Ever since I was a little girl, all I ever wanted was to get married. To meet the perfect man who’d love me more than life itself and be a wonderful father to all our beautiful children.I loaded up on chapstick and prepared myself for all the frogs I’d have to kiss to find my prince. But I hadn’t been prepared for just how slimy and gross those metaphorical amphibians could be. And as I got … I got older, the toads got hornier and hornier. (No pun intended, but we’re talking men here, so… yeah.)
Still, I refuse to give up, no matter how many obstacles are thrown my way.
Liam, however, has other plans for my future.
Every inch the bad boy with his leather jacket, dark eyes and tattoos, you’d never expect his personality to be more along the lines of class clown. The combination is oddly sexy. Just ask any woman of legal age in the city of New York, since he’s likely slept with all of them by now.
A simple misunderstanding made us enemies. Now I can’t get rid of him. He’s like a bad case of herpes that just keeps flaring up at the worst of times. And if he sabotages one more of my dates, I’m going to kill him. Or kiss him.
Most days I can’t decide which I’d rather do more.
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Was weak compared to the two prior books.
This was totally cute, overly romantic and often garnered a little chuckle out loud. Good quick read to make you smile.
It’s not bad, but it’s kind of silly. The lead female is pretty goofy, and it’s somewhat unrealistic, but it is not awful. I’ve certainly read much worse.
This is a fun, sassy, and easy read. I laughed out loud! I fell in love with the characters and was very entertained by the story.
This wasn’t as good as I thought it might be. The heroine wasn’t all that smart, more like annoying and lacked the humor I expected. I almost dumped it BUT it did get better as it went. Still there is much room for improvement on this book.
Entertaining enough, but wasn’t a huge fan of the main character.
I like this book and I read it in one day but there’s some things I could of done without. The slight immaturity of Clara and Liam. This book definitely needed editing and the fact that page curl was unavailable was pretty frustrating. Overall it was funny but often times Clara emotional roll coaster threw me off. I would have expected it from Liam considering his upbringing.
I enjoyed the story of Liam and Clara, but it felt like something was missing. At times, it didn’t feel like there was a connection between the two characters and there was a lot of focus on Clara’s issues, but she never really seemed to address them and everyone around her didn’t encourage her to get the help she clearly needed. There were also some inconsistencies, which I would’ve expected to be picked up at beta stage, and I found myself flicking back to check if what I’d read earlier was correct before I could continue with the story.
The book held my interest though and I was sat up until past midnight reading because I wanted to see what happened. I would pick up another book by this author because her stories are enjoyable and engaging
Stupid Smart is a funny romance that will make you appreciate the author’s humorous writing. This is a story about Clara and the struggles she goes through in her dating life. Clara is a different person then most women. She has her own quirky style and is viewed as a fun and innocent person. Liam is all man, cocky and self assured. He is a jokester but when Clara tests him he is pushed to his limits. I liked how the author introduced them to one another. I thought the story was funny but it was a bit slow starting. I liked this story and if you like Rom-Com stories and the unlikely couple, then this is the book for you.
Stupid Smart is book 3 in the Jaded series but can be read as a complete standalone.
Clara wants nothing more than her perfect happily ever after – husband, kids, white picket fence. She goes on dates with an endless stream of frogs trying to find her prince, but they all seem to be getting worse, not better. And somehow each date lately has one thing in common – Liam shows up and ruins it.
All Liam wants is to have fun and enjoy all the beautiful women vying for his attention. Relationships are the last thing on his mind, and he doesn’t plan to ever commit. But somehow Clara has gotten under his skin, and he will do whatever he can to keep her from finding happiness with anyone other than him.
While I enjoyed the banter and enemies to lovers aspect that kicked off this book the story fell a bit flat for me after that. I wanted to love these two, but I didn’t really feel any chemistry between the two. Clara & Liam both have their issues and I loved how they were open and honest with each other, however, the issues seemed to just disappear out of nowhere. I would have loved to see their relationship develop more and not just go from one extreme to the other.
Stupid Smart is a cute romantic comedy featuring two neurotic lead characters that find love with each other despite their best efforts not to. I enjoyed Liam and Clara’s story: I truly appreciated that both Liam and Clara (though mostly Clara) had deep seated issues that posed problems to either of them developing a real and lasting relationship with the opposite sex. I also really liked that Liam got over his issues in order to do what was necessary to pursue Clara in a meaningful way (though that happened rather quickly considering how long he had embraced his playboy lifestyle). But while I liked Clara and her affinity for 50’s fashion, high heels, red lipstick and cat eye liner, I just didn’t vibe with her. She acknowledged her issues, yet was unwilling to find the source of them or address them. And everyone around her just took the stance of accepting those issues and coddling her. Or maybe they were just being supportive. I’m on the fence. One thing that I really did like about the book is the way that Clara and Liam broke the fourth wall (sort of like Zack Morris a la Saved By the Bell) and addressed the reader directly. It added a bit of levity and humor to the book that I enjoyed. 3 out of5 wine glasses.