Thank you Inkyard Press for the free e-galley and letting me participate in the Smash it! blog tour! All opinions in this review are my own.

Smash it! is about Olivia "Liv" James. After a Halloween party where she dressed up in a hoodie and khaki shorts, Liv decides to change things up. She makes a F*ck It list.

1. Be bold--do the thing that scares me.
2. Learn to take a compliment.
3. Stand out instead of back.

She also decides to audition for her high school's musical of Othello. Moreover, she wants to stop pining after her best friend and neighbour Eli since she does not think he would like her like that.

I really enjoyed Smash it! I liked the musical theatre aspect, Liv's relationships with Dré, Eli, Lennox and Jackie and how she is simply saying "yes" for things that are out of her comfort zone. I liked that Liv, as a black girl, got three love interests when she started putting herself out there and just being herself even when it is scary. Liv as a narrator is snarky and enjoyable to read.

Spoiler

I just did not like that Liv ended up with Eli. Eli was simply not mature enough yet. He was such a dick to Liv, especially when he found out Liv and Dré had sex and I just did not feel it. I really liked Liv's dynamic with Dré and I was more on their ship than Eli's.

And after reading some of the reviews of other readers, they rightfully point out some insensitive jokes made towards Israeli-Palestanian and Polynesian characters.