Quiz Queens

by K.L. Denman

Jane has no interest in boys. Her mom, Sherry, has brought home so many creeps over the years that Jane has decided to focus for the next five years on her studies. Her best friend, the boy-crazy Kiara, is obsessed with online quizzes and convinces Jane to help her create a questionnaire that will determine whether muscular Liam or Omar with the cute eyes is her true soul mate. Their friendship is tested when the answers come back with a surprising third option, the quiet and awkward Javier. Jane fails to reveal the results, which leads to some heated words being exchanged and long-held resentments (and possible secret crushes) being revealed. One of the besties will have to swallow her pride to make the first move and try to repair the damage.

Genres: Young Adult

128 pages, Library Binding

Published June 21, 2017

Reviews

[Allie Bayer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh…oh gosh…this was…horrific. I feel so bad. It’s not like I read it *expecting* it to be even “meh” (I only read it because it started with a Q, for the record) but it was beyond bad. K.L. Denman, I’m sorry, but I can’t lie. It’s outdated and *looks* like it won’t be great and…can confirm. I think what made it so rough for me was the fact it could’ve been so different with just a few of the smallest changes. The whole “magazine quiz” idea and sabotage actually had…potential? (I’m talking 2017 very cheesy teen romance potential) but still: the potential was there! But then Jane’s “teaching Kiara a lesson” plan made no sense and the results of the quizzes meant *nothing* and it was…bad. Only ~100 pages of bad though; that’s one silver lining.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

When you're crazy about those quizzes in the magazines that tell you what your destiny is, and where to travel next, etc, it is obviously also the best way to pick your next boyfriend, right? I mean, nothing could possibly go wrong in this scenario, especially when you're doing it to help your best friend... Throw in a mom with lots of drama and issues and you have an engaging hi-lo read that will appeal mostly to girls.

Writing is average and a bit pedantic but I think students will still enjoy it.

[Sheri Radford · Rating 3 out of 5]

Teenagers who are reluctant readers will enjoy this story about dating, friendship, and how to survive when a parent acts more like a child than a parent.