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3.25 AVERAGE
3.25 AVERAGE
I started reading the first five chapters of this book in the EpicReads First Five emails (I think that’s what it’s called). For those of you who don’t know, EpicReads offers you to be able to sign up and receive in your email inbox the first five chapters of the current popular YA book that is published by HarperCollins. It’s a fun way to be able to see if you’re going to like the new book that is coming out.
Rachel, the nerdy drama girl, has a huge crush on Kyle. Kyle is mister popular, he’s on the lacrosse team and has a just as popular girlfriend. Rachel takes a picture of Kyle at work and sends out a tweet with a funny caption, not expecting it to gain any momentum. But that is where she’s wrong, the tweet takes off and everyone starts seeing it. The tweet gets Kyle a lot of fame, but none for Rachel.
I enjoyed reading this book at first but the more I got into it, I found that I was forcing myself to read it. I wasn’t enjoying it nearly as much as I hoped I would. The writing was confusing at points, which made me have to read some of the sentences over and over again. So I put it down for a bit and then came back to it, and I liked it more than I thought.
While the story line was overused, it was something I liked. I love the cheesy plot lines. I didn’t like Kyle’s girlfriend, she was just a pain in my rear end. And Rachel’s best friend, Mo, I wish was more developed. Because I feel like I could have liked her more. I felt like the relationship of Kyle and Rachel throughout the book seem forced which is something I didn’t like that much.
It was definitely worth the read and I didn’t hate it. But I wish I liked WAY more than I did.
Rachel, the nerdy drama girl, has a huge crush on Kyle. Kyle is mister popular, he’s on the lacrosse team and has a just as popular girlfriend. Rachel takes a picture of Kyle at work and sends out a tweet with a funny caption, not expecting it to gain any momentum. But that is where she’s wrong, the tweet takes off and everyone starts seeing it. The tweet gets Kyle a lot of fame, but none for Rachel.
I enjoyed reading this book at first but the more I got into it, I found that I was forcing myself to read it. I wasn’t enjoying it nearly as much as I hoped I would. The writing was confusing at points, which made me have to read some of the sentences over and over again. So I put it down for a bit and then came back to it, and I liked it more than I thought.
While the story line was overused, it was something I liked. I love the cheesy plot lines. I didn’t like Kyle’s girlfriend, she was just a pain in my rear end. And Rachel’s best friend, Mo, I wish was more developed. Because I feel like I could have liked her more. I felt like the relationship of Kyle and Rachel throughout the book seem forced which is something I didn’t like that much.
It was definitely worth the read and I didn’t hate it. But I wish I liked WAY more than I did.
Rachel has approximately twelve followers on Flit, the best social media platform around. So she doesn't feel guilty about snapping a quick photo of the hottie at the burger counter. No one's ever going to see it, after all. It's just harmless fun!
Rachel is used to being unseen. She works at it. It's much better than being a target for the jocks and mean girls at school. So she's completely unprepared when a spur of the moment Flit (Tweet) catches on in a huge way. Suddenly everyone knows her name, and the name of her target. But while he's getting praise and kudos just for being male, she has the world coming down on her for daring to be female.
It's sadly accurate; women online are far more likely to be harassed than men are. But the story isn't all gloom and doom. There's a sweet love story here too. Kyle is sweet and kind, just a nice guy. But not a Nice Guy. That's important.
The characters each had their own tone, which is important. I could tell which of them was talking even without the chapter headers. It's very well done.
I enjoyed the story very much. It's well written and flowed well. I look forward to more by Jilly and I hope this one does well.
I could feel my cheeks getting hot. I walked over to grab my bag.
"So you get a pass, since it's my fault. In exchange, can you make the effort to attend from here on out? Or at least not make it painfully obvious to everyone else that you're ditching? I need my best student to lend me some credibility."
I smiled. It felt weird; I don't think I'd done it all day.
"Yeah, I think I can handle that."
"Good, thank you. Can't let those animals think I'm soft." He smirked. Sometime Mr Jenkins almost made me believe teachers got it.
I walked over to my my bag, still sitting underneath my desk.
"Rachel," he said as I was heading out.
"Yes?"
"I know it's hard to believe right now, but this will blow over."
"Thanks, Mr Jenkins," I said, trying to sound upbeat.
When he was making such an effort to be nice, it didn't feel fair to mention that it might blow me over with it.
Rachel is used to being unseen. She works at it. It's much better than being a target for the jocks and mean girls at school. So she's completely unprepared when a spur of the moment Flit (Tweet) catches on in a huge way. Suddenly everyone knows her name, and the name of her target. But while he's getting praise and kudos just for being male, she has the world coming down on her for daring to be female.
It's sadly accurate; women online are far more likely to be harassed than men are. But the story isn't all gloom and doom. There's a sweet love story here too. Kyle is sweet and kind, just a nice guy. But not a Nice Guy. That's important.
The characters each had their own tone, which is important. I could tell which of them was talking even without the chapter headers. It's very well done.
I enjoyed the story very much. It's well written and flowed well. I look forward to more by Jilly and I hope this one does well.
I could feel my cheeks getting hot. I walked over to grab my bag.
"So you get a pass, since it's my fault. In exchange, can you make the effort to attend from here on out? Or at least not make it painfully obvious to everyone else that you're ditching? I need my best student to lend me some credibility."
I smiled. It felt weird; I don't think I'd done it all day.
"Yeah, I think I can handle that."
"Good, thank you. Can't let those animals think I'm soft." He smirked. Sometime Mr Jenkins almost made me believe teachers got it.
I walked over to my my bag, still sitting underneath my desk.
"Rachel," he said as I was heading out.
"Yes?"
"I know it's hard to believe right now, but this will blow over."
"Thanks, Mr Jenkins," I said, trying to sound upbeat.
When he was making such an effort to be nice, it didn't feel fair to mention that it might blow me over with it.