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Megan Meade's Guide To The McGowan Boys (2006)

Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys (2006)

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1416900314 (ISBN13: 9781416900313)
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More reviews at http://bookbybooksummer.blogspot.com/I've been seeing this around, and finally decided to give it a shot. I'm glad I did. It was a quick and easy read, and thoroughly enjoyable. Although it was a quick read, and fairly predictable, it was a good chic-lit that I haven't the recent time to indulge in one.Megan was a strong character, and it was obvious how she grew from a shy tom-boy who's afraid to talk to real boys, into a girl who's proud of who she is, and who can finally stand up for herself. Through the emails with her best friend in her old state, she has the opportunity to share with her something of a journal over what it's been like, living with seven...wait for it...Abercrombie Gods. Yes, that phrase was actually stated in the book - BUT don't be taken aback. This is full of real people problems, some romantic dramas and family issues, and the characters are realistic.The McGowan's altogether were cool. The parents were the perfect mix of chilled out and strict, and they laughed and scolded in all the right places. The sons were fun to read about - I especially loved those raging hormones. Popular, football playing Evan, who Megan originally thinks is "The One" turns out to be ... more interesting than the most popular football player stereotype, but still somebody you want to punch in the face after a few chapters. In a good way. Brian has made you feel in this book. His younger brother, Finn, who I couldn't help but kinda relate to Glee's Finn, was the tortured artist bit, and was noticeably a great guy. Although Brian made his relationship with Megan obvious...I was eager through the entire book for Megan to decide on who was the right guy for her, and I loved every bit of drama that came along.Hailey and her sister were both interesting. Hailey was the popular mean girl dating Evan, and her younger sister, Aimee, was the one who originally befriended Megan because it would put her older sister in her place...the two sisters were, again, very stereotypical, but fun to read about. I haven't read one of these books in a long time, so it was refreshing. Miller, Sean and Doug were all interesting and intricate secondary characters, and definitely not what they seemed, either.This, like I said, was refreshing because I haven't read a real chic-lit novel like this in a long time! I'm a big fan of Brian's work - Private and Privilege series both equally are outstanding - and I think this is a good book, that lacks tons of alcohol, swearing and use of drugs, but still holds a teenage lifestyle, is great for any girl, of any age.Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys by Kate BrianAudience: 11+, sexRating: 4/5Recommend?: Yes

Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.comMegan has always moved around a lot, but this time her living situation has changed even more drastically than usual. When she refused to pack up and move to South Korea with her parents, both in the army, they proposed another option: spending her last two years of high school living in Boston with the McGowans. John McGowan is an old friend of her father's. What makes this so different? The fact that the McGowans have seven sons. Megan is an only child, and can't imagine living with seven boys! Life with Evan, Sean, Finn, Caleb, Ian, Miller, and Doug McGowan is as foreign to Megan as South Korea would have been. Her best friend from Texas, Tracy, even calls it an immersion experience; Megan will go in clueless and come out speaking the language of boys! Even if the McGowan boys and Megan are supposed to be siblings, they don't exactly relate that way. After all, they haven't seen each other since they were little kids. Now Megan is in hostile territory; she's not exactly welcomed by each of the nine members of the McGowan family (though Regina, John's wife, is more than thrilled to have another female in the house, taking tomboyish Megan on shopping sprees and to the spa). And then there's the fact that Finn and Evan are, well, hot. And John and Regina even had a family meeting to tell the kids that they're all siblings now...but siblings don't want to kiss each other. On top of dealing with the drama of living with the McGowan boys, Megan also has to handle starting over at a new school. She gets off to a good start when she makes the soccer team and even a few new possible friends. That quickly goes sour, though, when she is targeted by Hailey, Evan's girlfriend, who's jealous of Megan's talent on the soccer field--and her living arrangements. Can Megan handle Boston and the McGowan boys, or will South Korea turn out the be the easier option? MEGAN MEADE'S GUIDE TO THE MCGOWAN BOYS is a fantastically fun book! It's full of great characters; even the minor characters seem three-dimensional. Kate Brian is a talented writer, and this novel is an awesome page-turner. I devoured this book; I read at every spare moment and took less than twenty-four hours to finish it--on a weekday! Megan's transition from shy to outspoken didn't feel one hundred percent real to me, but that was only a tiny issue; the book was still great. This is one book that definitely feels like there could be a sequel in the works (which is exciting), but that didn't stop it from being a complete (and completely awesome) story on its own.

