chhota bheem

Because I don’t think your brother did it – and I’m going to try to prove it.

This was an incredibly thrilling experience for me. It was my first time reading crime, and I must admit that I will be reading a lot more of this genre in the future.

Reading the book made me think of a lot of my own theories and possibilities, but the author had another finish in mind. This is something I would never have expected.

The storyline between Pip and Ravi was fantastic. I could tell right away from their first moment together that I would be cheering them throughout the entire book.

"Oh, and don’t tell them the only reason you started this project was because you fancied me. You know, think of a more noble reason." "Get out of here." "Don’t feel bad. You couldn’t help yourself, I’m ravishing. Get it? Ravi-shing. Ravi Singh." "Sign of a great joke, having to explain it."

I particularly like how the book centered around interviews, images, recordings, messages, and so on while solving the murder; it increased my interest in the plot.

How easily and without hesitation everyone gave up information was one thing that truly troubled me. Not everyone would be as cool and chill about it as they are in this book while discussing such a sensitive topic.

Still, I enjoyed reading it, and I will most certainly be reading more in this series.

I've discovered that Ali Hazelwood writes in a unique style. And I'm ready for it.

It is good to watch Mallory work things out and get over her problems. Since she played the victim for the better part of the novel, I have to admit that she truly irritated me for about 70% of it. She was being provided everything she needed, but she was just being difficult and wouldn't accept it. Not to mention, Nolan was a complete darling, and she treated him really rudely. Darcy and Oz, loved them.

“Oh my God. Mal, now it’s our secret!” All of a sudden, she looks seriously pumped up. “No. No, I don’t want you keeping secrets from Mom— ” “I don’t mind,” she says quickly. “I want to!” “Darcy, you were all about us telling each other everything at dinner. I’ll explain to Mom— ” “You said it might be painful to her. And I want to have a secret with you. Something just ours!”

“And if you decide to continue torturing yourself, could you use your headphones?” Oz glares at me from his desk. “Some of us are not unlearned prodigies mistakenly assumed to be Nolan Sawyer’s new concubine. Some of us have to actually practice chess.”

I adore Hazelwood's style of writing. There's a certain tone to it, and I noticed that I was smiling a lot when things were said—something I don't typically do—and occasionally laughed out loud at specific lines.

However, I haven't had enough of Nolan and Mallory. Despite enjoying Mallory's character growth, I did wish there had been more of their romance towards the end of the book.

“He leans toward me over the table, dark eyes earnest, stars traveling on his skin. “Do you know how incredible you are?” I cannot breathe. Temporarily. So I force myself to laugh. “Really? You’re wasting your question on this?” “I am serious. Do you realize how exceptional you are, Mallory?”

The chess-related narrative was also pleasant to read. It was a lot of fun.

And if you “ship them hard” and “want to believe,” you might enjoy this little clue: three weeks ago, at a charity event, Nolan Sawyer—who is a notoriously bad loser—did not stop to take questions from journalists. But eyewitnesses reported that when asked how he felt about the possibility of Mallory Greenleaf accruing enough points to take the No. 1 spot from him, he simply smiled before walking away.

So Bad. Booktok lied.

I'm surprised that I didn't dnf this book because there were a lot of times I wanted to rip the thing to pieces and throw it away.

To begin with, this book was freakishly long with no real substance. It dragged, and dragged, with some new conflict here and there and unwanted sex scenes to fill the voids. And there were so many characters that I couldn’t remember who was who.

Nathan is a sweet guy. Perhaps a little too sweet to be believable, but let's ignore that. On the other hand, Anastasia was frustrating AF. Although she is meant to be a strong-willed, determined girl, all she is is stubborn, annoying and mean. She seemed fine with everyone but was unreasonably rude to Nathan for some reason, and that was only for about 50% of the book. Then all of a sudden, she's nice to him. She has no problem telling Nathan that he's being disrespectful after hearing about his worries regarding Aaron. But she lets Aaron walk all over her, and that’s okay.

Anastasia plays hard to get; tells Nate that she doesn’t want commitment; she doesn't do jealous and also, she makes it clear that she wants nothing to do with him every time he makes a move on her. But when she sees another girl come out from his bedroom, she goes,

You made me look like a fool in front of our friends!

You fucked another girl upstairs at a party I’m at!

To sum that all up, this book did not live up to my expectations. It was like an unedited Wattpad story—too many characters, too much drama, too much going on. I started asking myself when it would be over around halfway through.

The only good thing about this book was Henry.