The Obsession

This was an okay book. Firstly, the description had me hooked. Who can resist that description?
The story itself kept me entertained ‘till the end. In fact, I was so entertained that I finished it in 4 days.

But, the book was still mediocre. There are parts in which it disregards logic just to prolong or intensify the conflict. I mean, sure, I like conflict. But does it have to be based on misunderstandings and faulty logic? For example, Delilah does not call the police on Brandon because Brandon himself is a cop, and she believes that all the cops would defend him, and Brandon would punish her, and their community would shame her and her mother for falsely accusing him. To me, this reasoning makes no sense. Because Brandon is corrupt, she assumes all the cops are corrupt and somehow able to hide obvious evidence. All she had to was show someone the bruises on her and her mom! And Logan agrees with her, with the reasoning: You simply don't accuse a cop. What? Delilah is supposed to be smart. I guess, being abused would result in faulty thinking in that situation, but even Logan agrees with her. Huh?

I also don't like Aisha. She's the overused funny-quirky-loyal-best-friend archetype that I see in every single high school book with a female protagonist. She's literally that best friend girl from Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

But still, I think this is a good book because it has a simple, interesting concept and was entertaining. It was super predictable, but still—I enjoyed it.