The Playlist

1.75/5

The chapter titles, Taylor easter eggs and dedication were the only good things about this book.

I HATED Zander. Hated him. Ffs, this man can't take a "no" as an answer, can he.

Zoe could not even SAY A WORD because he was either talking over her or he was kissing her to shut her up. And he was so demanding an d controlling h my god, I wanted to punch him. He's supposed to be a feminist? In what world?

Zoe couldn't doa bloody thing without Zander criticising her every move and decision. He took her phone away, car keys so she couldn't even escape if she wanted to, forced her to share a bed with him for an entire week, and then he had problems when she asked him for space? Are you kidding me? Fuck this shit, I'm out.

I was already thinking this book was 2 starts, and ONLY because of Taylor Swift references, nothing else. THEN, Zander did the only good thing in the book and yell at Zoe's dad which put the book up to 3 stars for me.

AND THEN <spoiler> A PROPOSAL AFTER A WEEK (A WEEK!!!) of PRETEND DATING TOOK IT DOWN TO 1 STAR. THE ONLY REASON I'M GIVING IT 2 STARS IS BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION.

for fuck's SAKE THEY WEREN'R EVEN DATING! He was telling her the whole week "It's pretend, it's pretend, don't worry, you can pretend as long as you like" only to flip it around and mid-sex during the last night forced her to realize that "This isn't pretended, Zo, you can't pretend anymore.", like fuck you. God, I HATE this man with such passion you have no idea. Holy shit. And while she's confused because she doesn't think he loves her and thought it was only a bit of fun for him (they never used boyfriend/girlfriend labels) this shit proposes to her? Are you fucking kidding me? After a week of PRETEND? And she said yes? And her parents were watching? I'm having "she likes pina coladas" deja-vous. </spoiler>

If I ever read anything by that author, it won't be any book from that series. Hopefully, the ending and male character will be better...