A review by piperclover
#rev by Cambria Hebert

emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

The writing in the first one wasn't good but the writing in this one is even worse. It feels so immature and corny. I really disliked the "confession" interruptions bc they were useless and irrelevant. We didn't get an explanation about Trent's major until 53% of the way through and thats way too late in the series to be hearing about Trent's motivations. This author really wants you to know these are men- they have a weird obsession with comparing everything to women or something that women do (when Drew's sister is decorating their house, Drew says to make sure it doesn't look like a bunch of girls live there. So casual sexism and unnecessary comparison to women). You genuinely cannot get through a chapter without the author comparing something that this couple does or explaining something as something a woman would do and it's always broad generalizations that are stereotypical and usually demeaning.  

It's just as bad as the first book but in a different way. It's like the author got scared that people would start to think of this couple as being women and so they needed to make sure you understood that these are manly men who are tough and get into fight and are not women. 

 I debated on even continuing to this one because I was so mad at the first but I do really enjoy the dynamic between Drew and Trent and I really liked the plot lines about the frat drama and coming out in racing so I wanted to see what happened with it. 
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