2020 Contemporary Romance Challenge
Review: Talk Nerdy to Me (Bookish Boyfriends #3) by Tiffany Schmidt
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Series: Bookish Boyfriends #3
Author: Tiffany Schmidt
Published May 19th 2020 by Amulet Paperbacks
Goodreads Synopsis
Eliza takes center stage in this swoon-worthy third installment of the Bookish Boyfriends series
Eliza Gordon-Fergus is an expert rule-follower. She has to be; her scientist parents dictate her day-to-day decisions, and forbid her from dating. Which is why she finds Curtis Cavendish maddening. He’s never punished for his class clown antics—and worse, his mischief actually masks brilliance. Like, give-Eliza-a-run-for-valedictorian brilliance.
When Eliza reads Frankenstein for English class, she’s left feeling more like an experiment than a daughter. Curtis agrees to trade her Anne of Green Gables under one condition: She has to beat him at the science fair. Eliza knows they’re supposed to be competing, but the more time they spend together, the more she realizes she’s in over her head. Because one thing’s certain about Curtis: He makes Eliza want to break all the rules.
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Review
I have adored the previous two books in this series, and was always intrigued by Eliza, Merri's best friend, so waited somewhat impatiently until I could read her tale. Talk Nerdy to Me see's Eliza struggle with the absence of her Nobel Prize winning parents, who seem to treat her as if she is an experiment herself, what with the rigorous control over what she eats, how she spends her time, and especially about the fact she can not date. Left alone in her home with a revolving group of doctoral students as guardians, she thrives when she spends time with the Campbell's, but with Merri and Rory both being happy, and in love, it's too much. Add to that some 'bad' marks - at least for her - and the need to read Frankenstein for her English class, she's barely keeping her head above water. All that remains is her hatred for class clown Curtis Cavendish, but spending time with him for Academic Bowl, and in order to swap books to Anne of Green Gables, she starts to think that maybe how she has allowed her parents to treat her all these years was wrong, and that she needs to let herself feel, and with Curtis she can do that.
First things first, I absolutely HATED Eliza's parents. They were the worst kind of parents I had ever seen, and Eliza was struggling with so much because of them. She never felt like anything she did was good enough, and had so many hang ups about her appearance, her intelligence, her whole self being, and I just wanted to read into the book and give her a hug. Because she is blonde, beautiful, and with a good figure, Eliza is always judged before someone gets to know her, and they never expect her to be clever - *cough*Bartlett*cough* - or call her Barbie and treat her like a doll who deserves to be stared at or have photos taken off.
One person who treated her differently when they first met was Curtis, who gives everyone a nickname, and immediately got Eliza's back up, and since then she hasn't been able to stand him. Unfortunately, they are in the same friendship group, some of the same classes, and sit together at lunch, so she has had to put up with him since school began. Their chemistry together was undeniable though, but because of Eliza's parents decree that she can't date, she couldn't even consider anything of the type - that is, until she decides to live for herself and not-date Curtis. If you know anything about Anne of Green Gables, either from the books, or shows, these two will remind you so much of Anne and Gilbert! I could not put this one down, and read it in one sitting - it has been so long that a book has kept me up at night because I needed to finish it, but this was it. I adore it, and can't wait for Get a Clue, especially if it is about Win and Huck! Schmidt has knocked it out of the park, once again.
Dates Read:
June 25, 2020
Rating
4 Stars
