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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Definitely iffy at first but it ended up being pretty good! The whole hacker thing was different for me but it worked out. I do wish there was more groveling and lowkey feel like sloane shouldn't have been so butthurt but whatevs
No se si es que ya no estoy hecha para leer estas novelas o que quizás no era para mi. He llegado hasta el 40% del libro y sigo sin engancharme a él. En comparación con su saga Off campus, un bajón muy grande. Por eso decidí abandonar la lectura. Así que no puedo ni quiero decir mucha cosa más, ya que no lo terminé.
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
I had to take a pause before finishing this one because I found it so boring. It picked up a bit but it was all pretty blah, and then to end on a cliffhanger? Yeah, I’m not racing to read the next one. 400 pages of build up is wild.
All of these characters were majorly flawed. Lawson’s entire storyline was APPALLING. I’m actually stunned it got publish, and that Kennedy even thought to write it. I skipped most of his chapters.
This was a far cry from the Off Campus Series, and I’m pretty disappointed.
All of these characters were majorly flawed. Lawson’s entire storyline was APPALLING. I’m actually stunned it got publish, and that Kennedy even thought to write it. I skipped most of his chapters.
This was a far cry from the Off Campus Series, and I’m pretty disappointed.
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
emotional
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
I mean, based on the description and reviews, I knew exactly what I was getting into - and it was just as expected. Still, I read it all, so 2.5 stars.
Overall, I really liked this one, but there's some pretty major buts...
Loved Sloane and RJ. TBH they felt like fairly standard NA characters, but I enjoyed how Elle Kennedy wrote them and they had fun banter, so that's all good. I liked that even when their inevitable blow up happened and the wronged one was OTT upset about it and acted horrible and held a grudge a little too long, that same person also manned up and made things right again without having to be dragged into doing it. That was refreshing.
LOVED Casey. Can't wait to get to her story (but I'm going to have to, darn it. I've got books to read for Library Journal and books to read for a contest I'm judging and UGH. No time right now unless I'm going to be super irresponsible.)
Which...I might do. But I really shouldn't. But I digress...
I'd get it on audiobook, but--and here's the first big but of the review--there's so many POV characters that I don't think I could do an audiobook, even if each character is voiced by someone different (which, yes, just confirmed in Audible, it looks like that's what they did). There's just so many POV switches, and since I don't have any real commute to work anymore chances are I'd be listening in short bursts with zero guarantee I'd remember which POV I was last in.
Because so many POVs. I'm not sure which one(s) I would have gotten rid of (except maybe the subject of my next "but" section?) but especially before we really know who these people are? it's super hard to keep track of who's who and what's going on. And I think trying to listen would just be a recipe for disaster.
And for the biggest BUT...Lawson. That guy is just crying out for help, and I don't think he's going to get it, unless something major happens in the next book. And I'm afraid that something major is going to be absolutely disastrous for him, and since underneath everything I actually like the guy, that's not going to be fun to read. But good grief that guy is just hurtling toward disaster with all the constant drugs and the sex and HE HAS FRIENDS. Why are those friends--and hey, maybe the adults who are actually close to him (read: not his parents) not doing something to help him??? Everyone just winks and nods and "that's Lawson!"s him.
It's not ok. And of course this is the only character (that we know of for sure at this point--unless I'm forgetting someone?) is a queer character, and that's not ok either.
And gah. That ending. It's the reason I might not be able to be responsible, because...Casey.
DARN.
IT.
Rating: 4 stars / B+
Loved Sloane and RJ. TBH they felt like fairly standard NA characters, but I enjoyed how Elle Kennedy wrote them and they had fun banter, so that's all good. I liked that even when their inevitable blow up happened and the wronged one was OTT upset about it and acted horrible and held a grudge a little too long, that same person also manned up and made things right again without having to be dragged into doing it. That was refreshing.
LOVED Casey. Can't wait to get to her story (but I'm going to have to, darn it. I've got books to read for Library Journal and books to read for a contest I'm judging and UGH. No time right now unless I'm going to be super irresponsible.)
Which...I might do. But I really shouldn't. But I digress...
I'd get it on audiobook, but--and here's the first big but of the review--there's so many POV characters that I don't think I could do an audiobook, even if each character is voiced by someone different (which, yes, just confirmed in Audible, it looks like that's what they did). There's just so many POV switches, and since I don't have any real commute to work anymore chances are I'd be listening in short bursts with zero guarantee I'd remember which POV I was last in.
Because so many POVs. I'm not sure which one(s) I would have gotten rid of (except maybe the subject of my next "but" section?) but especially before we really know who these people are? it's super hard to keep track of who's who and what's going on. And I think trying to listen would just be a recipe for disaster.
And for the biggest BUT...Lawson. That guy is just crying out for help, and I don't think he's going to get it, unless something major happens in the next book. And I'm afraid that something major is going to be absolutely disastrous for him, and since underneath everything I actually like the guy, that's not going to be fun to read. But good grief that guy is just hurtling toward disaster with all the constant drugs and the sex and
Spoiler
good grief, sleeping with a husband and wife teacher duo? Not together--yet--but individually. And not even they say anything to him when he shows up for trysts while drunk, high, or both.It's not ok. And of course this is the only character (that we know of for sure at this point--unless I'm forgetting someone?) is a queer character, and that's not ok either.
Spoiler
Though of course there's the male teacher. But that's also fitting him nicely into the stereotype that certain people like to throw around about male teachers who aren't straight, which is doubly not ok.)And gah. That ending. It's the reason I might not be able to be responsible, because...Casey.
DARN.
IT.
Rating: 4 stars / B+
I didn't become very emotionally attatched to the main characters because so much else was happening and so I didn't really care what happened in their relationship. I felt like Lawson's POV was so unnecessary and I really disliked the plot explored. Low-key interested by the ending but don't know if I'll read the next one.