The meek don't inherit a thing. Nice girls win nothing but regret. Virtue is wholly overrated.
If you don't do it, some other girl will.
Kat Elliot has spent her life fighting against phony schmoozing-and it's led her nowhere. A rebellious music journalist, Kat is down on her dreams when her ex–best friend Lauren swishes back into town. Ten years ago, Lauren dumped Kat for high school gold: popularity. Now Lauren wants to make amends by teaching Kat the secret to her success: The Popularity Rules, a decades-old rule book that transformed Lauren that fateful summer.
Broke and desperate, Kat reluctantly agrees to a total makeover-what does she have to lose? She's gotten nowhere on her own. Maybe becoming someone new is just what she needs.



My thoughts: Thanks to Jill Mansell, Dorothy Koomson (whom I need more of!!!) and Harriet Evans, I love Brit Lit so much, and I'm a glutton for a good cover.  Abby McDonald's US covers are amazing and have the perfect aesthetic to catch my interest.  After reading The Liberation of Alice Love, I knew I'd be on the lookout for her next book.  While this book was a tad long and the main character just a touch more polarizing than I'd like, especially when it came to one of her fans, overall I really enjoyed this book and the plot, which had the potential to become very cliche and obvious, but Abby McDonald delivered quite well.  Thanks to SourceBooks for the chance to review this book!