Sally Spitz is a geek of epic proportions. She loves it all—Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter. You name it. Her best friend since grade school has been Becks, a soccer master. They have seen each other every day, talked every day, and have been inseparable since they met. But lately, things have been changing.
It’s now their senior year of high school. Becks is the school soccer star, the most popular athlete in the school. Girls all want to be near him. Becks doesn’t have a boyfriend, but her other best friend is trying, along with Sally’s mom, to fix her up. But all Spitz wants is Becks. So she comes up with a great idea—she will find someone to play along as her Fake Boyfriend (F.B.F.) for a month, and then she’ll play up her heartbreak, so that the matchmakers will give take a break and leave her alone for a good, long time.
She tries to come up with the perfect guy to play her F.B.F., and she accidentally stumbles into the answer: Becks. They’re already inseparable, so it’s just a matter of acting like more than friends for a little while and then she’s good to go.
But as the days and weeks go by, the time they spend together and the small touches and kisses start to get to Spitz. Lying to her mother and friends makes her feel small, and she worries that her plan is holding Becks back from all the other girls he could be spending time with. And her heart is taking a beating in the process.
When Becks decides to call off her whole F.B.F. plan, she knows that being honest is the best policy. But is her friendship with Becks strong enough to survive everything she’s put it through? And what will she do with her feelings for him, now that she’s let him go to do whatever he wants, with whoever he chooses?
Adorkable, out in paperback for the first time, is a charming and witty ya romantic comedy with heart in all the right places. Author Cookie O’Gorman has created characters who are interesting, an inventive plot , and more than enough going on to keep those pages turning. I highly recommend this one for anyone craving a good, old-fashioned rom com with a nerdy twist.
Galleys for Adorkable were provided by Entangled Teen (Macmillan) through Edelweiss, with many thanks.