lilalhreads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
2.0
I don’t even know where to start. I think this one was worse than the first one.
This book starts with Cass (our fmc) arriving at school with the help of her 3 older brothers. When she gets to her dorm she opens to the door to find her roommate getting it on with a guy and her brother’s wont let her leave the room & force her to watch 🤢 I mean, sure dude you like what you like but to make your sister watch with you… weird and gross. I should have DNFed there. After that the story just becomes more ridiculous, annoying and over dramatic. Jaxon (our mmc) spends almost the entire book going back and forth between “No I can’t forgive her. I want nothing to do with her” to “I need her. No one else can even look at her.”
The writing itself feels clunky and repetitive. Take this excerpt for example
“After getting back to campus with a plan to spend my day working out and going over some assignments, I promptly fall asleep on the couch, not waking until nearly nightfall.
I have a lot to think about where Cass is concerned, especially after everything that happened at the wedding, and so I did the only thing that helps me sort through my head in times like these—practically kill myself in the gym. The moment I returned back to my place, I promptly collapsed on the couch, which is where I’ve stayed ever since, assuming Cass wouldn’t be back on campus until late afternoon.”
Two paragraphs in a row where Jaxon “promptly falls on the couch”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Stalking
Moderate: Cancer
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