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Wow! This was such a wow book for me. First off I won this book in a Christmas giveaway from my friend Jenny Vee. I had never heard of this book and quite frankly I might have never read it. I tend to shy away from stories about 18 year olds. God am I glad I won this book!
I don't think I have ever read something written the way this author wrote. I'm not sure I have the right words to describe it. Some have said lyrical and poetic and I guess that is a good way to describe it. There was definitely a unique flow. I sometimes felt like I was reading words written like a beautiful painting. It was also very smartly written...intelligent.
Maise I loved her, she was just so matter of fact and wiser than her years. An old soul I guess. Evan gosh so many feelings about him. I liked him, I loved him, I pitied him, at one point I sort of didn't like him. That maybe dislike point was maybe my only bone of contention with the book. I really didn't want him to have done what he did before....yeah I said that criptically on purpose because I don't want to spoil any part of this story, but if you have read it you will understand what I meant.
Leah Raeder, thank goodness you did not give up on writing. That would have been a crime!
I don't think I have ever read something written the way this author wrote. I'm not sure I have the right words to describe it. Some have said lyrical and poetic and I guess that is a good way to describe it. There was definitely a unique flow. I sometimes felt like I was reading words written like a beautiful painting. It was also very smartly written...intelligent.
Maise I loved her, she was just so matter of fact and wiser than her years. An old soul I guess. Evan gosh so many feelings about him. I liked him, I loved him, I pitied him, at one point I sort of didn't like him. That maybe dislike point was maybe my only bone of contention with the book. I really didn't want him to have done what he did before....yeah I said that criptically on purpose because I don't want to spoil any part of this story, but if you have read it you will understand what I meant.
Leah Raeder, thank goodness you did not give up on writing. That would have been a crime!
“You can call it love, or you can call it freefall. They're pretty much the same thing.”
It's insane. Type in Unteachable into Google, and you get the best array of quotes, GIFs and carnival art I've ever seen. Leah Raeder has brought together an entire community of book lovers, and given them something else to love: Maise and Evan.
I'm not one to fangirl over a couple. For those who know me, I've only done so a couple of times (Celaena and Chaol anyone?) but with Unteachable, their relationship becomes yours.
"What the hell am I? I thought. Too old to be a real teenager, too young to drink. Old enough to die in a war, fuck grown men, and be completely confused about what I was doing with my life.
You're right, Evan, I thought. No one knows us here. I don't even know myself."
It's a hot summer night when Maise O'Malley heads to the carnival. When a beautiful older man sits next to her on the roller coaster, she is immediately drawn to him like a moth to a flame. When they end up screwing in his car, she does the only thing she knows best: leaves.
Yeah, I hook up with older guys. And then I leave them, before they can leave me. Thanks for the abandonment issued, Dad. Fuck you very much."
Fast forward a week, and she's just about to start her Film Studies class. As she enters, the man at the desk lifts his head and...
I saw him first.
I didn't blink. Everything inside me came to a full stop. He wore pressed slacks and a collared shirt, clean-shaven, hair combed neatly, a silver watching gleaming on his wrist, but it was undeniably him. I knew those hands. I knew that mouth. I'd pictured that face, grizzled with stubble, his eyes half shut, nuzzling at my neck as I lay in bed and got myself off.
I knew instantly, unequivocally. Evan Wilke. Starting his new job as a teacher at Riverland High.
My teacher.
Especially since their romance is that forbidden fruit. A teacher and his student who fall desperately in love. It starts slow, but you already go in with a sense of doom. Please, someone tell me how many real-life teacher/student stories get their HEA? Not many, if any at all. I can guarantee that every single person I know has had a crush on their teacher before. What makes Unteachable so real is that it doesn't skate over the problems you will have in such a dangerous relationship, the obstacles you will have to surpass because of the big age difference, how awkward certain things about this relationship will be.
And hey, it doesn't skate over the steamy sex scenes. Aye, papi!
The second I began reading, I got that heavy sense of doom on my chest. Where you immediately think, "This is going to end badly."
