A review by mrose21
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
3.0
I was all rooting for this book thinking 'Yes Jessica tell him what you're really thinking...' but it just fizzled out for me.
While I actually loved both characters, for both different reasons I just don't like them together. I wanted Jess to carry on rejecting the idea of a 'forced' marriage and fall in love with Jake and live happy ever after. I wanted 'Lukey' to be a nice guy and fall in love with Faith and she turn out to be a nice person (OK maybe I'm pushing it) and they live happy ever after.
I liked Jess because she was funny, she was pushing him away because he was suggesting an arranged marriage and she didn't want to be forced into that and I liked that she had fire and wasn't the typical YA bend over backwards chick that YA authors always write for us girls...
I liked the fact that the author didn't make him into a sappy vampire, he was angry (a lot) and he was sort of scary. Its refreshing to read a vampire book where the vampire is a vampire and not a watered down one even if all the 'traditional' vampireness (bats, sunlight, etc..) weren't there. It was still great that he wasn't boring.
I don't know if I can read the next book (which I believe is the only other one?) as I just finished feeling a little put out by the ending for some reason. Just didn't make me feel woo about it.
While I actually loved both characters, for both different reasons I just don't like them together. I wanted Jess to carry on rejecting the idea of a 'forced' marriage and fall in love with Jake and live happy ever after. I wanted 'Lukey' to be a nice guy and fall in love with Faith and she turn out to be a nice person (OK maybe I'm pushing it) and they live happy ever after.
I liked Jess because she was funny, she was pushing him away because he was suggesting an arranged marriage and she didn't want to be forced into that and I liked that she had fire and wasn't the typical YA bend over backwards chick that YA authors always write for us girls...
I liked the fact that the author didn't make him into a sappy vampire, he was angry (a lot) and he was sort of scary. Its refreshing to read a vampire book where the vampire is a vampire and not a watered down one even if all the 'traditional' vampireness (bats, sunlight, etc..) weren't there. It was still great that he wasn't boring.
I don't know if I can read the next book (which I believe is the only other one?) as I just finished feeling a little put out by the ending for some reason. Just didn't make me feel woo about it.