How to Date a Nerd

No cover — Cassie Mae: How to Date a Nerd (2016, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)

260 pages

English language

Published 2016 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

ISBN:: 978-1-5372-9822-1

(1 review)

Zoe has a great pair of legs, perky boobs, and wears exactly what she needs to show it all off. She works hard for the easy sleazy 'you only wish you were me' reputation, burying who she really is-- an all-out nerd. The only time Zoe gets to be herself is when she hides under her comforter to read X-Men comics, sending jealousy stabs at everyone who attends Comic-Con. Keeping up her popular rep is too important, and she's so damn insecure to care about the consequences. But when Zoe's sister takes her car for a 'crash and burn into a tree' joyride, her parents get her a replacement. A manual. Something she doesn't know how to operate, but her next door neighbor Zak sure as heck does. Zak's a geek to the core, shunned by everyone in school for playing Dungeons and Dragons at lunch and wearing "Use the …

Zoe has a great pair of legs, perky boobs, and wears exactly what she needs to show it all off. She works hard for the easy sleazy 'you only wish you were me' reputation, burying who she really is-- an all-out nerd. The only time Zoe gets to be herself is when she hides under her comforter to read X-Men comics, sending jealousy stabs at everyone who attends Comic-Con. Keeping up her popular rep is too important, and she's so damn insecure to care about the consequences. But when Zoe's sister takes her car for a 'crash and burn into a tree' joyride, her parents get her a replacement. A manual. Something she doesn't know how to operate, but her next door neighbor Zak sure as heck does. Zak's a geek to the core, shunned by everyone in school for playing Dungeons and Dragons at lunch and wearing "Use the Force" t-shirts. And Zoe's got it bad for the boy. Only Zak doesn't want Popular Zoe. He wants Geek Zoe. She has to shove her insecurities and the fear of dropping a few rungs on the social ladder aside to prove to Zak who she really is and who she wants to be ... if she can figure it out herself.

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Redge reviewed How to date a nerd by Cassie Mae

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4 stars

Since I have been on the geek-nerd-dork spectrum pretty much all my life, this story absolutely hit the spot.
Zoe's yearning to "just fit in" felt all too real, as did her struggle to overcome her fears. Zak was the perfect counterpart for her (and now I wish there had been someone like him around when I grew up... Ah, well...).

I loved the less-than-perfect, but all the more realistic and (in some cases) more loveable characters - both Zoe and Zak, as well as their families and (some of their) friends.

This was the first book by this author that I've read, but it won't be my last. I am looking forward to reading more in the series, especially since book #2 is Sierra and Levi's story.