A review by mansiv27
Again, but Better by Christine Riccio
3.0
The main concept of this book about a girl lying to her parents to go to a school of her choice in London, Travelling through Europe, falling in love and discovering herself.
Shane seems so much like the author herself and her love interest Pilot was also super pleasant. Their arc was up and down, at times downright frustrating and sometimes just puts a smile.
Halfway into the book, there is this fantastical event that occurs with them just took me by surprise. I was not anticipating that. The title totally makes sense.
This feels more like an autobiography, instead of a contemporary romance. I just didn’t care what happened to the characters, I just couldn’t connect, and there were lots of clichés that took away from the story at times. Totally rushed, you could tell the author just wanted to get to the ending and be done with it. It had no impact on me and I was happy to close the book and move on. In the end, Christine Riccio’s debut novel was one that I had been anticipating for quite some time, but I am sorry to say that it was simply not well executed at all.
Shane seems so much like the author herself and her love interest Pilot was also super pleasant. Their arc was up and down, at times downright frustrating and sometimes just puts a smile.
Halfway into the book, there is this fantastical event that occurs with them just took me by surprise. I was not anticipating that. The title totally makes sense.
This feels more like an autobiography, instead of a contemporary romance. I just didn’t care what happened to the characters, I just couldn’t connect, and there were lots of clichés that took away from the story at times. Totally rushed, you could tell the author just wanted to get to the ending and be done with it. It had no impact on me and I was happy to close the book and move on. In the end, Christine Riccio’s debut novel was one that I had been anticipating for quite some time, but I am sorry to say that it was simply not well executed at all.