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A review by namaya
Moonshot by Alessandra Torre
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
the book started out strong. i dong necessarily approve of the 5 year age gap when shes 17 about to turn 18, but i tried to look past that. i definitely didnt like that their whole fight was over her not being a virgin especially when it happened before they were together. what i definitely couldnt look past was all the cheating.
ty and chase met when she was 17 and he was 23 and ended up falling for each other. but then they have a fight, he gets traded and doesnt say goodbye,she finds out shes pregnant with another mans baby and marries him 4 years later chase gets traded back after a series of murders that makes everyone think its because the team havent won the world series. ty is married, but still in love with chase and chase is a shell of a man still in love with ty.
and what happens the first time theyre alone together? they have an affair. and she swears it wont happen again, yet seeks him out again and again and again. and despite her admitting to herself its wrong to do to her husband, they continue to justify it every single time.
maybe i was naive to think that when they were reunited, it would be after she left her husband and pursued a relationship with her long lost love, not that she would sleep with a man she knew for a couple of months at 18 and went home to sleep with her husband of 4 years.
aside from the cheating, there were a couple of plot holes that made it hard to “enjoy” the book. her dad was adamant she stay away from chase when she was younger at the beginning and that was a huge reason they couldnt be public, yet he never truly did anything to back that up.
the whole reveal that the reason the reporter was killing the girls ty’s husband had affairs with being that HE was in love with him and wanted ty to have the perfect marriage seems like a second thought thrown in just because and added absolutely nothing
ty and chase met when she was 17 and he was 23 and ended up falling for each other. but then they have a fight, he gets traded and doesnt say goodbye,
and what happens the first time theyre alone together? they have an affair. and she swears it wont happen again, yet seeks him out again and again and again. and despite her admitting to herself its wrong to do to her husband, they continue to justify it every single time.
maybe i was naive to think that when they were reunited, it would be after she left her husband and pursued a relationship with her long lost love, not that she would sleep with a man she knew for a couple of months at 18 and went home to sleep with her husband of 4 years.
aside from the cheating, there were a couple of plot holes that made it hard to “enjoy” the book. her dad was adamant she stay away from chase when she was younger at the beginning and that was a huge reason they couldnt be public, yet he never truly did anything to back that up.
the whole reveal that the reason the reporter was killing the girls ty’s husband had affairs with being that HE was in love with him and wanted ty to have the perfect marriage seems like a second thought thrown in just because and added absolutely nothing