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First thought after reading this: There BETTER be a sequel!Second thought after reading this: I love Finn :DThoughts after stalking websites doing miner research to see if there is a sequel: THERE IS NO SEQUEL *sobs*I love this book for so many reasons: It made me smile, laugh and fall in love with the storyline and all the characters.It's safe to say that I liked Finn more than Evan but don't you think it was kind of an open ended book... possibly room for a sequel? Well I did, though I am known for reading a little too much into books :/Who wouldn't want to live SEVEN guys who weren't related to them? And at least Three of them were good-looking/Hot/Cute (Evan/Finn/Miller).This is a quick, cute read and I would seriously recommend this book to anyone :PPetition for Kate Brian to write a sequel to Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys:Signed by Hannah ;)
—Hannah

I totally loved this book!! So much fun and great moments. Living with 7 boys has got to be so overwhelming. But Megan was awesome! She definitely changed the McGowan household for the better. And who wouldn't wanna live with 2 of the hot older brothers? Even though one was kind of a jerk at times. But I still liked him. But the ending was so great! I didn't expect a certain someone to change his ways, but it was really great of him. But again, it was thanks to Megan for standing up for herself against the boys that treated her like crap through most of the book. I really enjoyed the story and the characters. Even the bitch Hailey, surprised me. I love that Megan was a soccer player. It brought me back to my soccer playing days as a youngin'. I loved that each boy in the household was different. Ian, Sean, Miller, Evan, Finn, Caleb and Doug. They were a handful. I felt bad for their mother, having to clean up after all the messy, stinky boys. But Regina was a badass mama. She was tough and didn't take shit from any of her kids. I just don't know how she did it. But they were also very fun to read about. Despite their nasty attitudes and horrible demeanor, they had a heart somewhere in their brains.There was plenty of angst and sibling rivalry. And when Megan first came to live with them, they were so cruel to her. But Evan and Finn were sweet to her from the beginning. But then, Evan's jealous bitchy girlfriend started shit and made up lies about her, that's when my like for him went out the window. I'm just glad he changed his tune. I love these teen novels that center around high school and first time everything. It reminds me of how naive we all are at that age. To be a teen again....sigh. The only thing that bothered me was the ending. I mean, it just kinda ended. I mean, I can see who she'd end up with. But...it doesn't really confirm that. I mean,(I'm saying, I mean a lot it seems) yeah maybe it's left up to our imagination? I don't know. I just wish I'd have a little more closure with the ending. I was happy with what happened at the airport, I was even hoping that something like that would happen. But still, once they got home it was just a little confusing. Aside from that, I loved it. I'm so glad I finally picked this book up. It's been on my shelf for over a year. It was quick, witty, fun and just the perfect read when you want something light and easy. I definitely recommend it.
—Annie Brewer

The McGowan brothers are really fucked up!What the hell is wrong with them?!?! Evan is certainly a hottie but.. God, he's just a stupid jerk, so full of himself!Doug was a jerk too and mostly trying to be hateful most times, though in the end he appeared to be the smartest one and even funny, and made amends.Miller was a bit weird and scary with his autism and all, especially in the biginning, but afterwards he mostly was cute and calmer than the other brothers (which is saying a lot, seeing that Miller has issues and tended to freak out if something was off.)Finn was the cuter one and I liked him almost immediately. Artistic and sweet and caring, it was hard not to fall for him and love him. Although, after that kiss in the shed, I totally didn't like the way he acted. Wanted to punch the light out of him. Balls, man! Balls! God, you really are all babies!Hailey was mostly hateful and a real bitch and most of the time I just thought she needed a good bitch-slapping and some sense beaten into that crappy head of hers. Get a grip, dude!Aimee was the nicest girlfriend among the girls, loyal and trustworthy. A real friend. I liked her a lot. I couln't imagine how it was possible for her to be Hailey's sister. One evil sister and an angelic one. A different womb maybe? Uh... maybe. Regina freaked me out often times, though I understood her need for a girly time with Megan, the only other girl among 7 men. Oh my God, I would go crazy! But still, she was just so... eccessively excited and girly even for my likes? Even I don't wear much pink or enjoy much hours at a SPA. I mean, a massage would be okay, I love it, but the whole manicure, pedicure, face mask etc? God, no! Would bore me and annoy me to death. And wouldn't get me relaxed at all. What's relaxing about getting a manicure or pedicure? Yeah, not much.Anyway, I could understand both of their points of view. John kind of scared me a little. He was capable of embarrassing Megan or put her in misery. Some times adults don't understand how much they can embarrass us. Especially men. Anyways... all in all the book was good. It even made me laugh and also cry. I was tempted to give it 4 stars, but when I got to the end I was like "Really?!?! WTF!?!?" I was so disappointed! Even more by discovering there isn't a sequel apparently. The book ended just... weird. It didn't really have an ending. It just leaves you wanting more, and with a bittersweet curiousity about Finn and Megan. And what the hell does Evan want now? Just back off, jerk! You don't deserve a girl like Megan. You are really disappointing. So just stay away from her. She's found her guy now.I'm rating it 3.5 stars.
—Sara

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