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Chloe Walsh

4.46 AVERAGE

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was also incredibly sad, but so ridiculously long. I’m happy Shannon got a happy ending 

4.5 stars
emotional funny hopeful sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense
dark emotional funny sad 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 wanted to love this…but I didn’t. Don’t get me wrong, I like Johnny and Shannon’s story. I’m a sucker for the guy saving a girl from an abusive situation. And overall the storyline is phenomenal…but the writing…not so much.

I feel like this story dragged on sooooo long. Like there isn’t a need for it to be so long. Lots of filler information and unnecessary scenes. I think if the book would’ve been shorter and more concise I would’ve loved it.

I think another thing that threw me off was the fact these kids are in high school yet Johnny seems like he’s more college-aged and Shannon is made out to be this tiny little girl.

Unfortunately the writing and length made me no want tolerate other stories. I would eventually like to read Joey and Aoife’s, but I know It’ll break me if I can get through it.
dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No