The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks

Lottie Brooks #3

by Katie Kirby

Lottie Brooks is BACK for more extremely embarrassing adventures as she goes on holiday and gets her very first boyfriend!THINGS THAT ARE RUBBISH IN MY· Have the most disgusting little brother in the entire world· Have to get braces when am on the brink of having my first kiss· Mum is making cottage pie for dinner. VOM.Finally summer has arrived and Lottie has BIG plans - scrolling through Instagram, dreaming about MEGA-crush Daniel and sunbathing by the pool on their family holiday to France.Then Lottie meets new CRUSH Antoine. The language is a tiny bit of a barrier but does it matter when he's THAT good looking?Readers LOVE LottieMy daughter couldn't put it down and read it in 2 days. Read at breakfast, walking downstairs, tea time, in the bath.My 9-year-old daughter devoured it in two nights, and all I could hear from her was giggling and the occasional "Mum! Listen to this! This is SO me!".My 12 year old reluctant reader took this book, read 100 pages in one night and proclaimed it 'the best book ever'Katie has managed to capture the essence of what this group think and feel in a positive, life-affirming fashion.

Genres: Young Adult, Middle Grade, Diary, Childrens, British Literature, Humor, School

480 pages, Paperback

First published August 18, 2022

About the author

Katie Kirby is a writer and illustrator who lives by the sea in Hove with her husband, two sons and dog Sasha.

She has a degree in Advertising and Marketing and after spending several years working in London media agencies, which basically involved hanging out in fancy restaurants and pretending to know what she was talking about, she had some children and decided to start a blog called 'Hurrah for Gin' about the gross injustice of it all.

Many people said her sense of humour was silly and immature so she is now having a bash at writing children's fiction. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks is her first novel.

Katie likes gin, rabbits, over-thinking things, the smell of launderettes and Monster Munch. She does not like losing at board games or writing about herself in the third person.

Reviews

[Marta Demianiuk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kocham Lottie bez zmian. Przy każdym tomie autorka podrzuca swoim nastoletnim czytelniczkom coś nowego, coś, o czym warto pamiętać i uważam, że to seria nie tylko zabawna, ale też przyjemnie edukacyjna.

[teach_book · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lottie, jak ja Cię uwielbiam!

[Dinnu Reads Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lottie's family is so funnily and sweetly dysfunctional and her friends are awesome. I love that Lottie Brooks books teach young girls to have fun while being the weird awesome themselves and not to conform to the expectations of others. 😊😊

[DoGoryKsiazkami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uwielbiam Lottie, ale to chyba będzie mój najmniej ulubiony tom.

[Sally Cowling · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually bought this for my 12 year old daughter but couldn't resist reading it first 😂 Lottie Brooks is back with her teen angst diary entries and amusing stick figure illustrations! Its the end of her first year at secondary school and she is finally going out with Daniel, despite his wotsity fingers! Now she has a whole host of new things to worry about, including her first kiss, braces and a family summer camping holiday in France with, shock horror, no wifi! How will she cope without daily updates on her school WhatsApp groups?!

This is the third book in the Lottie Brooks series and, as always, Katie Kirby's writing is very funny (and spot on!) I will begrudgingly hand this over to my daughter now (and pretend that Amazon only just delivered it!)

[Kitty · Rating 3 out of 5]

küsisin ligi 12-aastaselt vennatütrelt raamatusoovitust ja ta alguses nimetas suure õhinaga Lottie Brooksi raamatuid (millest eesti keeles on ilmunud kaks ja ta ei jõua kolmandat ära oodata), aga siis mõtles natuke järele ja ei olnud enam nii kindel, kas see täiskasvanule ka meeldiks. üsna küps lähenemine, ses mõttes, et enam ei eeldatagi, et kui sulle meeldis, siis on kõigi meelest maailma parim.

aga kuna minu raamatukogus oli saadaval just see kolmas, haarasin ikka kaasa, et vähemalt saan siis praalida, et mul on loetud ja tal veel pole. siitpoolt küll erilist küpsust ei paista :P

raamat polnud paha, aga polnud tõesti ka üks neid lasteraamatuid, mis täiskasvanut sama palju kõnetaks. vahepeal ikka ei juhtunud lehekülgede kaupa midagi muud, kui et rulliti tiktokki ja söödi snäkke - ma saan aru, et (eel)teismelise jaoks unistuste elu, aga mul oli jube igav lugeda, oleks tahtnud kas mõnda sündmust või vähemalt mõnda mõtetki!