When you're eighteen, there's fuck-all to do in a southern Illinois summer but eat fried pickles, drink PBR tallboys you stole from your mom, and ride the Tilt-a-Whirl till you hurl. Which is exactly what I was doing the night I met Him.
The way Raeder uses 'retrospect' and 'in hindsight' makes your stomach clench and your chest tighten as you think, "What do you mean, WAS?" or "Now that you think about it? HUH?"
Because Evan and Maise's relationship is a roller coaster and the higher you climb, the harder you fall.
Images and words flash past too fast to parse, like the cliché dying moment in film, when life flashes before someone's eyes. Except this isn't what happens when you die-- it's what happens when you live. It all flashes past. You barely have time to feel it before it's gone.
This book should come with a warning. "As addictive as crack. Or Pringles. Once you pop, you just can't stop." It physically hurt to stop reading even for an hour because the minute you set down the book, you KNOW something amazing/terrifying is going to happen the second you turn that page.
I see the lights every night. It seems like the whole world has figured out how to be happy, but no one’s letting me in on the secret.
The New Adult genre is a tragic clusterfuck of sex, abusive boyfriends, dipshit main character's and brain-cell-murdering plots that you can predict from the moon. What makes Unteachable so different is the characters. Evan, Maise, Wesley and even the secondary characters you don't see often. Raeder gives you a story for each of them, and they develop as the story progresses.
I loved that Evan and Maise weren't perfect. They're fucked up people trying to make it in a relationship that is more than just frowned upon. Maise isn't willing to ditch her future for a man she loves, and Evan isn't ready to hold her back. If anything, he pushes her and pushes her until she either cracks or acts. They're not a dysfunctional relationship... just dysfunctional people.
And don't worry, their stories aren't the Ugh that's pathetic kind but more of the Oh my god, those poor people kind. Their stories are laced with screwed up situations that they overcome. And the best part of it all is that Maise isn't a pathetic, whiny kid you want to high five in the face with a spade. By the end, you will want to adopt her, pat her on the head and say, "Everything will be alright."
"I can't be your manic pixie dream girl. I can't be the girl who teaches you how to open your heart and embrace life and all that bullshit, because I'm trying to figure out how to do that myself. I need a manic pixie dream boy of my own."
Also, the way Wesley's and Maise's friendship starts, flows, and then nose-dives is so perfect I could cry. That's exactly how real friendships are. No friendship is perfect. If you don't hit a rocky patch with your BFF, and survive it, then you're not that close to begin with.
"I want to start working seriously on our movie."
"Okay."
"So I'm coming to your house after school."
"Okay."
"So hide your socks and titty posters."
"That's a sexist stereotype," he said.
I raised my eyebrow at him.
"Okay," he sighed."
If you haven't read this yet, don't let the NA tag daunt you. This book is worth every penny, every minute and every hour and it is damn worth your tears, too.
After reading:
I'm crying more at the acknowledgements than the fucking perfect ending. I cannae breathe. Send help. Review to come once I stop chasing after my sanity.
Pre-reading:
BOOK DEPOSITORY EMAILED ME AND MY COPY IS ON THE WAAAAAAY!
I'm ready to be blown a-fuckin-way.
This isn't a type of book I usually read.
I was on edge the whole time while reading it. Unteachable is grim and hopeless, or it felt like that to me for like 80% of the story. The book has well-drafted characters and the plot is solid.
However, I didn't like reading the book. I couldn't wait to finish it so I'd know what happened and how things ended and it'd be over.
It's not the bad book, far from it really. But Unteachable isn't for me, the book made my skin crawl. The themes, scenes, characters are worth reading. Unfortunately, I didn't like it. Perhaps that was the point of the book, I don't know. This is a useless review so I stop here.
I was on edge the whole time while reading it. Unteachable is grim and hopeless, or it felt like that to me for like 80% of the story. The book has well-drafted characters and the plot is solid.
However, I didn't like reading the book. I couldn't wait to finish it so I'd know what happened and how things ended and it'd be over.
