Perfectly Dateless by Kristin Billerbeck

Perfectly Dateless

by Kristin Billerbeck

Daisy Crispin has 196 days to find the right date for the prom. There's only one problem--her parents won't let her date or even talk to a guy on the phone. Oh, and she's totally invisible at school, has to wear lame homemade clothes, and has no social skills. Okay, so maybe there's more than one problem. Can she talk her parents into letting her go to the prom? Or will they succeed at their obvious attempt to completely ruin her life?
With hilarious and truthful writing, Kristin Billerbeck uncovers the small--and large--mortifications that teen girls encounter. Readers will fall in love with Daisy's sharp wit and resourcefulness as she navigates the world of boys, fashion, family, and friendship.

Reviewed by ladygrey on

3 of 5 stars

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Very cute and funny and real and constantly heart-fluttering.

But I'm tired of being betrayed by book boyfriends. This is the second book where everything did not turn out the way it seemed and its no fun at all.. But those are my issues and there's a dozen reasons people would enjoy how this book plays out.

I liked that the characters were very human and almost all likable. There wasn't really an evil character even though everyone made bad choices. They also made good choices and cared about each other and had reasons for the things they did. And being honest with each other created a lot of freedom and shifted their relationships in positive ways, which I liked.

Oddly, this story reminded me of [b:Pivot Point|11988046|Pivot Point (Pivot Point, #1)|Kasie West|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1356020486s/11988046.jpg|16951806]. And a little bit [b:Going Vintage|10594356|Going Vintage|Lindsey Leavitt|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1337206382s/10594356.jpg|15501920].

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