How to Take the Ex out of Ex-Boyfriend

When Giovanna's twin brother runs for student council president, Giovanna agrees to be his campaign manager. However, Giovanna's boyfriend Jesse decides to campaign for another candidate so Giovanna impulsively dumps him for his disloyalty, which she soon regrets.

This is a hilarious romantic comedy as Giovanna campaigns for her brother while trying to figure out how to get her ex-boyfriend back.

A light, airy read that will have you laughing out loud until the very end.
When Giovanna’s twin brother, Dante, decides to run for Student Government President her life is turned upside down. What’s so difficult about this election you ask?

Tired of the elitist snobs running the School, Dante devises a plan to take them down a notch (or two!); becoming Student Government President. Problem is Giovanna’s boyfriend happens to be one of those snobs. Stuck between her boyfriend and her twin, Giovanna has some hard decisions to make.
After dumping her boyfriend to become her brother’s campaign manager, Giovanna and Jessie soon lose sight of the election and focus on the battle of the exes... Banter quickly becomes flirting and show more Giovanna along with her best friend (of course) comes up with a crazy plan to take the ex out of ex-boyfriend, and win Jessie back. But Jessie is hiding a huge secret that will threaten to keep these two apart forever. show less

Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com

When Giovanna's twin brother, Dante, announces he's running for student body president against her boyfriend's friend and popular candidate, Wilson, things between Giovanna and her boyfriend, Jesse, get a little tense. Jesse's great, the best boyfriend a girl could ask for...Until he agrees to support Wilson over Dante, who is also a good friend of his. Both Jesse and Dante say Giovanna's too emotional, and she might agree after she impulsively breaks up with Jesse.

Even though she's campaigning for Dante, she sort of regrets dumping Jesse. Even if he is campaigning for the opposition. Okay, that's a lie--she completely regrets it, and she wants Jesse back, but Giovanna doesn't want to give show more up her pride or her brother's campaign, either. What's a girl to do?

HOW TO TAKE THE EX OUT OF EX-BOYFRIEND is a fantastic book! It's absorbing, entertaining, and moves quickly enough to be read in an afternoon. All of the characters are great, but Giovanna is an awesome and well-developed main character, with a great voice. She's someone I definitely wouldn't mind hearing more from! This is a book that is completely worth reading, and pretty hard to put down, too! show less

Eh. It was a cute, sweet little feel-good teenage read. I don't say that because it's YA, or even because it takes place in High School. There are plenty of YA reads that take place in H.S., yet have interesting themes, dark storylines and the kind of stuff that makes you go, "This is for teenagers? Really?"

But this book is just the sort of bland, the world-always-works out teen fare I suspect I was supposed to read as a teenager. Meh.

What would you do if your boyfriend decided to support the person running against your twin brother for class president? Break up with him, of course! That's exactly what Giovanna does, but as the election heats up she comes to realize that Jesse is the only boy for her. Will she remain loyal to her brother or try to win her boyfriend back? This was a fun, tame read.

This book was not something that I would normaly pick up. But, I saw it at Half Price books and decided to buy it because I remembered Rallisons names from another book that I had read and liked. I read this book and liked it. It was a quick read that did not take but about one day. I hope that other people will pick up the book and read it and Rallisons other books. I will be sure to look up Janette Rallison's other books and take a look at them.

"3 out of 5 stars. It's a cute story. Definitely had some unexpected twists that made me want to find out what would happen next, but it wasn't ..."

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