It's not the bad book, far from it really. But Unteachable isn't for me, the book made my skin crawl. The themes, scenes, characters are worth reading. Unfortunately, I didn't like it. Perhaps that was the point of the book, I don't know. This is a useless review so I stop here.
Have you ever been so invested in a book that you felt like you were the one living the book's story, you were the one being betrayed, you were the one discovering friendship, you were the one falling in love? Unteachable by Leah Raeder was that book for me, and then some. And now that I've just finished it, my heart is bursting with sadness, joy, and everything we experience in life in between.
If you think New Adult books are nothing but trash, then Unteachable is the slap in the face you never knew you needed. (Maybe I won't fully embrace the genre, but I've fully embraced Leah Raeder!) And I mean, one read of the summary (a student-teacher romance) would probably give you a few preconceptions of this book. I'm no different - I read this book thinking that it'd be a sexy, fun read, and after hearing all of its praise, well, why not give it a go?
Instead, Unteachable is a raw, witty, rich, and beautiful book that is so full of life. There were so many moments where I lost myself in the story; if I ever pulled myself away from the book, there were these two wild seconds where reality and fiction were barely discernible. I feel like I have lived another life, lived another's great pain and sadness, but also found great joy and love. I felt for this book - and every iota of it - so deeply that I burst out crying by the end. God, I never knew a book could make jaded-me feel this way.
The prose was so beautifully written and atmospheric. There were these moments where the writing had this hazy, quiet, sitting in a summer sunset quality, whereas some moments were hot, filled with musk, and flow.
What Unteachable showed was how the mundane is multidimensional and fluid. It is in our moments of happiness, we see beauty and all its colours, while in our moments of grief, we see gray and bleakness. All of this, and the prose was also heartfelt, lyrical and introspective; it is contemplative of unorthodox love, the crossroads of the future, and how life is comprised by a montage of erratic but coherent moments of life. This book is such a visceral experience that it's hard to detach yourself from the plot and its characters.
But Unteachable isn't only just that; it is a perfect blend of a meditation of young, wild love and life, and pulses of energy, liveliness and capricious moments. The two coincide and balance each other, producing a deep and thoughtful book that is more than just a hot, steamy romance (though there is plenty of that). Furthermore, the novel avoids making stereotypical cliches, or if it ventures into that territory, it takes the cliches, and fleshes it into an earnest portrayal of the human condition.
It is so strange how a book seeps into your soul. Never in a million years would I expect Unteachable to pull me in and engrave itself onto my being. For readers who can read mature content, Unteachable is one of the best books I've read this year, and I loved this book so much.
Random fact about me: when I love something deeply, I don't tell my friends that I 'loved it'. Instead, I say that it fucked me up. Examples: Her fucked me up. Wolf Children fucked me up. So, safe to say, Unteachable fucked me up. A lot.
Rating: 5/5
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Review can also be found on my book blog, Read, Think, Ponder!
If you think New Adult books are nothing but trash, then Unteachable is the slap in the face you never knew you needed. (Maybe I won't fully embrace the genre, but I've fully embraced Leah Raeder!) And I mean, one read of the summary (a student-teacher romance) would probably give you a few preconceptions of this book. I'm no different - I read this book thinking that it'd be a sexy, fun read, and after hearing all of its praise, well, why not give it a go?
Instead, Unteachable is a raw, witty, rich, and beautiful book that is so full of life. There were so many moments where I lost myself in the story; if I ever pulled myself away from the book, there were these two wild seconds where reality and fiction were barely discernible. I feel like I have lived another life, lived another's great pain and sadness, but also found great joy and love. I felt for this book - and every iota of it - so deeply that I burst out crying by the end. God, I never knew a book could make jaded-me feel this way.
The prose was so beautifully written and atmospheric. There were these moments where the writing had this hazy, quiet, sitting in a summer sunset quality, whereas some moments were hot, filled with musk, and flow.
Autumn was spreading its golden disease through the woods, Midas trailing his fingers over the treetops. Dying things became extraordinarily beautiful at the very end.
