The Nerdy and the Dirty
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4.6 • 8 Ratings
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- $11.99
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Publisher Description
His classmates may consider him a nerd, but Benedict Pendleton knows he's destined for great things. All he has to do is find a worthy girlfriend, and his social station will be secured. Sure, Benedict is different--but that's what he likes about himself.
Pen Lupo is sick and tired of hiding who she is. On the outside, Pen is popular, quiet, and deferential to her boyfriend. On the inside, however, Pen is honest, opinionated--and not sure that she's quite like other girls. Do they have urges like she does?
When fate intervenes, Pen and Benedict end up at the same vacation resort for winter break. Despite their differences, the two are drawn together. But is there such a thing as happily ever after for this unlikely pair?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Gottfred (Forever for a Year) offers a hilarious and deeply honest look at high school love through the alternating voices of two teens. Penelope "Pen" Lupo is dating the most popular boy in school, yet at the cost of keeping her true self hidden, especially the sexually voracious part that Pen thinks makes her "Such. A. Freak!" Benedict Pendleton is as smart, cerebral, and socially obtuse as his academic father, but he's also hiding an emotionally vulnerable part of himself that longs for connection. An unlikely couple to say the least, the two 16-year-olds find common ground at a winter resort, where they fall for each other and learn how to be "not normal" together. Gottfred creates addictive, true-to-life voices for both characters whose thoughts, decisions, and experience help guide the sex-positive relationship that takes shape. Although this novel includes detailed descriptions and discussions of masturbation, consent, and first-time sex, it's never didactic or heavy-handed, and instead offers a raw, empowering, and lighthearted view of first love and teenage and especially female sexuality. Ages 17 up.
Customer Reviews
Absolutely Loved This Book!!!!!
This book is so real. I've never related to it to a book like this. I mean the complete honesty that he serves in this book. So real, as someone who was in high school not so long ago, I loved it. Totally recommend for those who are up for some real yet sincere truth about what runs through our minds. and some cute stuff too but i stayed for other reasons💜