Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Waiting On Wednesday #13

The Duff (The Designated Ugly Fat Friend)
Published: 2010 (Little Brown/Poppy)

Seventeen-year-old Bianca knows she’s the Duff (the designated ugly, fat friend). So when Wesley, a notorious womanizer, approaches her at a party she knows he wants to score with one—or both—of her hot friends. God, the man-whore’s arrogance really pisses her off! But Bianca needs to escape from some personal drama, like her mom’s abandonment and her dad’s denial, and a steamy fling with Wesley seems like the perfect distraction. Bianca makes it clear she’s only using Wesley, as if he cares. He’ll sleep with anything that moves after all. Unfortunately, the enemies-with-benefits plan totally backfires.

When her mom files for divorce and her father stumbles into a downward spiral of drinking and depression, Wesley proves to be a surprisingly good listener, and Bianca finds out that his family is pretty screwed up, too. As sickening as it sounds, she has to admit that she and Wesley are a lot alike. Soon she becomes jealous of the pretty girls he flirts with and his cocky grin begins to grow on her. Suddenly Bianca realizes—with absolute horror—that she’s falling for the guy she thought she hated.

Summary from Goodreads

I think that this one sounds so funny--definitely something I'll enjoy!

11 comments:

Melissa (i swim for oceans) said...

I love Kody's blog, and I can't wait for this one either! :)

Adriana said...

This one sounds like a sweet and funny read.

Maria (Serpentine Library) said...

This sounds like it will be a funny book. Thanks for putting it on my radar :)

Carla said...

I love Kody! she is such a laugh! Never seen the cover before, so thanks, cant wait for this one too

Lauren said...

Love the premise, and the title. (Is it illustrated? Because I love that.) Nice pick.

Unknown said...

Yeah, great fun premise! Also a little sad that the character has such a negative self-image but I think it fair to say most people have something that they don't like about themselves. I hate my nose. It's wonky!

Luisa at Chicklish said...

Oh, I like the look of this! Thanks!

Jo said...

Oooh, this sounds really awesome! I'll definitely have to check this out when it's released!

Emidy @ Une Parole said...

Sounds fun! Hope you enjoy it.

Emidy
Une Parole

So Many Books, So Little Time said...

I really want to read this one too. I'm not too sure about the cover though.

Nina said...

This one sounds so funny! The cover is wonderful, love the girl!