What Unteachable showed was how the mundane is multidimensional and fluid. It is in our moments of happiness, we see beauty and all its colours, while in our moments of grief, we see gray and bleakness. All of this, and the prose was also heartfelt, lyrical and introspective; it is contemplative of unorthodox love, the crossroads of the future, and how life is comprised by a montage of erratic but coherent moments of life. This book is such a visceral experience that it's hard to detach yourself from the plot and its characters.
And do we need to be fixed? It was the messiness and hurt in our pasts that drove us, and that same hurt connected us at a subdermal level, the kind of scars written so deeply in your cells that you can't even see them anymore, only recognize them in someone else.
But Unteachable isn't only just that; it is a perfect blend of a meditation of young, wild love and life, and pulses of energy, liveliness and capricious moments. The two coincide and balance each other, producing a deep and thoughtful book that is more than just a hot, steamy romance (though there is plenty of that). Furthermore, the novel avoids making stereotypical cliches, or if it ventures into that territory, it takes the cliches, and fleshes it into an earnest portrayal of the human condition.
It is so strange how a book seeps into your soul. Never in a million years would I expect Unteachable to pull me in and engrave itself onto my being. For readers who can read mature content, Unteachable is one of the best books I've read this year, and I loved this book so much.
Random fact about me: when I love something deeply, I don't tell my friends that I 'loved it'. Instead, I say that it fucked me up. Examples: Her fucked me up. Wolf Children fucked me up. So, safe to say, Unteachable fucked me up. A lot.
Rating: 5/5
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Review can also be found on my book blog, Read, Think, Ponder!
My thoughts on this book are really weird. I think if this book had been written by any other author, I would have only given it like 3, maybe 3.5 stars. That's how much I adore this author. This book is... vivid. The sex scenes are written with such care and they pack a hell of a punch. I don't know if I actually like any of the characters, though. I certainly don't like the relationships... how creepy is Evan for, like, actually pursuing a relationship with a teenager? I just can't. This dislike aside, though, I love this book. I'm struggling to even write this blurb because I just don't know why I like this so much. I shouldn't, but I do. Whatever. Unteachable is fucked up and hot and crazy and so, so wrong.
Holy Crap. Such a tragic, beautifully poignant story. The writing style was incredible and flawless-the subject material...not so much. This book was a dark, terrifying, lusty, angst-ridden chaos. I wont lie to you and say that that was an easy, breezy summer read because it definitely was not. The entire book was a wild ride that started off literally on a roller coaster and continued to be just as tumultuous the entire. freaking. ride. And I loved it.
This books was about what it means to grow up, finding real love in crazy ways and places, discovering who your friends are -for better or for worse- and how family manifests itself in so many different ways.
This is the kind of book that I'd say to read at your own risk. Not because I didn't love it (because, believe me, I did), but its unlike any book I have ever read. The dark and twisted subject matter is displayed in a way that makes such a crazy story both real and believable. Maise doesn't bullshit you or gloss over the gory details. She tells you straight up that she's all kinds of messed up, scared, and young. She's cynical and bitter and hides it all behind a mysteriously sexy facade.
The whole teacher/student thing was what worried me getting into this. I mean I know it was "technically" legal and all, but just reading the synopsis and some of the reviews had my moral compass flipping out. I honestly didn't know what I expected when getting into it, but it was not to be met with such a fantastic male protagonist. I mean seriously I think Evan is the only dude I've read in NA books who I've actually genuinely liked personality-wise. He wasn't an arrogant, juvenile wise-ass. Which was so nice and refreshing that I could have given it at least four stars just for the characters.
The only thing that I didn't care for much was the amount of sex. Now don't get me wrong, I know this is a NA book and sex is heavily expected and blah blah blah. Thus why I didn't change my rating just because of that. Plus, I know some readers love it so it could very well just be me.
