Unteachable

I'm going to echo the same sentiment that many other readers have about this book. If I could rate it on the writing alone, it would have been a definite 5-star book. The writing was beautiful and it hooks you to this book from the very first paragraph.

The chemistry between Maise and Evan is evident from the first moment they meet on the roller coaster. I went back and forth on being okay with their relationship because of the whole teacher/student thing but they are both adults and technically they didn't know when they first hooked up that they would soon be in that situation.

My opinion of Evan changed drastically when a secret about his past comes to light in the last part of the book. At that point, I didn't know if his feelings toward Maise were as genuine as he claimed they were or if he was just a big perv who was taking advantage of the situation they were in. I'm still not sure even now that I'm finished reading.

I felt the ending was too rushed. There are questions I didn't get the answers to, such as what happened with Maise's mother and what happened when they got to LA. Perhaps these things could have been answered in an epilogue but there wasn't one. Overall I'm disappointed because I liked this book enough to give it 4-5 stars up until about the 80% mark.