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bergamotandbooks's review
3.0
2.5 - 3 stars. Light, easy read but Kelly's self-absorption really bugged me!
bookdrgn's review
5.0
I adored this. It read like a cheesy 80s movie. I think I may have found a new author to grow my tbr list.
Eric sounds dreamy, smart and cute and everything a teenage girl wants in a guy if the world of high school existed without labels. Kelly lives in a world of labels. The quintessential 80s popular girl who goes after queen bee and doesn't let anyone get in her way.
I would have liked the conversation between Kelly and Mandy to be on page and I loved the ending.
Eric sounds dreamy, smart and cute and everything a teenage girl wants in a guy if the world of high school existed without labels. Kelly lives in a world of labels. The quintessential 80s popular girl who goes after queen bee and doesn't let anyone get in her way.
I would have liked the conversation between Kelly and Mandy to be on page and I loved the ending.
sweetcreature89's review
4.0
Let me start off by saying I freaking love the cover of this book and I love the premise for the entire series. I've always been oddly fascinated by the 80's and soak up movies and books set in that time period. Cambria is pretty much my favorite author (aside from R.L. Stine, of course) so I was super excited when I learned she would be writing a story set in 1982.
The book starts off pretty well and I was immediately sucked into the story. I admit that there seemed to be an overuse of slang in the beginning and I did notice some typos, but, at least for me, they were easily ignored. Once the story got started it was smooth sailing and I found myself falling for Eric. He was a very likeable character and I wanted to know more about him and his history with Kelly.
Kelly was one of those characters that I couldn't find myself liking at first. She was pretty despicable and I couldn't get passed the way she treated her friends and the people around her. She was everything that the synopsis for the book promised. The further the story went on, however, and the more she began interacting with Eric, we started to see a different side to this 'man-eater'. She was softer than she led people to believe and she didn't always like the things she did.
Maneater was decently reminiscent of the 80' and reminded me of something right along side of a John Hughes film.
Rating: 4 Stars.
The book starts off pretty well and I was immediately sucked into the story. I admit that there seemed to be an overuse of slang in the beginning and I did notice some typos, but, at least for me, they were easily ignored. Once the story got started it was smooth sailing and I found myself falling for Eric. He was a very likeable character and I wanted to know more about him and his history with Kelly.
Kelly was one of those characters that I couldn't find myself liking at first. She was pretty despicable and I couldn't get passed the way she treated her friends and the people around her. She was everything that the synopsis for the book promised. The further the story went on, however, and the more she began interacting with Eric, we started to see a different side to this 'man-eater'. She was softer than she led people to believe and she didn't always like the things she did.
Maneater was decently reminiscent of the 80' and reminded me of something right along side of a John Hughes film.
Rating: 4 Stars.
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