Overall, such an amazing, gorgeously twisted book. I wish I could quote the entire thing because it has so many amazing lines. My ebook has so many highlights in it that It would probably take me re-reading the entire book just to pick some out. The book played out like a film and was so artistically alluring that I found myself re-reading lines over and over again. I spent more time reading this than I even should have because I wanted to savor its gloriousness. I seriously wish I was just being melodramatic, but this book was that good. Again, because of the content its not something that I can necessarily recommend, but I do know that if you do end up reading it, I hope it touches you the same way it did me. :]
This books was about what it means to grow up, finding real love in crazy ways and places, discovering who your friends are -for better or for worse- and how family manifests itself in so many different ways.
This is the kind of book that I'd say to read at your own risk. Not because I didn't love it (because, believe me, I did), but its unlike any book I have ever read. The dark and twisted subject matter is displayed in a way that makes such a crazy story both real and believable. Maise doesn't bullshit you or gloss over the gory details. She tells you straight up that she's all kinds of messed up, scared, and young. She's cynical and bitter and hides it all behind a mysteriously sexy facade.
The whole teacher/student thing was what worried me getting into this. I mean I know it was "technically" legal and all, but just reading the synopsis and some of the reviews had my moral compass flipping out. I honestly didn't know what I expected when getting into it, but it was not to be met with such a fantastic male protagonist. I mean seriously I think Evan is the only dude I've read in NA books who I've actually genuinely liked personality-wise. He wasn't an arrogant, juvenile wise-ass. Which was so nice and refreshing that I could have given it at least four stars just for the characters.
The only thing that I didn't care for much was the amount of sex. Now don't get me wrong, I know this is a NA book and sex is heavily expected and blah blah blah. Thus why I didn't change my rating just because of that. Plus, I know some readers love it so it could very well just be me.
Overall, such an amazing, gorgeously twisted book. I wish I could quote the entire thing because it has so many amazing lines. My ebook has so many highlights in it that It would probably take me re-reading the entire book just to pick some out. The book played out like a film and was so artistically alluring that I found myself re-reading lines over and over again. I spent more time reading this than I even should have because I wanted to savor its gloriousness. I seriously wish I was just being melodramatic, but this book was that good. Again, because of the content its not something that I can necessarily recommend, but I do know that if you do end up reading it, I hope it touches you the same way it did me. :]
“I can’t be your manic pixie dream girl. I can’t be the girl who teaches you how to open your heart and embrace life and all that bullshit, because I’m trying to figure out how to do that myself. I need a manic pixie dream boy of my own.”
a typical new adult romance with not so typical male love interest. he was older and nerdy, different than the usual rich, rude, casanovas~ that are dime a dozen in this genre. initially i was starting to like him but that fact that he had a relationship with another teenage girl in the past was not okay with me . after that reveal, i was completely over the romance.
i liked maise, she had a hard life but she never gave up on her dreams and her future. the book was feminist in parts; i wish maise didn't "other" her female classmates so much. the teacher/student relationship was handled well; all the aspects were discussed.
the writing was beautiful and that's what is getting this book an extra half star. i'd love to read more from this author.
a typical new adult romance with not so typical male love interest. he was older and nerdy, different than the usual rich, rude, casanovas~ that are dime a dozen in this genre. initially i was starting to like him but
i liked maise, she had a hard life but she never gave up on her dreams and her future. the book was feminist in parts; i wish maise didn't "other" her female classmates so much. the teacher/student relationship was handled well; all the aspects were discussed.
the writing was beautiful and that's what is getting this book an extra half star. i'd love to read more from this author.
Oh my gosh. One of the best and most real student/teacher romance novels I've read in a long time. Why did it take so long for me to find this book? Just amazing...
“I can’t hold on to you. You’re like a shooting star. Just a trail of fire in my hands.”
Me ha encantado, en especial la forma de escribir de la autora ha sido espectacular, no creo nuna haber leído esa voz tan única que Leah le ha dado a Mase.
Esta reseña revoloteará más por lo que pensé del libro que los sucesos, pero aún así advierto SPOILERSpor venir.
El libro era claramente New Adult, así que habían escenas en el libro en las cuales estaban subidas de tono, muchas de ellas, pero aún contando con esto el libro iba más allá de toda esa temática.
