Young Adult Review: CHARM AND CONSEQUENCE by Stephanie Wardrop

CHARM AND CONSEQUENCE
Author: Stpehanie Wardrop
Series: Snark and Circumstance (#2)
Publication date: May 28th, 2013
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Number of pages: -
Date read: June 9th, 2014
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
Source: Bought
Format: Ebook
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Sixteen-year-old Georgia Barrett is no expert on guys, but her bio-class partner is harder to dissect than anything in their lab tray. He’s smart, almost as sarcastic as she is, and cute in that preppie way. Things are great . . . until he decides her vegan activism is ridiculous and suddenly can’t refuse a date with her fast enough.

So why does he seem so upset that a senior hottie has taken an interest in her? 

Could he be interested in Georgia after all?

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In this sequel to Snark and Circumstance, Georgia and Michael are getting along a little better, however he's still making fun of her stand on veganism, and when it seems like they might actually be becoming friends, he flat out refuses to go to the movies with her, no "maybe" about.

However, he doesn't like it when a fellow ex-Pemberley student starts taking an interest in her. So, where exactly does that put the two of them?

It's frustrating, at the end of the previous novella, it seemed as though they were finally getting their act together and starting to move forward, only we get to this novella and the whole thing is almost a one-step-forward-two-steps-back scenario.

Luckily things do improve reasonably quickly.

Georgia can sill seem extremely judgmental on some front, while Leigh gets a little more screen(?) time. 

Michael's behaviour can be more than a little confusing but he without a doubt proves that he is genuinely a decent guy. He and Georgia have a couple of potentially cute moments and he starts to make more of an effort and I really, really hope this continues into the next novella.

I am most definitely not a fan of Jeremy - he just seems kind of slimy (you know: untrustworthy, a user, someone with ulterior motives) and I don't like the way Georgia can get a little swept up with him at times.

While there were a few small annoyances in this novella, I will be reading part three because I simply must know what happens!

I rate CHARM AND CONSEQUENCE Three and a Half out of Five!!

Young Adult Review: SNARK AND CIRCUMSTANCE by Stephanie Wardrop

SNARK AND CIRCUMSTANCE
Author: Stephanie Wardrop
Series: Snark and Circumstance (#1)
Publication date: February 5th, 2013
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Number of pages: -
Date read: June 8th, 2014
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
Source: Bought
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One superior smirk from Michael Endicott convinces sixteen-year-old Georgia Barrett that the Devil wears Polo. His family may have founded the postcard-perfect New England town they live in, but Georgia’s not impressed. Even if he is smart, good looking, and can return Georgia’s barbs as deftly as he returns serves on his family’s tennis courts. After all, if Michael actually thinks she refuses to participate in lab dissections just to mess with his grade, he’s a little too sure that he’s the center of the universe. Could there be more to Michael Endicott than smirks and sarcasm? If Georgia can cut the snark long enough, she just might find out.

Snark and Circumstance is the first title in the Snark and Circumstance series of young adult romance novellas from Stephanie Wardrop. First title available 2.5.13.

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Snark and Circumstance follows Georgia as she starts a new school year at Longbourne High School (a school she only arrived at the year before), and there at the very beginning of the day she has a run in with new student Michael Endicott.

Michael Endicott's family founded the town and Georgia is not at all impressed by this fact, nor by his looks, intelligence or supposed charm. Georgia's refusal to participate in lab dissections leads Michael to accuse her of messing with his grades.
Both can deal out the snark to one another, but can they learn to be real with each other for long enough to see beneath the surface?

I liked getting to know Georgia's characters, she's strong-willed, passionate and a little righteous, as well as more than a bit of an outisder. Georgia's ranting about being a vegan can be a bit much at times, though. It was nice seeing her make an effort to meet and be nice to others (even if her and Michael started out on the wrong foot).

Michael seems snobby and self-important to begin with but he starts to seem like a much nicer person as the story progresses.
The sarcastic and snarky banter between the two is amusing, despite the fact that you sometimes want to smack them over the head for some of their silly misunderstandings.
I loved the ending, it shows great promise for the next novella.

A nice short read that was quick to get through and was quite enjoyable, definitely reading the next installment in this series: Charm and Consequence.

I rate SNARK AND CIRCUMSTANCE Four out of Five!!

New Adult DNF Review: THE ACCIDENTAL SOCIALITE by Stephanie Wahlstrom

THE ACCIDENTAL SOCIALITE
Author: Stephanie Wahlstrom
Standalone
Publication date: April 15th, 2014
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Number of pages: 330
Date read: DNF - April
Genre: New Adult
Source: Review copy provided by YA Bound Blog Tours
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Quirky and clumsy twenty-two-year-old Paige Crawford arrives in London on a cold Saturday in January. Just when Paige starts to think that moving thousands of miles away from home with no real plan was a bad idea, Jason Frost appears. Confident and classy, Jason is the complete opposite of Paige and just what she needs in her life, or so she thinks. 

But before their romance has time to blossom, Paige trips and falls into the arms of a mysterious man on a drunken night out. She’s snapped by paparazzi, and newspaper headlines the next day suggest that she’s having an affair with a married footballer. 

Paige finds herself instantly elevated to tabloid celebrity status which isn’t exactly a picnic, particularly when trying to juggle her new job at Fashionista magazine, a catalog of dating disasters and a nagging doubt that she maybe she can’t conquer London after all. 

When a trip back to Canada for Christmas reminds Paige why she left her old life behind, she returns to London with renewed vigor realizing that while jobs, flats and men may come and go, friends in London are forever.

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Paige Crawford is twenty-two and has just up and moved from Canada to England, and is hoping to build up an amazing new life.

Things don't exactly go to plan, however, when she trips out of a club and is saved by a famous soccer player. Photos of this incident inspire rumours that Paige is having an affair with the married footballer, and propel her into the limelight...

Paige is not very lucky, especially when it comes to guys, she really doesn't have the greatest taste - Jason, for example, is an arrogant user who you somewhat would like to punch.

Paige was funny to begin with, though the pacing of her thoughts is at almost break-neck speed. Some cultural misunderstandings (Paige doesn't always understand European meanings) missed the mark for me.

The pace is too fast, Paige asks her self too many questions (constantly), and there is no real emotion shown.

This story was also told in a way that did not make for an enjoyable reading experience for me, with some parts of the narration being somewhat disturbing, and explained.

The best part of the novel (of what I read) is Paige's friendship with Lucinda, Lucinda is sweet to her from the get-go and treats her as a real friend would.

I liked the very beginning of The Accidental Socialite, but the reading experience for me quickly spiraled downwards - I won't be finishing this novel.

Did Not Finish!