Monday, March 15, 2010

Major Crush (Simon Romantic Comedies) by Jennifer Echols

Major Crush (Simon Romantic Comedies) by Jennifer Echols
Publication Date: August 1, 2006
Versions: paperback, kindle

Summary (from barnesandnoble.com):
Marching to the beat of a different drum...


Tired of the beauty-pagean circuit, Virginia Sauter tosses her tiara, pierces her nose, and auditions for the most unlikely of roles — drum major of the high school marching band.


Virginia wins, but is forced to share the title with Drew, whose family has held the position for generations. Sure, Drew is hot, but because of his superior attitude, he and Virginia are constantly arguing. That is, until they share more than just their half-time salute...


But as the drum major's heated competition turns to sizzling romance, explosive rumors threaten everything — including the band's success. Love seemed to be a sure hit, but Virginia and Drew may be marching straight into disaster.

 Virginia Sauter, a once beauty pageant participant, leaves the dresses, gets her nose pierced, and becomes drum major at her school. Let me rephrase that for you: Virginia is drum major along with Drew. 1)Virginia is the first girl drum major, ever, 2) Drew hates her (and of course Virginia "hates" him too even though she has a major crush on him) and 3) people say that Virginia slept with the band director just to get the position. So overall, things aren't looking up for Virginia. And things aren't looking up for the band either, due to their first performance. Can Virginia and Drew both pull it together for the sake of the band? And will they end up falling for eachother?


Another Hate/Love story, gotta love them. I know I do. Virginia is such a likeable character. She doesn't take anything from anyone. She back talks to Drew when he's mean to her (which turns out to be a lot)-she's just very strong.

Jennifer Echols is an amazing writer and her writing has so much laugh out loud quality. Her characters are rediculously embarassing and overall realistic. This is a must read. You'll read it once and then come back to it again and again because it's that entertaining.

Will I reread it?
Now speaking of this book, I do-right now! Maybe I'll grab my Kindle and get reading!

7 comments:

TheBookMogul said...

This book looks really good, glad you enjoyed it. I keep looking at these books and thinking I should read them. I think I will now.

Sara said...

Great review! I've read this book myself and it's so cute! You gotta love romantic comedies! :D

Cindy said...

This looks like a fun book that I would really enjoy and I'm glad you brought my attention to it! Great review :)

Tahereh said...

thanks for the review!! i never even knew about this book!!

Jenn (Books At Midnight) said...

This sounds like such a cute, light read! I actually like Jennifer Echol's Going Too Far better than her romantic comedies, but I might try this one sometime. Thanks for the nice review! :D

Carrie at In the Hammock Blog said...

I love Jennifer Echols' books!! I haven't read this one yet, though, thanks for the great review!

Jess F. said...

I saw this book at a "recycled" book store sometime last week after you posted this, I thought it was kinda cool since I never expected on seeing it there. =0)