sündmused olid ikka olemas ka, sellised kenad eakohased - käiakse koolis ja saadakse märkusi ja tülitsetakse-lepitakse sõbrannadega ja armutakse poistesse ja vanemad on vahel nõmedad ja vahel imelised ja väikevend on enamus aega nõme. kõik see on kirjas 12-aastase tüdruku päeviku vormis, joonistusi on ka.

tore lihtne lapseelu, siin veel ei ole neid noorteraamatute raskeid teemasid ja õudseid kriise, pealkirjas mainitud megakeerukad armumised on... mitte eriti keerukad. arvata on, et selles eas tüdrukutele endile tõesti tore lugemine. ja vast siis ka kasuks neile, kes sellistega koos peavad elama, et... umbes nii need peakesed vist töötavad jah.

[Molly Oswald · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the modern-day version of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and from a girls point of view.

Honestly, it is the perfect light-hearted book that has some really good messages for young girls about being your normal weird self. Really enjoyed it.

[Podskarbnica · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.75
Kocham te serię.

[Skyler Pritchard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book so much ! The French was confusing but got used to it x One thing I was shocked about but respect is Jess liking girls. Obvious this is 100% ok I was not expecting it. Over all excellent read

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

❤️

[faustyna。 (lekkidramat) · Rating 3 out of 5]

re-read styczeń 2024: oj, dużo się zmieniło. jednak ten tom nie przypadł mi teraz do gustu aż tak. być może za pierwszym razem miałam za długą przerwę między tą a drugą częścią i za bardzo się zachłysnęłam. 3,5 gwiazdki bardziej.

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zdecydowanie najlepszy tom i mam nadzieję, że wkrótce doczekamy się następnych!

[Safiye B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant. Perfect if you want a short, funny read that will most definitely make you laugh.

[Madisyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I completely loved this book from the start; I felt a strong connection to the character because they were incredibly relatable. I believe I enjoyed this book due to its real-life elements, making it seem as if you’re in the story or one of the characters, giving the impression you’re reading about someone else's life. Definitely recommend

[Ingaaaa_kml · Rating 5 out of 5]

Szczerze żałuję, że ta seria nie została napisana gdy byłam grupą docelową.
Ale to i tak nie powtstrzymalo mnie od ich przeczytania.

[martucha czyta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Czekam na dalsze losy Lottie!!!

[Justyna Sk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kolejna super historia z Lottie.

[KjutBombelek (ksiazkowy_molik_) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uwielbiam Lottie!
Można się pośmiać, w moim przypadku dodatkowo powspominać. I zawsze jest troszkę wartości edukacyjnych! ♥️

[Tiina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kindel 5. Lottie on üks mu lemmikutest ja päevikuvorm vaid boonuseks. Suurepärase tasemega sari!

[Alicja Przydryga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ta seria to moje odkrycie 2024!!! Z każdym tomem jest coraz lepiej.

[Jasmijn Stam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Geweldig

[Lotte Christian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super funny. I loved it

[The Girl with the Book · Rating 5 out of 5]

סדרה קסומה ומצחיקה 🥰

[Isabelle Bish · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's such an amazing book I highly recommend it if you Want to have a laugh 😃 .

[Evey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual rating: 3.5

Not as charmingly fun as the previous installments, but I'm onboard the Lottie train and I want to know what mis>adventures she has next.

[K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Content warnings: bullying, more fart jokes than the adult brain can possibly cope with

This is definitely my least favourite of the three so far, if only because it replaced the laugh-out-loud funny moments with OMG BOYS BOYS BOYS BOYS BOYS and it got extremely repetitive extremely quickly. Then again, I'm a good thirty years older than the average Lottie Brooks reader, so don't take my word for it.

[Maja · Rating 3 out of 5]

fajne zakończenie bo nie było żenujące tylko bardziej dojrzałe

[Martyna Piotrowska · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love you Lottie, jesteś mną 15 lat temu
4,5

[Wiki · Rating 5 out of 5]

kocham lottie

[Natalka Lebi · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.8
Moim zdaniem ta część (narazie) jest u mnie na 1 miejscu