5 "Being Brooke is Actually Pretty Cool" Stars
I absolutely adore funny books... like you give me a funny book with good content and I love it! And Being Brooke is no different. Basically this chick named Brooke (you may or may not have gotten her name for the title...) has a life that is falling apart. Not only is she working a dead-end job and has more bad dates than the average chica, she's also in love with her best friend... who of course has a girlfriend. So obviously her life was not so bueno...
One thing that I loved about this book is that the awkwardness was balanced with the awesomeness of Brooke. Her life might not have been all together, but dang did she handle herself in those situations that were just a tad too awkward to handle!
I absolutely loved the love story in this novel. There was a twist on the usual friends -> romance story because this is also a story about a woman coming into her own and becoming more confident in herself. Of course there were challenges to this... her mother was a little uptight and she was in love with her best friend. But dang did this girl stay strong and toughen up! This is the best thing about novels like this, because even though the romance is great (and I mean really, really great) but the characters coming into their own and growing up through the novel is just the best thing and leaves me feeling happy and hopeful after finishing the book.
Brooke is a great main character because she isn't perfect and guys aren't tripping over themselves to get with her, therefore she is a real presentation of what women usually are like. Not to say she isn't awesome or pretty or anything like that... but instead she was created to be a real person who didn't get every guy to fall in love with her and that was OKAY!
So yah... to really did "dig" this book because it was just the perfect story to read when I was looking for a romantic comedy. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking to laugh or maybe even blush in embarrassment at some of the situations that go down...
And I'm a freaking disaster.
No, seriously. I’m a college drop-out working a dead-end job, my best friend Carly’s dog gets more action than I do, and I have more bad dates in my diary than there are movie remakes.
Not to mention I'm completely and utterly in love with Cain Elliott.
The problem? He’s in a relationship. With a girl who’s so plastic she makes Barbie cry herself to sleep with jealousy.
The second problem? He's my best friend.
My shut-up-and-put-on-Harry-Potter, yes-this-is-your-shirt, help-I-have-no-power, crap-I’m-out-of-tampons, kinda best friend.
And that’s all he can be, right?
Right.
