Art Geeks and Prom Queens: A Novel

Art Geeks and Prom Queens is definitely a book to checkout. It takes you along Rios journey through a high school with new friends, boys, and of course DRAMA!!!!! Rio is sort of an out cast, a geek and always has been. That all changes when popular mean girl Kristi takes her in other "posse". Rio learns that it takes a lot more than a pretty face and designer clothes to stay on top. The more she tries to fit in, the more Kristi brings her down from her burning jealousy. My title, reality or Fantasy is because this realistic fiction book had Rio wondering was this perfect life her fantasy or was the cold hard reality of it all going to break the spell? I gave this book a 4 out of 5 stars because it had so many grammatical errors. But, it was keeping me on the edge of my seat like when everyone was against her. HAPPY READING!!!!

I have to admit that I don't really like Alyson Noel's writing style. It's just not as intense or way shallower than I'd like it to be. For the Immortals series, it's not as intense as I like my books and Rio in this book just irritated me the entire time and I didn't like the way that the book was written.Rio seemed shallower than I was expecting her and because of one mistake she wanted to "prove" to her "friends" that she could be popular and then completely ignored them for months on end. I find it hard to believe that a girl like her who cared about grades and art and friends would be caught up in partying and popularity and all of that.I read this before I read The Lipstick Laws by Amy Holder and I have to be honest in saying that I liked The Lipstick Laws much better. Kristi just annoyed me too but she was supposed to be annoying, unlike Rio. This would be fine if this book was a comedy (like Mean Girls) but it just doesn't work as a "drama" book. It reminds me too much of the Clique plus hookups and partying minus endless brand-name dropping. Actually, scratch that.There was a bit.Seriously? It's like Alyson Noel watched Mean Girls and wrote this book while watching it without the funniness. This book is okay if you want a lot of petty drama, but not for reading for substance or a heartfelt romance/friendship. For those, I suggest books by Sarah Dessen. She's great.Recommended for anybody who loves: Mean Girls; The Lipstick Laws; The Clique; dramatic books; Alyson Noel; etc,.Possible book club questions:Why do you think Rio got caught up in the storm of popularity?What would you have done in Rio's place?Why do you think Kristi is so messed up?Do you think the ending was good or not? Why?Do you feel bad for Kristi or think that she brings it on herself?

This is an exciting book! I give it five stars cause, well, read it and you'll wanna rate it 100 if you could! Nothing I really disliked about it. Except that it kept me up late reading and now I have dark circles under my eyes... and this book would have been better if it was longer. I would recommend it to someone who loves surprises, nothing really romantic but when you get to the end, WHOA!

I think that Art Geeks and Prom Queens is a great story, along with every other Alyson Noel book. I just wished there was more time spent with Jasper and that her parents would've said something about her hair when they dropped her off for school after she cut it.

Good story, but this book is geared more towards pre-teens. I ordered it because I love Alyson's work! As stated, it's an okay book.

I'm just not a fan of Alyson Noël's writing style. I've read many of her books, but can't get into any of them

My 12 year old loves this book as well as this author. I will warn that it does contain inappropriate subject matter for younger kids.

The story was great, and the ending was cute. Alyson Noël is my favorite author, Her books are really good!

Rio is starting a new school mid term, she is a geek and proud but her mum - an almost super model - thinks that Rio could be less geeky and more girly and popular and she goes as far as choosing what Rio should wear on her first day at school so that she will get noticed and become popular.On her first day she is late and the girl sat next to her in her first class spends the whole time staring at her but during her second class Rio makes friends with Mason and Jas, they are in her art class and they invite her to Jas' house for lunch, while there Rio find out that they smoke weed and because she doesn't want to seem like a loser she joins in and when the three go back to school they end up being late getting caught and getting a weeks detention.This incident makes her mum tell Rio that she shouldn't hang with Mason and Jas as they are bad for her but Rio doesn't really care what her mum says and the next day she continues to hang out with Mason and Jas.After a few days Rio becomes friends with Kristi, Kristi is the popular girl but becoming her friend comes at a price, she MUST stop hanging out with her fellow art geeks and spend her time shopping and doing whatever else Kristi says. When Rio invites her new friends home her mum is finally happy to see that she is now friends with the popular group. The problem is deep down Rio is really unhappy being Kristi's friend as there are rules she must follow, but she doesn't want to go back to being the kid no one notices.Kristi helps Rio to get with JC who just wants to sleep with Rio but she keeps putting it off, Rio's mum and Kristi even plan a party for her that she doesn't want. While being Krisit's friend Rio starts to take drugs, partying and drinking.Rio eventually starts to date Tyler a senior and becoming more popular than Kristi and she doesn't like this, Rio even has a date to the Moondance and all the seniors like having Rio hanging with them and Drew the guy who Kristi is hooking up with all the time doesn't ask her to go to the dance with him.Rio, Tyler, Kristi and the others attend a party where they play spin the bottle, at first Rio doesn't want to join in as she doesn't think its right to hook up with someone else while Tyler is with his friends drinking but when he asks her to join in she does. This is where everything starts to change, Drew spins the bottle and ends up kissing Rio and Kristi doesn't like it and when Kristi spins the bottle it lands on Tyler, Rio hopes that Kristi and Tyler won't do anything but instead they leave to go upstairs to hook up. Rio takes herself off upstairs and cries but after re applying her make-up she goes downstairs and have a few drinks and ends up making out with Drew who starts to make a move on Rio who has to kick him to get him off her.While trying to leave the party Rio and Kristi get into an argument and Rio's whole world starts to fall down around her. Kristi starts to spread rumours about Rio and everyone at school starts to ignore her even Tyler and the rest of the seniors. Kids in the hall start pointing and laughing at her and calling her names, someone also defaces her locker and puts dog poo in the locker and when she tries to tell the Head Teacher what had happened to her locker and who she thinks did it he doesn't believe her.Now she has no friends Rio pretends to her mum that everything is wonderful until one day her mum tells her that she needs to pick out a dress for the Moondance, Rio snaps she can't take it anymore, she goes into the bathroom and cuts all her hair off and then goes down for her dinner and her mum freaks out and Rio finally tells her everything.The following Monday Rio goes to school and confronts Kristi and calls her out on all her rubbish and she starts to become friends with Mason and Jas again.The ending was great as Rio finally gets to be who she wants to be and her mum is happy for her she is even happy with Rio being friends with Mason and Jas again. This story tells it like it is for most young people who go to High School, especially if your new. It basically tells you to be who YOU want to be and NOT what everyone else wants.

Brilliant

This was a good book that made me laugh. Its a great summer read and I would recommend it for any teenager. Popularity is in every school and this book links in with it.

The book has brown marks on it, the pages are brown. The book looks awful. I can't even tell myself that it's new.