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Elle Kennedy

4.04 AVERAGE

kghill002's review against another edition

4.0

Super cute! really liked that there were real consequences for the characters actions, something I think can often just get swept away. Really liked Allie and Dean together!

mokelly18's review against another edition

3.75

lighthearted fast-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

cpinski's review against another edition

4.0

Parts of this I loved but the quality seemed less. Liked the characters and how the writing changes to match the character giving the POV.

suespit's review against another edition

5.0

Okay, so I actually read this book back in February, and I've just gotten around to putting my thoughts into a review. Sometimes I wait awhile to form proper thoughts before posting them on here, and I felt like cleaning out my "to be reviewed" shelf. Most of the time the books on these shelves are ones that I really enjoyed, oddly enough. I think I'm not alone in the thought that reviewing books you enjoyed are typically more difficult than ones you have problems with. At least, this is an issue I often run into, and unfortunately it's the case here.

I loved this book! I remember feeling hesitant going into it because it was Dean and anyone who read the previous books knows that he's the biggest "manwhore" out of the group. After having significant problems with Garrett, I was very afraid that I run into the same problems here with Dean. Thankfully, this wasn't the case because unlike Garrett, Dean at least had a sense of self awareness in the sense that he was up front with who he was. He didn't try to portray himself as this Gary Sue that Garett I felt was like. Yes, Dean was incredibly good looking, talented at hockey, skilled with women, and just so happened to be smart enough to get into Harvard Law School. That being said, he did have faults to him that I appreciated, and certainly by the end of the book we see him coming to terms with them. I also like how this book managed to take a trope I typically avoid/hate, "friends-with-benefits" and make it something actually meaningful. You never felt like Dean didn't have genuine feelings for Allie, and it was easy to see why he had trouble coming to terms with it. Maybe it was the mood I was in while reading this, but he never expressed wanting to date or have sex with other girls besides Allie, even during the time they weren't official. So yes, I really liked Dean and I honestly wasn't expecting to.

Allie was also a great addition to this, and she really solidified my love for this series. I think she greatly improved from the first book which she had some cringe worthy dialogue in that. I think her actually having a conflict outside of Dean was really cool too. Finally we didn't have the girl sitting around waiting for the guy to come to his senses. If anything Dean was the one who pursued her into a more serious relationship which was a great turn around for his character.

The last half of this book is what really bumped up the entire book for me. Not that I wasn't enjoying myself before but it's what made it different to all the other NA books that like it or not probably have a very similiar plot. It also gave Dean the incentive to mature a little and figure out what he really wanted to do with his life and how he views himself.

Overall, this series is good but this is the best book in my opinion. I did really like Logan/Grace, but there was something special to Dean/Allie that makes this series what it is.