Reviews

Stolen Crush by C.M. Stunich

debbie2232's review

5.0

Omfg….

This was one of the most frustrating books I have read this year. Why? Well, it was a very slow start. I kept removing it from my current reads and adding it back. Which I never do, but this book was so freaking annoying at times, and all of a sudden it was super interesting and intense. It drove me crazy! I knew I had to finish this one though.


Okayyy. So, as I said very frustrating book. But, I also LOVED it at the same time. The characters are a bit annoying in the beginning, but once you learn more about them you start to understand why they act the way they do. Parrish and Dakota are two very different characters. Dakota is pretty badass in this book. I liked her character for most of the book, not gonna lie she did annoy me a few times.. Anyways, I actually really like Parrish, but what happened to him in the end…. NOT RIGHT! Ugh, I don’t want to spoil anything, but seriously that ending?!?! Well, on to the next one.

ivy_ari45's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

ash_reads_89's review

challenging dark emotional fast-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

4.75

tlsmith's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

There are some plot inconsistencies but nothing super distracting.

jodyladuemcgrath's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

rhowser's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

booksabrewin's review

3.0

Stolen Crush was an enigma I hadn't encountered during my past reading experiences. The synopsis lays out the entirety of the book in a few short paragraphs, however, what the synopsis discusses only comes to pass in the last eighth of the book. The rest of it is a slow excursion into self discovery and a taboo romance. For me personally, I liked the bully-ish slow burn love story over the underlying mystery.

I related extremely well with Dakota/Mia. I am a gamer girl who frequents Twitch on a regular basis. I also would must rather be comfortably me than dress to impress those around me. Dakota marched to her own drum and I loved that about her. Watching Dakota navigate the change from rural middle-class life to the upper crust rich girl experience was riveting. She handled it about the same as I would expect. She preferred the comfort of the mundane over the glitz and glamour. Dakota seemed to take hit after hit from her new family. A mother who seemed more into obtaining her because she owned her rather than wanting her, a stepfather that tolerated her, a stepbrother and half-sister who mocked and belittled her to the point of it being uncomfortably cruel, and little half-siblings who are just trying to understand who she is and how she relates to their family. Add to that some mystery surrounding her father, Dakota is managing the best she can and I applaud her for handling it better than I would have.

The boys in the book were not all that enticing to me. Parrish was a spoiled rich boy who bullied Dakota for no reason other than he can't face his own feelings for his new stepsister. Chasm has misguided loyalty to Parrish and so joins in on bullying her like the sidekick role he has been cast in. Maxx is trying to shed his rich boy stereotype and be a good guy but he still has a thing for his girlfriend's little sister, so is he really such a nice guy now? None of them really got my blood boiling. Add to it that any sex scenes were borderline fade-to-black and I was meh about 3/4th the way through the book.

I think if there was more spice and more development of the male characters the way Dakota was would vastly improve the book overall.

danifleurdelune's review

slow-paced

3.75

This one started off slow for me, but I’m getting invested into the story and hoping book two picks up the pace a little. There’s a lot of backstory and drama filled frenemy scenes before you get to the meat of the plot. 

I’m undecided about Dakota. I need to keep reminding myself that she’s 16 and people *are* really stupid and fickle at that age… so can I really be that mad about it? But she definitely flips back and forth between being a bully herself and being a pushover for a good majority of this book. 

Even with all of that said, I’m hopping into book two because I ammmm enjoying this one and I can’t resist a completely series from CM. It’s been too long. Pray4m3 #thotsandprayers

rickybobbie's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.25

amarehannah's review

4.0

Rating: 4.25/5 (rounded down)
Series: Yes, this is the first book
Cliffhanger: Yes

Wow. I love this book and can't wait for the next one.