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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
My emotions whole time reading this book
the beginning
the middle
More of the middle
More than 80% done with the book
The End
The was an amazing beautifully written story I loved every word Thank you Leah Raeder for sharing you're amazing gift of telling stories that will stick with me always
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the beginning
the middle
More of the middle
More than 80% done with the book
The End
The was an amazing beautifully written story I loved every word Thank you Leah Raeder for sharing you're amazing gift of telling stories that will stick with me always
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Theme song Lorde " Royals"
♥Happy Reading my friends♥
3.8
Ho boy this book was different than I expected. I have a shaky relationships with new adult books, however I really love student teacher tropes and think there are not enough books written with this as a theme so I gave it a go. At the beginning of the book I really did not like Maise, she was annoying and jaded but the writing was solid and despite her erkssome personality she was very non Mary Sue. Maise knows that she's attractive and knows how to use that to her advantage. By the mid point of this book I thought it was maybe a 3 star read. The sex is hot but The romance just was alrightt,it did not really get me where I wanted to be with the student teacher thing. But then the later half of the book happened and it really picked up. I still wasn't as immersed in the relationship like I wanted to be but that no longer mattered, in fact I really just cared about how Maises story would unfold. The ending was good but had it ended the other way I would have been just as happy, and that's saying a lot.
As for the audiobook, I really enjoyed it, solid narration and good voice acting for different charecters.I know I have listen to another narration by the same woman however I cannot remember what that was, I remembered I like that one too though. Overall I recommend.
Ho boy this book was different than I expected. I have a shaky relationships with new adult books, however I really love student teacher tropes and think there are not enough books written with this as a theme so I gave it a go. At the beginning of the book I really did not like Maise, she was annoying and jaded but the writing was solid and despite her erkssome personality she was very non Mary Sue. Maise knows that she's attractive and knows how to use that to her advantage. By the mid point of this book I thought it was maybe a 3 star read. The sex is hot but The romance just was alrightt,it did not really get me where I wanted to be with the student teacher thing. But then the later half of the book happened and it really picked up. I still wasn't as immersed in the relationship like I wanted to be but that no longer mattered, in fact I really just cared about how Maises story would unfold. The ending was good but had it ended the other way I would have been just as happy, and that's saying a lot.
As for the audiobook, I really enjoyed it, solid narration and good voice acting for different charecters.I know I have listen to another narration by the same woman however I cannot remember what that was, I remembered I like that one too though. Overall I recommend.
Oh shit that was good and hot and perfect. What happened,????? That ending good god that ending!this book made me so happy, i feel like the hype never really happened untillt he end but I was ok with that. The story was so good I never got bored and would've had no problem with out the climax it was just that good. Sex in the classroom? Gosh why can't I have hot teachers lol
On a serious note though..... Creepy guy that this was not his first time but I fell in love with him I really felt their love was real. And Wesley? Can I have him? I just want to put him in my pocket.... My very own wesleypedia. Amazing book!!!!
On a serious note though..... Creepy guy that this was not his first time but I fell in love with him I really felt their love was real. And Wesley? Can I have him? I just want to put him in my pocket.... My very own wesleypedia. Amazing book!!!!
WOW. The rollercoaster ride that is the lyrical written genius of Leah Raeder chewed me up and spit me out!! I never felt bored in this novel, EVER. The paragraphs and so beautifully written, and well plotted out, it demands to be read in one sitting!
Usually, student teacher relationships are a NO GO! But this story it completely different. It starts out innocently, not as if you have a wicked male teacher that plots out to find himself a weak, young, beautiful girl.
The lights draw them in, the carnival, that smell of popcorn, cotton candy, the wildly laughter and literally, a rollercoaster!
I loved the steamy building of Masie and Evan, she's and old soul beyond her physical years, and he's a man that's time on the planet don't define who he is.
If I keep going, I'll spill all the goods! Loved this book! 5 stars!
