Jenna
The plot was good, and I really liked how the first book was wrapped up, but I have to say that a couple things about Casey bothered me.
Firstly, he's described as "having a temper," so he flies off the handle frequently, then his feelings are hurt when his mom is nervous to enter his house after he blew up at his parents during an argument. I've dealt with enough men with "short tempers" that I give no fucks about their feelings after they've been verbally/emotionally abusive and are trying to twist things around to make themselves the victim.
On top of that, his favorite insult is an anti-Arab slur (he had served as a Marine in Afghanistan), but he weirdly uses it against white Americans. Regardless, pick an insult that isn't racist, asshole.
I actually prefer deeply flawed characters, because I like watching them grow into better people (though I also like evil characters that are unapologetically so in certain types of books 😈), but I'm not sure these issues will be addressed in future books. We'll see. I do plan to read the next one.
The plot was good, and I really liked how the first book was wrapped up, but I have to say that a couple things about Casey bothered me.
Firstly, he's described as "having a temper," so he flies off the handle frequently, then his feelings are hurt when his mom is nervous to enter his house after he blew up at his parents during an argument. I've dealt with enough men with "short tempers" that I give no fucks about their feelings after they've been verbally/emotionally abusive and are trying to twist things around to make themselves the victim.
On top of that, his favorite insult is an anti-Arab slur (he had served as a Marine in Afghanistan), but he weirdly uses it against white Americans. Regardless, pick an insult that isn't racist, asshole.
I actually prefer deeply flawed characters, because I like watching them grow into better people (though I also like evil characters that are unapologetically so in certain types of books 😈), but I'm not sure these issues will be addressed in future books. We'll see. I do plan to read the next one.
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I liked the plot and the writing, but it seemed like it was trying too hard to be emotional, so instead of empathizing with the MCs, I kept wondering how they could cry so much and when they would stop. In other words, the emotions didn't hit hard because it was trying to hit hard the entire time.
I was also disappointed by the fade to black, yet it was explicit enough that I wouldn't recommend it to a young teen. I'd prefer it to be one or the other. Nothing worse than a bunch of build up leading to a sudden F2B.
Still an enjoyable read overall.
I liked the plot and the writing, but it seemed like it was trying too hard to be emotional, so instead of empathizing with the MCs, I kept wondering how they could cry so much and when they would stop. In other words, the emotions didn't hit hard because it was trying to hit hard the entire time.
I was also disappointed by the fade to black, yet it was explicit enough that I wouldn't recommend it to a young teen. I'd prefer it to be one or the other. Nothing worse than a bunch of build up leading to a sudden F2B.
Still an enjoyable read overall.
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