Como probablemente digo en muchas reseñas no me gusta cuando se romantiza una relación problemática Quizás es por eso que me ha gustado este libro y aún así dentro de ello he sentido un cariño por la pareja formada en él, ya que ambos sabían que lo que estaban haciendo NO ESTABA BIEN.
Mase y Evan se llevan por 15 años de diferencia, para sumar todo esto él resulta ser el profesor de Mase, pero como se habían conocido antes la relación toma mayor sentido, ninguno de los dos está dispuesto a dejarlo ir por lo que se las arreglan para estar juntos y hacer esta relación funcionar.
El personaje de Mase es un personaje en tres dimensiones y últimamente no he encontrado mucho de eso en libros NA, todos parecen seguir la misma estructura. Nuna excuse el comportamiento que a veces llegaba a tener pero sí lo entendía y eso es la gracia de un personaje complejo.
Conocimos la relación con Evan, dandonos cuenta que esto no se trataba de solo sexo entre ellos, su relación va creciendo aún con los problemas que tienen.
Ambos saben que están dañados por viejas experiencias y los dos tienen más que en consideración el tema de sus edades. Mase se fija en Evan porque es mayor y Evan se fija en Mase porque es menor. Son sinceros al respecto, son sinceros ante cuan mal eso está, pero aún así, sabiendo que es algo problemático, el que ellos lo supieran me gustó ya que como dije antes NO SE ROMANTIZABA.
Como en todo libro donde una chica se enamora de su profesor tiene que estar el problema de que alguien se entere. En este caso tres personas se enteran pero solo dos hacen algo al respecto : el mejor amigo de Mase, Wesley, un personaje que me gustó mucho porque no dejaba que Mase lo tirará para abajo y le decía las cosas en su cara, aprendió a llevarse con ella y aunque pelearon la quería mucho. Pero luego tenía que llegar y revelar que Evan y Mase estaban juntos en un video para la clase de Evan. Eso hace que Hiyam, una chica que quiere chantajear a Mase para que le venda cocaína, asegure sus sospechas pueda ejecutar su plan.
Ahí tenemos a Mase teniendo que diliar con el desastre que es su madre (drogadicta y narcotraficante) lo cual ha ella nunca le ha hecho mucha gracia, y el porqué Mase se comporta de la forma en que lo hace.
Y con todo esto pasando tenemos la situación de que Evan ya había estado con una estudiante antes y Mase reacciona de una forma en que TODA persona debería reaccionar. Ella siempre supo que Evan estaba atraído por su juventud pero saber que él ya había estado con una estudiante definitivamente cambia el panorama de su relación, además el nombre de Evan en realidad era Eric y el haber mentido tampoco le agregaba nada lindo a la situación.
En fin, el final es satisfactorio, deja con ganas de más pero sin dejar el final abierto. Los personajes fueron fieles a si mismos durante toda la novela y volveré a decirlo ASÍ SE ESCRIBE UN PERSONAJE OSCURO Y CÍNICO !!!!
Espero lo lean, dejen de lado el hecho de que hay muchas escenas de sexo explicto porque el libro va mucho más allá de ello.
Definitivamente uno de los mejores libros que he leido durante lo que ha pasado del año.
Unteachable is another book that I wouldn't have considered reading if not for the Summer Book Club I joined here on Goodreads. I love stories where the main character isn't some happy cheery person whos life is the epitome of perfect. Maise O'Malley is an 18 year old girl who’s life is fucked up, her mother is a drug dealer/addict and her father abandoned her, she claims this is one of the reasons she's drawn too and f*cks older men "Thanks, Dad, for leaving a huge void on my life that Freud says has to be filled with d*ck". She's straightforward, complex, funny and sarcastic. She is such an interesting character, who’s life experiences has left her cynical towards the world.
All the characters are well rounded in this story.
Wesley, the fellow movie buff who becomes her friends, despite her initial reluctance, and some hiccups along the way make that friendship even more real. Wesley tries to help her see what is wrong with her relationship and that causes some hiccups. Although they do make up. Wesley has the mom that Maise wishes she had, one that cares about her children. Maise tells Wesley "You're so lucky, and you don't even appreciate it."
Her mother is f*cked up, there is no polite way to put it, it makes you curious as to why her mother is like this, why her mother is addicted to drugs and neglects her daughter. Why she tries to pimp out her own daughter for money. Why she stole her daughter's trust fund to pay back the people she owed. When Maise finally cracks, which she was bound to, she had this to deal with this neglect for eighteen years, she shouts at her mother, "you were supposed to take care of me. Be the adult. For once, be the f*cking adult, Mom." Despite everything, Maise loves her mother, "I don't hate you, Mom. I'm disappointed in you."
Mr. Evan Wilke, is a man with secrets of his own. Their relationship is fast and passionate and for the first time, Maise doesn't just want to f*ck him then f*ck them off. She wants him, despite finding out that he is her teacher. The intensity of their relationship is not just emotional but also physical, and their sex scenes are extremely hot. I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of sex scenes in books, because sometimes I find them to be unrealistic, but it doesn't change the fact that they are hot. Raeder, has a way with words, and it makes you feel everything, you want to feel what Maise feels with Evan. That intensity, that passion, "He f*cked me slowly, his eyes open, on my face. My fingers and toes curled and then sprang loose. The funny thing was that his kiss had felt like f*cking me, and his f*cking me felt like being kissed, everywhere, every bit of my body unbearably warm and buzzing." Their relationship is forbidden; taboo, and acknowledge that.
All good things must come to an end, and with their passion and love for each other getting more and more intense. The secret is harder to maintain. There are more hiccups but there is a happy ending for Maise and Evan.
"You can call it love, or you can call it a freefall. They're are pretty much the same thing."
The book is a page turner, I only put it down when I needed to do something. My kindle sat there taunting me telling me to pick it up and finish reading the book. Leah Raeder is an amazing writer, and I find myself wanting to read more of her books.
All the characters are well rounded in this story.
Wesley, the fellow movie buff who becomes her friends, despite her initial reluctance, and some hiccups along the way make that friendship even more real. Wesley tries to help her see what is wrong with her relationship and that causes some hiccups. Although they do make up. Wesley has the mom that Maise wishes she had, one that cares about her children. Maise tells Wesley "You're so lucky, and you don't even appreciate it."
Her mother is f*cked up, there is no polite way to put it, it makes you curious as to why her mother is like this, why her mother is addicted to drugs and neglects her daughter. Why she tries to pimp out her own daughter for money. Why she stole her daughter's trust fund to pay back the people she owed. When Maise finally cracks, which she was bound to, she had this to deal with this neglect for eighteen years, she shouts at her mother, "you were supposed to take care of me. Be the adult. For once, be the f*cking adult, Mom." Despite everything, Maise loves her mother, "I don't hate you, Mom. I'm disappointed in you."
Mr. Evan Wilke, is a man with secrets of his own. Their relationship is fast and passionate and for the first time, Maise doesn't just want to f*ck him then f*ck them off. She wants him, despite finding out that he is her teacher. The intensity of their relationship is not just emotional but also physical, and their sex scenes are extremely hot. I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of sex scenes in books, because sometimes I find them to be unrealistic, but it doesn't change the fact that they are hot. Raeder, has a way with words, and it makes you feel everything, you want to feel what Maise feels with Evan. That intensity, that passion, "He f*cked me slowly, his eyes open, on my face. My fingers and toes curled and then sprang loose. The funny thing was that his kiss had felt like f*cking me, and his f*cking me felt like being kissed, everywhere, every bit of my body unbearably warm and buzzing." Their relationship is forbidden; taboo, and acknowledge that.
All good things must come to an end, and with their passion and love for each other getting more and more intense. The secret is harder to maintain. There are more hiccups but there is a happy ending for Maise and Evan.
"You can call it love, or you can call it a freefall. They're are pretty much the same thing."
The book is a page turner, I only put it down when I needed to do something. My kindle sat there taunting me telling me to pick it up and finish reading the book. Leah Raeder is an amazing writer, and I find myself wanting to read more of her books.