Usually, student teacher relationships are a NO GO! But this story it completely different. It starts out innocently, not as if you have a wicked male teacher that plots out to find himself a weak, young, beautiful girl.
The lights draw them in, the carnival, that smell of popcorn, cotton candy, the wildly laughter and literally, a rollercoaster!
I loved the steamy building of Masie and Evan, she's and old soul beyond her physical years, and he's a man that's time on the planet don't define who he is.
If I keep going, I'll spill all the goods! Loved this book! 5 stars!
I don’t know with what to begin. My breaking point of knowing that this book will be awesome happened in the first sentence. Seriously, I’m not kidding. There are just a few writers who can use loads of profanities in a way that doesn’t sound dirty and cheap, but rather opposite. And using the word “fuck” in the first line of this book did a major undoing for me. I’m not a person who is swooning while hearing/ reading some hard core profanities, hell I’m living in the country which is famous for its colorful ways of giving oral diarrhea, but to start with such entry – you really need to have some balls.
And let me just say – to write about something that someone (or lots of someone’s) might find controversial (that whole idea behind the story – love affair between student and teacher), although some might find little bit disturbing, I could say that this is yet another love story which is very much realistic as any other love story who describe relationship between “age appropriate lovers”.
This book told story about lots of other controversial stuff: the main female character Maise is not so naïve young girl although she is only 18 – with nonexistent father, drug addict/ dealer mother, her “Lolita habits” of using older men due (possibly) daddy issues; the main male character Mr. Wilke with his own hunted past and inner fights how to emotional cope with student-teacher relationship; and with couple other shady characters in-between: one drug lord, one mean high school queen bee and one hormonal teenage boy with serious crush who is gone totally mental in a spooky stalkery way.
Anyway, I was really really REALLY surprised with how much Unteachable is one hell of great read. Get you copy ASAP and enjoy your freefall.
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And let me just say – to write about something that someone (or lots of someone’s) might find controversial (that whole idea behind the story – love affair between student and teacher), although some might find little bit disturbing, I could say that this is yet another love story which is very much realistic as any other love story who describe relationship between “age appropriate lovers”.
This book told story about lots of other controversial stuff: the main female character Maise is not so naïve young girl although she is only 18 – with nonexistent father, drug addict/ dealer mother, her “Lolita habits” of using older men due (possibly) daddy issues; the main male character Mr. Wilke with his own hunted past and inner fights how to emotional cope with student-teacher relationship; and with couple other shady characters in-between: one drug lord, one mean high school queen bee and one hormonal teenage boy with serious crush who is gone totally mental in a spooky stalkery way.
Anyway, I was really really REALLY surprised with how much Unteachable is one hell of great read. Get you copy ASAP and enjoy your freefall.
More on: http://peachopolis.com/
I finished Unteachable and really felt good about reading this story. Teacher/student relationships storylines are not my favorite and it kinda shocked me when I found out the age diff. But in any case, what sold me on this story was the writing. It's lyrical. It's funny. It's thoughtful. Hard questions and feelings are explored, repeatedly. Leah Raeder is now on my author watchlist as I have fallen in love with her writing style.
I honestly don't know which way to rate this book. I hated it and liked it all in one go. It was so up and down for me; parts when I couldn't put it down, and then parts when I wanted to throw the book against the wall.
Firstly, Leah Raeder is a good writer. No, scratch that, she's a very good writer. The prose is gritty and uncomfortable and searing and almost poetic in parts. I thought Masie was portrayed very well, as a hard-as-nails girl who has had to fight for everything in her life. But that's about it that I liked with this book. I didn't like Evan - its always going to be an uphill task to make a grown man (who is also a teacher) not come off as a creep in this kind of storyline, and he came off as a creep. A big one. Especially as his story starts to unravel, he just becomes even more creepy. ugh! It was an effort to finish the book after that point.
