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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was actually nothing and so bad at the same time. The entire premise was based on... nothing? Like there was no reason for anything that happened to not have happened sooner and no reason for some of the more "dramatic" things to happen at all. What was even the point of this, they didn't even have any chemistry it was just the author telling us over and over that they liked each other based on... a look? I don't even know! This was hard to get through, like I wanted to DNF so bad and I just can't do it but this book almost pushed me over the edge
cute, but the pacing was a little too quick and the whole secret was not that serious imo
what was even the plot?????? like did not understand the basis for the fake dating.
rushed, rushed, rushed!
rushed, rushed, rushed!
Oh God.
Oh God, this was awful.
First off, you only need about 0.3% of your brain power to read through this. This is basic writing at it’s best (I’m so sorry to say this to a newish, independently published author, but NO).
The book is essentially a rip off of [b:The Wall of Winnipeg and Me|29367958|The Wall of Winnipeg and Me|Mariana Zapata|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1456774327l/29367958._SY75_.jpg|48358625], Scarlett is a personal chef to football player Abel, whom has a crush on her (I will also give you ONE GUESS as to what nickname he gives her). He is, however, incapable of acting, speaking, or interacting with any fellow human being, so is therefore grumpy and quiet, which Scarlett immediately takes as him hating her. One of the wonderfully mature ways Abel’s shyness manifests itself is by leaving the breakfast she makes him every morning on top of the trash, because he is too nervous to eat around her. Because...that math maths.
Now, for reasons still unclear to me, his coach tells him he needs to find a fake girlfriend (for…PR? For…matchmaking? For…practice in speaking to others?). I do not understand this, but we will move on for the sake of the other atrocities that take place in this.
Namely, they both have zero personality, except when he stomps and grumbles whenever she speaks to anyone other than himself. My favorite interaction is with a teammate named October…and whose sister’s name is (and I shit you all not), Halloween. We go through another few hundred pages of two characters who have the emotional awareness and maturity of 13 year-olds, random characters hopping in and out (with the WORST names), and this man having zero friends, or zero conversations with ANYONE.
And the ending…the ending elicited an audible groan from me. ().
No. No, thank you. BookTok, SHAME ON YOU.
Oh God, this was awful.
First off, you only need about 0.3% of your brain power to read through this. This is basic writing at it’s best (I’m so sorry to say this to a newish, independently published author, but NO).
The book is essentially a rip off of [b:The Wall of Winnipeg and Me|29367958|The Wall of Winnipeg and Me|Mariana Zapata|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1456774327l/29367958._SY75_.jpg|48358625], Scarlett is a personal chef to football player Abel, whom has a crush on her (I will also give you ONE GUESS as to what nickname he gives her). He is, however, incapable of acting, speaking, or interacting with any fellow human being, so is therefore grumpy and quiet, which Scarlett immediately takes as him hating her. One of the wonderfully mature ways Abel’s shyness manifests itself is by leaving the breakfast she makes him every morning on top of the trash, because he is too nervous to eat around her. Because...that math maths.
Now, for reasons still unclear to me, his coach tells him he needs to find a fake girlfriend (for…PR? For…matchmaking? For…practice in speaking to others?). I do not understand this, but we will move on for the sake of the other atrocities that take place in this.
Namely, they both have zero personality, except when he stomps and grumbles whenever she speaks to anyone other than himself. My favorite interaction is with a teammate named October…and whose sister’s name is (and I shit you all not), Halloween. We go through another few hundred pages of two characters who have the emotional awareness and maturity of 13 year-olds, random characters hopping in and out (with the WORST names), and this man having zero friends, or zero conversations with ANYONE.
And the ending…the ending elicited an audible groan from me. (
Spoiler
he proposes, she says yes, they have a shotgun wedding the next day, then cheerfully try for babies, all cocooned in some of the worst writing, and *twitching members* I have ever had the misfortune to readNo. No, thank you. BookTok, SHAME ON YOU.
medium-paced
So sweet I might have gotten a toothache!
Abel freaking Abbott. The man was so gone for Scarlett that he couldn’t even have a conversation with her in the beginning. He saw her once and instead of asking her out he panicked and offered her a job as his chef- which he didn’t even need. Then every morning when he saw her he was too nervous to utter more than a handful of words. Needless to say Scarlett was under the impression that he hated her. This is what I love about dual POVs
Abel freaking Abbott. The man was so gone for Scarlett that he couldn’t even have a conversation with her in the beginning. He saw her once and instead of asking her out he panicked and offered her a job as his chef- which he didn’t even need. Then every morning when he saw her he was too nervous to utter more than a handful of words. Needless to say Scarlett was under the impression that he hated her. This is what I love about dual POVs
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes