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    Sam Cruz's Infallible Guide to Getting Girls

    By Tellulah Darling

    3.5/5

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    Why the hell can't chicks be more like guys?

    That question plagues high school senior Sam Cruz.

    Sam is perfectly happy being a player. He just wishes girls wouldn't change the game from sex to relationships. It makes him look like an asshole.

    But when Sam's best friend, Ally Klinger, gets dumped, she begs him to transform her into someone who can screw around then screw off.

    No risk of heartbreak that way.

    It's Sam's chance to create the perfect female AND cheer up his best friend.

    Armed with Sam's Three Step Guide to Backseat Success, Ally gets the game better than Sam thought she would and before long, Sam has his wish: the female version of himself.

    Too bad it's driving him nuts.

    This contemporary teen romance contains strong language, drinking, euphemisms, and lots of "bow chicka wow wow."

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateAug 4, 2012
    ISBN9780988054028
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    • 2/5
      NOTE: I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author.There are three types of books. Those that grab the reader within the first few pages, those that take a little longer and those that fail to grab the reader. This book is one that if I hadn't received a copy for an honest review, I would have probably stopped reading after about 50 to 75 pages, but I felt honor bound to finish reading the book and review it.The two main characters in the book are Sam and Ally. Two teenagers who have known each other since, it seems. Sam is the typical teenage horndog boy and Ally is the typical geek girl. After being dumped by her boyfriend, Ally asks Sam for help to become a female version of a horndog. Sam doesn't really want to but gives her what he things is his wisdom which, of course, backfires on him when he finds out how much he really likes Ally. But does she feel the same way?This book seems to be mainly the characters thinking about sex, talking about sex, picking up partners for sex or crying about their sex lives. There appears to be little development of the main characters. The supporting characters seem to be there for nothing more than sounding posts. The book did get a little better after about the halfway point when I did care a little bit about the main characters, but it was too little and too late for what could have been a good comedy.
    • 3/5
      The smart, dorky girl gets dumped by her longtime boyfriend. She is crushed and admires the life her long time best friend has created for himself as a player. He teaches her his methods. She is successful - for a while. He gets jealous, the situation becomes precarious. She falls in love, he gets mad. He denies his feelings. A quick, but entertaining read (but predictable). Lots of laughter. A few spelling and grammar mistakes here and there, but overall a great read for teens. The story has been done before but it was fun to read all the same.I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      I'm annoyed with the universe for not bringing Tellulah Darling to my attention before last week. That's one big bad in the universes part.

      Now, this book. LOL, let's start with all that's horrible: It's a little predictable. Tragedy, right? ::said with a huge dose of sarcasm::

      As for all the great in this book:
      The writing - fresh and spot on.
      The voices - best 17yo voices in this genre, for sure. I'm still boggled when I remember how fantastically Darling channeled Sam. Then you have Ally, then nerdy, Sam's best friend. She's just adorkable. And a clandestine hottie, as it turns out.

      Here's the skinny on this book: Sam is a big boywhore (17 yo, after all, can't call him a man yet). When Ally, his besite gets dumped on her birthday (IKR?) by her 2-year idiot, boring, less than mediocre boyfriend, Sam helps her channel her inner boywhore.

      What is it that Sam doesn't foresee? Ally turning out to be his hot best friend. Who's awkwardness is a plus when it comes to attract the boys. And when Sam "accidentally" kisses her, their friends-turned-friends-with-benefits turns his philosophy about dating upside down.

      I enjoyed the humor, the puns, Sam and Ally's own language that wasn't understood by pretty much anyone else in the book. I also enjoyed their best friends, Ian and Rachel (also Ally's cousin) and the less significant characters in the book, who basically drove them both to realize what they meant for each other.

      I'm not quoting from this one. Anything I will won't make any sense to anyone without the context. But trust me, you want to read SCIGtGG. It's awesome.
    • 4/5
      Sam Cruz’s Infallible Guide to Getting GirlsAuthor: Tellulah DarlingGenre:YAContent Rating: R for “strong language, drinking, euphemisms, and lots of "’bow chicka wow wow’”Coffee Beans: 4.5Rating: R (sex and language)Favorite Line: Holy crap, there were so many. Personal Recommendation: Read it. NowCover Appeal: So awesome it’s beyond wordsInstalove Factor: None Spoliers: NoPublisher’s Summary:Why the hell can't chicks be more like guys?That question plagues high school senior Sam Cruz. Sam is perfectly happy being a player. He just wishes girls wouldn't change the game from sex to relationships. It makes him look like an asshole. But when Sam's best friend, Ally Klinger, gets dumped, she begs him to transform her into someone who can screw around then screw off. No risk of heartbreak that way. It's Sam's chance to create the perfect female AND cheer up his best friend. Armed with Sam's Three Step Guide to Backseat Success, Ally gets the game better than Sam thought she would and before long, Sam has his wish: the female version of himself. Too bad it's driving him nuts. Told from Sam's and Ally's alternating POVs, Sam Cruz's Infallible Guide to Getting Girls is a fast-paced romantic comedy that follows these teens as they navigate the minefield of sex, love, and friendship. This book contains strong language, drinking, euphemisms, and lots of "bow chicka wow wow."My Review:Holy hell. Was this book funny! I’m not talking, “Yeah, I cracked a smile a few times” funny, but “I laughed out loud and got strange looks from strangers” funny. Like, on every page. I loved the hilarious banter between Ally and Sam. Their one liners and inside jokes. The scenes and situations that Tellulah wrote I could picture in my head at every second, which made the hilarity of what was going on even more real. I mean, this should be a movie. Granted, it probably wouldn’t be appropriate for the kiddos out there because of all the bow chicka wow wow. So, here’s my warning to you about this book if you’re thinking about reading it: If you go into this with the mindset that this is supposed to be some serious, profound book, you’re going to be disappointed. Possibly even disgusted. But, if you go into this book with the mindset of “it is what it is”, you’ll appreciate what Ally’s trying to do and Sam’s struggle with turning his best friend into himself. That’s how I was able to enjoy this book as much as I did and read it in less than a day.The book, obviously, is about sex. And while that’s a vulgar topic for a YA book to be about, Tellulah does it in a way that somehow, is completely un-vulgar. She has mad skill in the dialogue department and the setup of the relationship between Ally and Sam right from the beginning. I think it’s because alternating chapters are told from either Sam or Ally’s POV. Which was also a problem I had with this book. There were several times I thought I was reading Ally’s POV only to remember it was Sam’s head I was in. Talk about confusing. The only other thing I had an issue with, was when a certain secret was spilled, suddenly everyone knew, but the author never showed that. It just all of a sudden, was.I especially enjoyed the relationship development between Ally and Sam. Given their history and backgrounds, the pace in which the evolution happened was totally believable. Especially the end. Which I won’t spoil for you. Some funny lines:“Yo, fry Ninja, step down.” --Ally“Monkey humping credit card baller,” I mutter. “I don’t think so.” --Sam“Having just gushed like chicks in a tampon commercial, I feel I need to get this speech back on a more manly track. ‘So deal with it.’ There. Balls back.” --SamI want you to go and read it for yourself, laugh until your sides hurt and you get cautious looks from strangers, and then pass the book on to a friend. Now. Like, seriously.Happy reading, my friends!
    • 3/5
      A friend shared the trailer for this book a while back and it was so engaging and fun that I immediately wanted to read the book. A few clicks later I'd requested the galley from NetGalley and was eagerly anticipating reading it.It was delightfully fun, just like the trailer. Amused by the clever and not too sensitive banter the characters engaged in on a regular basis I laughed out loud and wrapped up my reading sessions with a feeling of having had a good time. As I went along though several things began to nag at me and it only got worse. One was that Sam and Ally's main focus seemed to be on "who's in charge". They put a lot of energy into having the last word, coming out on top, controlling the situation. It seemed to be almost a competition both with each other and whatever other partners they found themselves with. Another thing I couldn't get over is that while the story is supposed to be about two best friends falling in love what I saw on the pages is them falling in lust. It was all about sex with those two, and with every other character in the book for that matter. I understand teenage hormones and our not-so-demure society, but this tendency for everybody to barely make it to the bedroom made the whole thing seem terribly shallow, which combined with the dominant agenda I talked about earlier resulted in the kind of message I wouldn't want to be sending to teen and pre-teen readers. It wasn't all questionable though. For example I really enjoyed Ally's journey to realizing her full potential as a young woman while remaining true to herself and Sam's transformation from a womanizer to a guy capable of making a commitment and sticking to it. I think the scene where Sam had an epiphany as to what kind of life he was building for himself was the strongest one in the book, closely followed by the scene where Ally sheds her assumed persona but sees that she can't go back to being exactly who she was before Sam worked his magic on her. The quirky secondary characters presented a cute backdrop for their changing relationship, although for the life of me I couldn't tell apart the diner guys. The book is told by the two main characters and while at first the author seemed to struggle with Ally's voice she soon found her stride and it became just as alive as Sam's. The character voices were actually what I enjoyed most about the book, they fit the characters and evolved with every new change in Sam and Ally's world views. I think that Ms. Darling has talent and potential, and had I not found the characters' focus questionable throughout the book I would've enjoyed this fun bit of light reading a lot more. As it is, if you're looking for an undemanding book that would give you a reason to laugh you've got one right here.