A review by brandece1
Key Change by Heidi Hutchinson

2.0

I picked up this book after reading the first two books in this series, and to say that this book was a rollercoaster of a read would be an understatement; and not in a good way. So I will say that when this book started I was really liking it. I was excited that Hannah was kind of an unlikable heroine, I love that she was taking care of her sister, and I would be lying if I said I haven't slightly picked up her motto of "all I can do is all I can do" or whatever it was. I know that this book is in the same "universe" as the others, but written by different authors but it just felt almost as if it flow well with the others. I will say after reading all of the books that are currently out that you do not need to read these books in order at all. I love the premise of this book, but I just don't think that it was executed well at all. One of the things that threw me off was the fact that this book is closed door (when the rest in the series are open), there is a lot of talk of sex and the heroine does have a STI, so honestly I thought with all that said it would be open door, and there would be positive conversations had, but in the end even though I can't speak for the rep it just felt icky to me. Hannah in my opinion has a lot of internalized issues with it, the way she speaks about it to Johnny and then the way she thinks of herself don't add up. Speaking of representation Johnny (the hero and his brother, and cousin) are Mexican, and again I can't speak for the rep, but it felt even more icky to me than the STI storyline. There is a storyline with Johnny's brother and a racist teacher, and I just don't think it was done well. Honestly I don't think it needed to be included at all, it didn't add to the story between MC's at all. I have tried to seek out reviews of people who are in the community (both communities) , and I couldn't find anything. It may be a me thing, but I didn't care for it at all. With all of that said I can't say I'm in a huge hurry to read more from this author. Also I did see that there are two more books coming out in this series and I'm not sure if I will read them or not.