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A review by synth
Summer Fling by Jean Copeland
1.0
This reads like a pure self-insert/author fantasy.
The MC is pathologically jealous and insecure. She's also condescending and mean under the guise of humor. Just overall a giant A-hole, despite what the book tries so hard to establish. Jealousy is in no way romantic or passionate, when are romance authors gonna understand that? Also, if "falling in love" makes you act irrationally and ruin your and your friends lives, I have news for you, it's not love. Oh, and, by the way, I despise with all my being this insistence that someone cannot be happy without being in a couple.
In contrast, the LI is amazing and badass and caring and gorgeous. I don't understand what she sees in the MC (although, let's be honest, her attachment to the MC borders on unhealthy). Especially since they have nothing in common, even apart from all those problems.
Not once did I believe them in love. I kept wanting them to break up, because it is frankly the best outcome for them.
It is also so poorly written, it's honestly worse than a lot of fanfiction, with the author spelling out what the characters are thinking and feeling rather than showing it.
Not to mention the stereotypical racist portrayal of the mixed black and white best friend. (and the biphobia. and the honestly homophobic depiction of the drag queen BF. and the casual rape joke.)
The MC is pathologically jealous and insecure. She's also condescending and mean under the guise of humor. Just overall a giant A-hole, despite what the book tries so hard to establish. Jealousy is in no way romantic or passionate, when are romance authors gonna understand that? Also, if "falling in love" makes you act irrationally and ruin your and your friends lives, I have news for you, it's not love. Oh, and, by the way, I despise with all my being this insistence that someone cannot be happy without being in a couple.
In contrast, the LI is amazing and badass and caring and gorgeous. I don't understand what she sees in the MC (although, let's be honest, her attachment to the MC borders on unhealthy). Especially since they have nothing in common, even apart from all those problems.
Not once did I believe them in love. I kept wanting them to break up, because it is frankly the best outcome for them.
It is also so poorly written, it's honestly worse than a lot of fanfiction, with the author spelling out what the characters are thinking and feeling rather than showing it.
Not to mention the stereotypical racist portrayal of the mixed black and white best friend. (and the biphobia. and the honestly homophobic depiction of the drag queen BF. and the casual rape joke.)