Nina Barnes thinks Valentine’s Day should be optional. That way single people like her wouldn’t be subjected to kissy Cupids all over the place. That is, until her mom moves them next door to the brooding hottie of Greenbrier High, West Smith. He’s funny, looks amazing in a black leather jacket, and he’s fluent in Harry Potter, but she’s not sure he’s boyfriend material. West isn’t sure what to make of Nina. She’s cute and loves to read as much as he does, but she seems to need to debate everything and she has a pathological insistence on telling the truth. And West doesn’t exactly know how to handle that, since his entire life is a carefully constructed secret. Dating the girl next door could be a ton of fun, but only if Nina never finds out the truth about his home life. It’s one secret that could bring them together or rip them apart. Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book is not for anyone who has to get in the last word, but it is for all book nerds, especially those who live next door to so called unapproachable gorgeous guys. There’s no debating the chemistry. Each book in the Dating Dilemmas series is STANDALONE: * The Dating Debate * 99% Faking It
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DNF @ 11%
I gave up on this book because it has no depth to it. Everything is going by super quick, yet not although there is no thoughts, no time to catch our breath and understand the characters. They seem to be given stock personalities and looks which we are supposed to go with. Also, who tells someone they are “brooding” or even talks to others like ‘oh, so and so is the sexy brooding loner–yum” like, no. Sorry, no that seems so weird to me.
The interactions were so....strange and so forced! She doesn't like him, yet is soooo against lying (EVEN THOUGH SHE LIED PREVIOUSLY) that she is going to go to the dance with him. Yeah, that makes sense.
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I'm also NOT OKAY with forced hugs. Plus, it was soooo awkward. This girl doesn't like debates, she like confrontations and pushing people out of their comfort zones. Hugging people–touching people, when they don't want to be isn't cute or quirky, it is a b*tch move.
I stopped reading after a mental illness was being introduced in a character and could already tell it wasn't going to go well.
This might be a book I recommend to a reader who wants more dialogue, more fast-paced reads, but not someone who reads often and I will probably forget about this so soon I won't get around to recommending it.
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2 primary booksDating Dilemmas is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Chris Cannon.
