Chrissy’s Review: Kim vs. the Mean Girl by Meredith Schorr

Kim vs. the Mean Girl
written by Meredith Schorr
published by Meredith Schorr, 2017

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Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Did I enjoy this book: I really did! It was a great YA prequel to Blogger Girl and Novelista Girl. I read it every free chance I had and finished it in about a day.

I liked learning about Kim and Hannah when they were in high school. It puts the relationship between Kim and Hannah in the other books into perspective. In fact, I think I liked Kim vs. the Mean Girl more because I read the adult Kim and Hannah stories first.

 

Would I recommend it: I would, especially if you have read Blogger Girl and Novelista Girl.

 

About the book – from Goodreads: High school sophomore, Kim Long, is no stranger to the “mean girl” antics of Queen Bee Hannah Marshak. When Hannah steals Kim’s diary and in front of the entire class reads personal (not to mention humiliating) entries Kim wrote about her crush, Jonathan, Kim vows to enact revenge.

Kim and her loyal best friend, Bridget, come up with the perfect plan to put the evil Hannah in her place once and for all. But will their scheming have the desired effect of getting even, or will Hannah emerge more celebrated by her peers than ever?

Kim vs. The Mean Girl can be read as a young adult standalone novel, but it is also a prequel to the popular Blogger Girl adult romantic comedy series and is set in 2000. Told in the duo perspectives of teenage Kim and Hannah, fans of the series will get an inside look into Kim’s early passion for reading, writing (and Jonathan) and find out why Hannah is so darn mean.

“In Blogger Girl we meet the irrepressible Kim Long and her nemesis Hannah Marshak. Kim Vs. the Mean Girl takes us back to high school with Kim and Hannah 101 in this delightful prequel. I gobbled it up in one byte…er, I mean bite (this is the era before a cell phone was in every backpack). When Kim declares war on Hannah, it takes some unexpected, and at times amusing, turns, and though the enemies don’t emerge as friends, or even frenemies, they each come away the better for it. A fun read for all ages.” Eileen Goudge, New York Times best-selling author.