart girls, swoonworthy boys, and unbreakable friendships are featured in each of her books.
Cookie is a hopeless romantic, a Harry Potter aficionado, and a supporter of all things dork. Chocolate, Chinese food, and Asian dramas are her kryptonite. Above all, she believes that real life has enough sorrow and despair—which is why she always tries to give her characters a happy ending. She is the author of Adorkable, Ninja Girl, The Unbelievable, Inconceivable, Unforeseeable Truth About Ethan Wilder and The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad.
Great review! This book was pretty fun to read! I’m glad you enjoyed it as much as I did! Loved the enemies to lovers slow burn romance and the bad boy Colton. He was totally swoon worthy! I also liked the surprising cameo appearances of ash, sally, snow, and becks at the end.
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I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed it so much too! Yesssss! I. Loved. Colton! I just wanted to lick him and claim him as mine lol. And seeing the old characters warmed my heart. ♥ I can’t wait to read your review! 🙂
Ahhh, Jen! Oh my goodness, this review!!! <3 I’m so thrilled that you enjoyed the book and that it made you laugh so hard you cried lol :). And I’m so glad that you loved Sadie & Colton *swoons*. Your thoughtful words just really made my day! Thank you so much for reading/reviewing and just being overall awesome! <3
Thank you so much for the wonderfully, kind words! *hugs* I absolutely loved this book and I’m so thankful you wrote it!
Aaaw! That sounds adorable!
It’s so adorable! This author also wrote a book called Adorkable and it’s beyond adorable too and I can’t recommend that book enough also. 🙂
Sounds good, and I like the cover! Thanks for the review!
The book is so addicting, I hope you’ll check it out. 🙂