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ayooo6767's review against another edition
2.0
I get that this is NA but seriously?! Kaitlyn's FIRST orgasm at 19 years old?! I get that she's the quiet nerd but come on, not even by herself is just ridiculous. The over mentioning of their families is passing Meg Cabot's level of ridiculousness. This isn't a one-star review only because I liked most of Reid's other works and I hope her future novels aren't as stupid as this one
limeykiss's review against another edition
2.0
First things first: I didn’t really understand Kaitlyn as a character. She’s supposed to be geeky, into music, quiet, trying to break free of the shadow of her famous family, but I never found out enough about her to really understand her, or how she and Martin fit together. I wanted more scenes of her and Sam interacting, more scenes of her in her classes, more scenes of her playing guitar– more Kaitlyn in general. Even though she’s the narrator, and even though I’d already read another book in this series, by the time I’d finished reading this book I still didn’t ‘get’ her.
Second thing: MARTIN WAS SUCH A DOUCHENOZZLE AND I WANTED TO PUNCH HIM IN THE SOLAR PLEXUS THE WHOLE BOOK. He is insanely controlling, gruff, and seems to only have two emotions: angry and angry-horny. But most, most, most importantly: he isn’t gentle with Kaitlyn when he’s fingering her. It’s her first time experiencing any kind of penetration at the hands of someone else, and rather than asking her how she’s doing, if it hurts, if she’s comfortable, he just goes full throttle, leaving her sore and bruised. He also ‘marks’ her with hickeys, and when she asks him not to do it again, rather than accepting this because it’s her body and she gets to decide whether she wants hickeys or not, he presses her, makes a joke out of it, and basically completely ignores the fact that she is trying to assert her preferences and set some boundaries. What. an. asswipe.
Third thing: Ben ‘The Rapist’ is not dealt with at all in this book. Kaitlyn overhears Ben freely admitting to his female croney that he’s drugged other girls and raped them, and yet neither Kaitlyn nor Martin do anything with this information. They don’t report it, don’t confront him– no, Martin goes and invites Ben to his vacation pad because, despite Ben raping women and plotting to drug and rape Martin, Martin needs him on his rugby team so he has to play nice with him. While I realise that it can be very difficult and complicated to deal with situations like this, especially in college, if there’s ever a place where we should see examples of people bringing these people to justice, it’s in fucking romance! The feminist genre!
Fourth thing: Martin’s friend Ray, who is a major creep, has a lengthy conversation with Kaitlyn about her being ‘marriage material’ because she doesn’t sell herself short by just hooking up with guy after guy. Props to Kaitlyn for defending women’s sexual freedom and their right to fuck whoever they want (as long as it’s consensual) as often as they want, no strings needed, BUT THEN SHE RUINS IT by taking his arm when he offers it after he sheepishly looks at her with puppy dog eyes and a sorry frown. If someone is a misogynistic asswipe, they do not deserve your arm, Kaitlyn. They deserve a flying sidekick to their patriarchal face.
Read my full review at http://loveinatimeoffeminism.com/reviews/review-attraction-by-penny-reid/
Second thing: MARTIN WAS SUCH A DOUCHENOZZLE AND I WANTED TO PUNCH HIM IN THE SOLAR PLEXUS THE WHOLE BOOK. He is insanely controlling, gruff, and seems to only have two emotions: angry and angry-horny. But most, most, most importantly: he isn’t gentle with Kaitlyn when he’s fingering her. It’s her first time experiencing any kind of penetration at the hands of someone else, and rather than asking her how she’s doing, if it hurts, if she’s comfortable, he just goes full throttle, leaving her sore and bruised. He also ‘marks’ her with hickeys, and when she asks him not to do it again, rather than accepting this because it’s her body and she gets to decide whether she wants hickeys or not, he presses her, makes a joke out of it, and basically completely ignores the fact that she is trying to assert her preferences and set some boundaries. What. an. asswipe.
Third thing: Ben ‘The Rapist’ is not dealt with at all in this book. Kaitlyn overhears Ben freely admitting to his female croney that he’s drugged other girls and raped them, and yet neither Kaitlyn nor Martin do anything with this information. They don’t report it, don’t confront him– no, Martin goes and invites Ben to his vacation pad because, despite Ben raping women and plotting to drug and rape Martin, Martin needs him on his rugby team so he has to play nice with him. While I realise that it can be very difficult and complicated to deal with situations like this, especially in college, if there’s ever a place where we should see examples of people bringing these people to justice, it’s in fucking romance! The feminist genre!
Fourth thing: Martin’s friend Ray, who is a major creep, has a lengthy conversation with Kaitlyn about her being ‘marriage material’ because she doesn’t sell herself short by just hooking up with guy after guy. Props to Kaitlyn for defending women’s sexual freedom and their right to fuck whoever they want (as long as it’s consensual) as often as they want, no strings needed, BUT THEN SHE RUINS IT by taking his arm when he offers it after he sheepishly looks at her with puppy dog eyes and a sorry frown. If someone is a misogynistic asswipe, they do not deserve your arm, Kaitlyn. They deserve a flying sidekick to their patriarchal face.
Read my full review at http://loveinatimeoffeminism.com/reviews/review-attraction-by-penny-reid/
mousegrey's review against another edition
It’s not the kind of book I’m likely to listen to when I’m doing most of the tasks I usually do with audiobooks, or the kind that screams ‘unwind for sleep’ - if I regularly spent more time driving, I’d probably get through it pretty quickly. It’s not a hard DNF, more a ‘next road trip’
mayris88's review against another edition
5.0
I hate Penny Reid! That's a lie I love her.
The thing is I have a paper to write but I convinced myself of reading just the first chapter, bad idea because after the first paragraph I couldn't stop reading.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I loved this book and I would LOVE to read more about Kaytlin and Martin (btw I love his pov it was amazing).
The thing is I have a paper to write but I convinced myself of reading just the first chapter, bad idea because after the first paragraph I couldn't stop reading.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I loved this book and I would LOVE to read more about Kaytlin and Martin (btw I love his pov it was amazing).
celbell's review against another edition
4.0
Too long and I don't care for single person POV but this was a decent read. Very well written. I think if you're a fan of Ali Hazelwood's books but you want something possibly a little more grounded then you'd like Penny Reid's catalogue.
trudyd's review against another edition
5.0
I couldn't find the audio version, so let me say here--AWESOME. It is an amazing listen. Parker brought to life was music to my ears. Oh the feels.... Reviews are done on each book so I won't bore you with repeats. Get the audio and escape.
druppelregen's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jackiehorne's review against another edition
4.0
See review at:
http://romancenovelsforfeminists.blogspot.com/2016/01/romance-novels-for-feminists-best-of.html
http://romancenovelsforfeminists.blogspot.com/2016/01/romance-novels-for-feminists-best-of.html
shirleymak's review against another edition
3.0
HMMMM probably more like a 3.5 but I didn't like this as much as I thought I would. It just seemed TOO incredibly unrealistic for me LOL. LIKE WHO GOES OFF WITH SOME GUY THEY ONLY JUST TECHNICALLY GOT TO KNOW FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK