A review by kellyhager
The Believing Game by Eireann Corrigan
2.0
Greer's parents have sent her away to a sort of reform school since she started "acting out" (read: stealing and sleeping around). I'm not sure that McCracken Hill would call itself a reform school, but let's be honest: that's what it is. And Greer hates it...at least until she meets Addison and immediately falls for him. And the feelings are mutual, which is pretty rare.
And THEN she meets Addison's sponsor and best friend, Joshua. And immediately she knows (and so do we) that there is something off about him. He's very creepy and inappropriate (he makes a lot of comments about whether Addison and Greer are sleeping together, for one) and more than a little controlling.
I was excited to read this book because I loved her last one, Accomplice. This book fell a little short for me because Greer knew the whole time that something was wrong with Joshua but she still spent a lot of time with him. And yes, I get that she loved Addison and he was Addison's best friend, but still.
Also, even though she didn't like Joshua at all, his approval mattered to her. That annoyed me, but I do still get that. I think everyone wants to be liked, right? And part of that means that we don't particularly like to be disliked, even if it's by someone we aren't all that fond of ourselves.
And it also makes sense that because Greer is a little messed up anyway (and also a teenager), her motives and thoughts could be all over the place.
Even so, I didn't think this book lived up to the potential of Accomplice at all. But I'll still read her next book.
And THEN she meets Addison's sponsor and best friend, Joshua. And immediately she knows (and so do we) that there is something off about him. He's very creepy and inappropriate (he makes a lot of comments about whether Addison and Greer are sleeping together, for one) and more than a little controlling.
I was excited to read this book because I loved her last one, Accomplice. This book fell a little short for me because Greer knew the whole time that something was wrong with Joshua but she still spent a lot of time with him. And yes, I get that she loved Addison and he was Addison's best friend, but still.
Also, even though she didn't like Joshua at all, his approval mattered to her. That annoyed me, but I do still get that. I think everyone wants to be liked, right? And part of that means that we don't particularly like to be disliked, even if it's by someone we aren't all that fond of ourselves.
And it also makes sense that because Greer is a little messed up anyway (and also a teenager), her motives and thoughts could be all over the place.
Even so, I didn't think this book lived up to the potential of Accomplice at all. But I'll still read her next book.