Firstly, Leah Raeder is a good writer. No, scratch that, she's a very good writer. The prose is gritty and uncomfortable and searing and almost poetic in parts. I thought Masie was portrayed very well, as a hard-as-nails girl who has had to fight for everything in her life. But that's about it that I liked with this book. I didn't like Evan - its always going to be an uphill task to make a grown man (who is also a teacher) not come off as a creep in this kind of storyline, and he came off as a creep. A big one. Especially as his story starts to unravel, he just becomes even more creepy. ugh! It was an effort to finish the book after that point.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I...don't know how to write a review of this book. It was really a gut punch and I don't even know how to feel about the ending. Extremely mixed feelings about...all of it. That said, the writing is great. The two main characters are so realistic and conflicted and genuinely feel like real people. Some of the side characters...not so much.
Having just finished the book, I don't know how I feel about the MMC. I wish there was more closure at the end. The ending felt so abrupt and so fitting at the same time.
Some of my favorite quotes from the book...
"It seems like the whole world has figured out how to be happy, but no one’s letting me in on the secret"
"He rocked on his toes a few times, back and forth. I’d learn later that it was his nervous habit. It endeared me then, a little—instead of retreating from anxiety, he psyched himself up to face it."
"And that made my heart ache, too—the thought of how much happiness lay scattered across the universe, unrealized, in fragments, waiting for the right twist of fate to bring it together."
" I grinned. “Let’s pretend we’re a troubled married couple.”"
"It was the first time I’d had sushi, and the only real conclusion I drew was that it was very sensual."
Having just finished the book, I don't know how I feel about the MMC. I wish there was more closure at the end. The ending felt so abrupt and so fitting at the same time.
Some of my favorite quotes from the book...
"It seems like the whole world has figured out how to be happy, but no one’s letting me in on the secret"
"He rocked on his toes a few times, back and forth. I’d learn later that it was his nervous habit. It endeared me then, a little—instead of retreating from anxiety, he psyched himself up to face it."
"And that made my heart ache, too—the thought of how much happiness lay scattered across the universe, unrealized, in fragments, waiting for the right twist of fate to bring it together."
" I grinned. “Let’s pretend we’re a troubled married couple.”"
"It was the first time I’d had sushi, and the only real conclusion I drew was that it was very sensual."
4.5 Stars
This was beautifully written. From the movie references, to the quotes, to the descriptions of scenery and scent.
This story is forbidden. I like forbidden. Teacher/student. There is this escapist taboo element that allows me a safe space to get lost in the pages.
The heroine in this story was written in such a gritty and realistic way. She owned her shit. She owned her circumstances. This book gave me the feels. It also gave me anxiety. But in a “not sure how this is gonna end, I hope it ends how I want, but it may not...” type of way. It was consuming, compelling and sexy. A great beachy read to get you back in the saddle.
This was beautifully written. From the movie references, to the quotes, to the descriptions of scenery and scent.
This story is forbidden. I like forbidden. Teacher/student. There is this escapist taboo element that allows me a safe space to get lost in the pages.
The heroine in this story was written in such a gritty and realistic way. She owned her shit. She owned her circumstances. This book gave me the feels. It also gave me anxiety. But in a “not sure how this is gonna end, I hope it ends how I want, but it may not...” type of way. It was consuming, compelling and sexy. A great beachy read to get you back in the saddle.
I won't say much.
For me, I was enjoying this book right around the end when things were becoming "real." I saw it as things taking their natural course and was getting ready to end the book on a realistic note (what I consider to be realistic). Except, it didn't. I would've felt this book to deserve 5 whalloping stars otherwise. Everything that happened in this book I took in neutrally. It could've gone either way for me, but the ending was not to my taste.
For me, I was enjoying this book right around the end when things were becoming "real." I saw it as things taking their natural course and was getting ready to end the book on a realistic note (what I consider to be realistic). Except, it didn't. I would've felt this book to deserve 5 whalloping stars otherwise. Everything that happened in this book I took in neutrally. It could've gone either way for me, but the ending was not to my taste.