Reasons I Fell for the Funny Fat Friend by Becca Ann

Brody has it bad. For a girl named Quynn. She’s sexy, funny, smart. She’s also his older brother Gabe’s ex. There are against crushing on your brother’s ex right? Even if he was a douchebag and cheated on her, there was still some sort of code right? Brody was afraid that his dream girl would stay firmly entrenched in his dreams.

Hayley decides to take pity on Brody and help him get to Quynn (really hate that name). She is their high school’s unofficial matchmaker. But after spending time with Haylay, Brody finds himself liking a different girl all together. The girl every guy in his school ignores because she is the funny, fat friend.

Okay… warning the cutsey dialogue from Hayley, it’s a little

But the rest of the book is a fantastic read. You can actually forgive it because even though the story is told from Brody’s POV, you can tell that Hayley is crushing on Brody hard and is fighting it tooth and nail.

The way Brody slowly sees past Hayley’s defense mechanism (cracking jokes) and sees her for the wonderful girl she is. The problem lies in Hayley. Although Brody repeatedly asks Hayley out on dates, she refuses to see them as such. Because there is no way a boy who looks like Brody can ever find a girl like her attractive. She is who you spend time with until the girl shows up.

Between the struggle Brody goes through trying to figure out exactly who he wants and Hayley’s refusal to see her own worth in their relationship give the book is emotional heft.

At one point when Brody didn’t come clean regarding his relationship with Hayley, it was like

There were also times Brody almost gave up on Haylay because she was so difficult to convince

And his brother Gabe……

Writing: Decent. Dialogue needs work

Heat: medium

Recommend:I'm a sucker for Cyrano type story lines so...