“My name is Harriet Manners, and I am still a geek.”
Harriet knows that modelling won’t transform you. She knows that being as uniquely odd as a polar bear isn’t necessarily a bad thing (even in a rainforest). And that the average person eats a ton of food a year, though her pregnant stepmother is doing her best to beat this.
What Harriet doesn’t know is where she’s going to fit in once the new baby arrives.
With summer plans ruined, modelling in Japan seems the perfect chance to get as far away from home as possible. But nothing can prepare Harriet for the craziness of Tokyo, her competitive model flatmates and her errant grandmother’s ‘chaperoning’. Or seeing gorgeous Nick everywhere she goes.
Because, this time, Harriet knows what a broken heart feels like.
Can geek girl find her place on the other side of the world or is Harriet lost for good?
Harriet knows that modelling won’t transform you. She knows that being as uniquely odd as a polar bear isn’t necessarily a bad thing (even in a rainforest). And that the average person eats a ton of food a year, though her pregnant stepmother is doing her best to beat this.
What Harriet doesn’t know is where she’s going to fit in once the new baby arrives.
With summer plans ruined, modelling in Japan seems the perfect chance to get as far away from home as possible. But nothing can prepare Harriet for the craziness of Tokyo, her competitive model flatmates and her errant grandmother’s ‘chaperoning’. Or seeing gorgeous Nick everywhere she goes.
Because, this time, Harriet knows what a broken heart feels like.
Can geek girl find her place on the other side of the world or is Harriet lost for good?
My Rating: 6.5/10
The first book Geek Girl was so much fun and easy to read so of course I decided to pick up the sequel.
The modelling side of things really expanded a lot in this book as Harriet travels to Japan for a series of photo shoots.
Harriet's step-grandmother Bunty gets introduced in this book. She is a really eccentric character who is tasked with accompanying Harriet to Japan as Annabel is pregnant.
However once they arrive in Japan, Bunty disappears leaving Harriet on her own in a shared apartment with a bunch of other models.
There are a limited amount of characters in these books and so the introduction of a number of other models was really refreshing.
Bunty's abandonment of Harriet enabled Harriet to mature and become more independent. She grew up a lot in this book.
I really enjoyed the photo shoots and how fun and unique they were all presented, but also because of all the situations Harriet somehow gets herself in.
The setting of Japan was interesting. I loved the random geeky facts Harriet drops throughout and just simply seeing Japan through Harriet's eyes was an adventure.
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