Need You

3.5 Stars

YOU was one of my absolute favorite books so far this year, probably all of last year also. So you can imagine my delight when I found out that there is a sequel. More Joe, who wouldn't be excited...



Unfortunately, this one didn't quite rise to the greatness of the first book. The badass, twisted Joe of YOU was missing for most of the book here. Oh, he would pop in now and then, and that's what kept me reading along, but for the most part what we get in this book is a watered down version. A lot of the time he came across as weak, and easily pushed around. The secondary characters in this one were also boring. I loathed LOVE, she was incredibly uninteresting, and I didn't believe for a second Joe would be that enamored by her. FORTY (who spoke like Leo Dicaprio in The Great Gatsby) was to much of a caricature with his constant use of “Old Sport”

I was also disappointed that the whole Amy situation was just pushed to the side. This felt way out of character for the Joe we got in the first book. Also, the name dropping and product mentions in this one was WAY OTT. It really took away some of my enjoyment in reading this because it became ridiculous with almost every other page having a celeb name drop or a product mention. In anycase, I did finish it, and I really want to read how Joe is going to get himself out of his current situation. So even though this wasn't as phenomenal as YOU I still think it is worth a read.