I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl<\/strong> by Gretchen McNeil<\/a>
Published by<\/strong> Balzer + Bray<\/a> on 10\/18\/16
Genres:<\/strong> Contemporary<\/a>, Romance<\/a>, Young Adult<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 352
Format:<\/strong> ARC<\/a>
Source:<\/strong> Publisher
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Beatrice Maria Estrella Giovannini has life all figured out. She's starting senior year at the top of her class, she\u2019s a shoo-in for a scholarship to M.I.T., and she\u2019s got a new boyfriend she\u2019s crazy about.\u00a0The only problem: All through high school Bea and her best friends Spencer and Gabe have been the targets of horrific bullying.<\/p>\n

So Bea uses her math skills to come up with The Formula, a 100% mathematically guaranteed path to social happiness in high school. Now Gabe is on his way to becoming Student Body President, and Spencer is finally getting his art noticed. But when her boyfriend Jesse dumps her for Toile, the quirky new girl at school, Bea realizes it's time to use The Formula for herself.\u00a0She'll be reinvented as the eccentric and lovable Trixie\u2014a quintessential manic pixie dream girl\u2014in order to win Jesse back and beat new-girl Toile at her own game.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, being a manic pixie dream girl isn't all it's cracked up to be, and \u201cTrixie\u201d is causing unexpected consequences for her friends.\u00a0As The Formula begins to break down, can Bea find a way to reclaim her true identity and fix everything she's messed up?\u00a0Or will the casualties of her manic pixie experiment go far deeper than she could possibly imagine?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t