A review by geo_ix
Status Update by Annabeth Albert
4.0
4.5 stars. I really loved this book, but somewhere towards the end it seemed to tie up a little too easily and personally I didn't seem to connect to the characters emotions like I like to when reading so nothing really felt like it hit that dramatic high.
I LOVED the fact that Noah was a virgin. Yes, he was engaged in his youth to a woman, but put off anything more than kissing claiming he wanted to wait for marriage because he's Christian. Which is a huge struggle in this book to be honest. His Christianity, faith and beliefs and the fact he's working at a college that will fire him if he ever comes out.
Adrian is the black sheep of the family because they're all have jobs as lawyers and such, while he develops games, has tattoos and dyes his hair and stuff. He feels like his family are disappointed in him, his mother is in a way because she wants to push him to do things a certain way and that means not being himself.
These two meet when they're at a trailer park, Adrian's on a trip with a guy he met online and gets abandoned, while Noah is working on a book for his job as a professor and working at moving up and stuff and he ends up driving him to his family and attending his sisters wedding with him.
Adrian's flirting is adorable, and seeing Noah blush and clam up at the thought of someone knowing he's gay was sad, but adorable also. This book is a great look at following your heart and leaning to love yourself. I'm unsure if I'll read the next book at this point, only because I have so many unfinished series, mainly because I know they'll be a standalone series not a continued one, probably about the new guy starting on the game where Adrian works.
I LOVED the fact that Noah was a virgin. Yes, he was engaged in his youth to a woman, but put off anything more than kissing claiming he wanted to wait for marriage because he's Christian. Which is a huge struggle in this book to be honest. His Christianity, faith and beliefs and the fact he's working at a college that will fire him if he ever comes out.
Adrian is the black sheep of the family because they're all have jobs as lawyers and such, while he develops games, has tattoos and dyes his hair and stuff. He feels like his family are disappointed in him, his mother is in a way because she wants to push him to do things a certain way and that means not being himself.
These two meet when they're at a trailer park, Adrian's on a trip with a guy he met online and gets abandoned, while Noah is working on a book for his job as a professor and working at moving up and stuff and he ends up driving him to his family and attending his sisters wedding with him.
Adrian's flirting is adorable, and seeing Noah blush and clam up at the thought of someone knowing he's gay was sad, but adorable also. This book is a great look at following your heart and leaning to love yourself. I'm unsure if I'll read the next book at this point, only because I have so many unfinished series, mainly because I know they'll be a standalone series not a continued one, probably about the new guy starting on the game where Adrian works.