A 2017 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, this witty and entertaining contemporary debut deftly combines high school drama with pitch-perfect flirty banter. Taylor Simmons is screwed. Things were hard enough when her dedication to her studies earned her the title of Ice Queen, but after she got drunk at a party and woke up next to bad boy surfer Evan McKinley, the entire school seems … entire school seems intent on tearing Taylor down with mockery and gossip. Desperate to salvage her reputation, Taylor persuades Evan to pretend they’re in a serious romantic relationship. After all, it’s better to be the girl who tames the wild surfer than just another notch on his surfboard.
Readers will be ready to sign their own love contract after reading The Way to Game the Walk of Shame, a fun and addicting contemporary YA romance by Jenn P. Nguyen and chosen by readers like you for Macmillan’s young adult imprint Swoon Reads.
Praise for The Way to Game the Walk of Shame:
“The Way to Game the Walk of Shame is the cutest heart-swelling romance to hit the shelves in ages.” —Pooled Ink
“A feel good romance with tons of laughs and flirty banter.” —Young Adult Book Madness
“I love that it’s so funny, yet at the same time the characters have a lot of depth and emotional growth.” –Ashley Maker, reader on SwoonReads.com
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Great character development-and storyline. Characters were realistic. More of a teenage love story but I still loved the book
Warning: This review MAY contain spoilers.
This book is fucking glorious! Absolute perfection. It delighted me to no end. I had a feeling that this book would amuse me and keep my interest, but I had no idea how much it would grab hold of me and not let go.
The plot for this story is sort of an “opposites attract” sort of tale. The main character, Taylor, finds herself in a precarious situation that threatens to ruin her reputation. Waking up in the bed of her high school’s number one hunky playboy after a night drinking at a party was not something she had expected. Taylor talks said playboy, Evan, into pretending that they were dating all along to salvage her reputation. The plot plays out beautifully and it’s highly amusing, heartwarming, and highly entertaining.
The world-building in this book comes from the situations that the characters are in and from their backgrounds. This book takes place in a typical high school setting, but each character’s personality defines the world-building and how real it is to the reader. The author does a great job of placing the reader in their shoes, in their worlds.
The characters are so wonderful in this book. They really make the story stand out and evoke a very real feeling for the story. The two main characters, Taylor and Evan, are complete opposites but they bring out the best in each other. Taylor is an overachiever that knows what college she is going to after high school and which career path is her end game. Evan is a playboy heartthrob with no real aspirations beyond high school. Nguyen foes an amazing job of delving into these characters lives. We explore their pasts and insecurities and get to know them extremely well. They both open up to each other in ways that they have never opened up to anyone else before. Their uncomfortable and begrudging attitude towards each other in the beginning softens to a comfortable friendship and evolves into more as the story progresses. The romance is so believable because of the awesome character growth. The side characters are a delight as well. I also loved the heavy presence of family in this book, both the good and the bad parts of family. The characters in this book are so relatable and I loved every moment of their growth.
I would have liked an epilogue or just seeing a little bit more of Evan and Taylor as a real couple instead of the fake couple. We did get to see what happened during the party scene that led up to Taylor waking up in Evan’s bed, which I liked.
This book really impressed me. It is entertaining from start to finish and it’s so much fun. It has the perfect amount of teenage drama, adorable romance, and feels. I recommend this to all that love young adult romance. It’s a winner!
Such a cute read that gets you hooked and keeps you there
I like the way the guy helps with the girls reputation after he realized what was good for his reputation was bad for her.
Sweet, fun, YA book. Great dynamics between the two characters. Enjoyed it.
Fun