Review: The Jock and the Fat Girl by Nicole Winters


Note: This ARC was provided by Epic Reads Impulse via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

Kevin Conners is a jock, part of his school's ice hockey team as well as part of the perceived popular and cool crowd. Claire Riel is a fat chick but her being more on the chubby side isn't a deterrent in her life. She's a whiz in the kitchen, can speak four languages, and doesn't waste her time pretending to be someone she's not. Sadly, Kevin can't be totally himself, especially around his closest friends. He can't admit that he's into girls with curves and now he can't even tell them that he's taking a domestic tech class and is falling for Claire, his cooking partner. When Claire suggests they become friends with benefits, Kevin is disappointed because while he knows he'll get razzed by their peers, he wants to be much more than friends with the girl who's opened him to the world of cooking and who has a firm hold on his heart.

The Jock and the Fat Chick by Nicole Winters is a standalone young adult (YA) romance about Kevin Conners and Claire Riel, two high school seniors who shouldn't get together based on the teen preconception that a jock would never be caught hanging out, what more dating, a plus-sized girl. Kevin is honest enough with himself that the type of girl who turns his head are girls like Claire, but since his friends think being fat marks you as an undesirable entity in high school, he goes along with the hurtful and snide commentary they make and even joins in. Yes, he's an ass and even admits to it more than once. He saw what happened to one of his close friends when the guy was going out with a girl who was outside what was considered the norm, and he isn't prepared to be relegated to all the teasing and the humiliation.

I really liked Claire and the fact that she wasn't made into this plus-sized girl who was hounded by self-doubt and insecurities. She was confident and went after what she wanted, including Kevin. I also appreciated that the story went in a direction I wasn't expecting and that allowed this to be a refreshing read with an honest to it that may be deemed hurtful or insulting, but sometimes that's what being honest does. Kevin is far from perfect and he does mistakes, but he has more than one redeeming factor and it has very core, he's a good kid who may be a popular jock but still deals with trying to meet peer-set standards and expectations and has his own share of insecurities, though they may not be as obvious. The Jock and the Fat Chick is a good four-starred read that teaches us to look beyond what our eyes can see. ♥

Release Date: 13 October 2015

Date Read: 10 October 2015

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