Book:
The Girlfriend Request
Author:
Jodie Andrefski
Publisher: Entangled Publishing LLC
Genre:
Romance, Teens & YA
Blurb via NetGalley:
Updating best friend
to girlfriend is more than a change of status...
Emma has been best
friends with Eli since she moved to his neighborhood ten years ago. Tired of
being cast in the role of the girl next door, Emma creates a fake Facebook
profile in the hopes of starting an online friendship with Eli, which would
hopefully lead to more. Like...way more. From friend request to In a
Relationship--it all seemed so completely logical when she'd planned it.
Eli can't figure out
what Emma is up to. He’s pretty sure she's the one behind the Facebook profile,
but then again, why would she do something so drastic instead of just admitting
she wants to be more than friends? And who the heck is this new guy he saw her
with? Eli starts to think that just maybe...he missed his chance with the girl
next door.
Two best friends,
one outlandish ruse. Their status is about to become way more than It’s
Complicated...
This Entangled Teen Crush book contains one
fake Facebook profile, two best friends who secretly crave each other, and a
dreaded sex talk with parents...boy crush in the room included. Pushing a
relationship beyond the friend zone has never been so crazy...
My Review:
So….another teen story of best friends falling for each
other….. what sets this apart from others is the use of a fake identity via
facebook. Other than that….none.
It is your typical young adult story that’s clean, meaning
no graphic sex scenes or nudity, and sweet (oh to be young and in love). What I didn’t like were the unnecessary
factors like that College guy Jake who Emma was supposedly just using to get
Eli’s attention, yet after just one date he oh so suddenly LIKES her and she
him. And Eli’s abrupt and total
turnaround of looking at Emma as nothing more than a friend to being totally In
love with his best friend. This
lacked believability. Instead of
being pulled into the story, I just kept asking “what the hell happened” to
myself.
Still, it is a nice read if you have nothing else to do and
just want to waste time on a book from which you will have no takeaway. It is a no brainer story with no need
for analysis. Just take the book
at face value, read and recycle. End
of story.
