Review: Is the good girl enough for the bad boy? Heck yes!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 StarsWho doesn't know The Good Girl? At some time in everyone's life, there has been that perfect person you love to hate - one with impeccable manners, great brains, flawless plans for the future, and physical beauty to boot. But news flash to us imperfect people: they're human, too.College senior Willow Stone has had a mantra drummed into her head her entire life. Being a Stone is hard work, because a Stone is perfect. No mistakes, no deviations, no emotions, no mess. It's served her well up to a few weeks before graduation, when she was in competition with fellow intern Molina for a rare opening at an up-and-coming magazine.She's a brilliant writer but the topic is one thing she has absolutely no idea about. Sex. How can she give advice about people's sexual problems while being an innocent? Then, inspiration strikes. Research leads her to a curious list: Fifty Things to Do Sexually Before You Die. Interesting stuff, but who to do said research with?Wyatt just might solve that problem. He's not exactly a stranger since they go to the same college, but he's as different from Willow as Shakespeare is to Velikovsky. She'd spotted him with a new girl almost nightly, he's the perfect candidate who would have that much experience with sex.Wyatt agrees to help, of course, and takes charge of the entire project. Everything is strictly business until a new problem crops up. Willow thinks she's fallen in love. And where does that leave Wyatt?I found the premise of a crash course in sex interesting and I'm so very glad my hunch was right. It started veeerrryyy slowly, though, worrying me a little in the beginning. That, and the fact that Willow kept referring to herself as a Stone began to get a bit irritating. Thankfully, the pace picked up as soon as Wyatt entered the picture.Willow is understandably uptight because of her upbringing and constantly struggles to let loose around Wyatt. He makes it a point to seduce her thoroughly, making everything perfect for her, leaving her wondering exactly how much of a bad boy he is.It was fun reading how badly she struggled against herself while gratifying to realize that it was insecurity and shyness that made her so cold. You root for them to finally open their eyes and see their future staring them in the face. By the end, you wonder exactly how much of the book is real!This is where it becomes obvious: The Good Girl is good for the bad boy.