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3.6 AVERAGE
I am so surprised with how much I loved this book!
It was the perfect mix of cute contemporary with a heart wrenching storyline!
A full review will be posted on my blog soon. https://rachelsreadsreviews.wordpress.com
It was the perfect mix of cute contemporary with a heart wrenching storyline!
A full review will be posted on my blog soon. https://rachelsreadsreviews.wordpress.com
Gah! I absolutely loved this book! I don’t know how they keep doing this, excellent book after excellent book, but they do.
This book had all the feels. I laughed, I cried, I raged, I was shocked.
I LOVED Chase. So haunted, so trying to do what what’s right.
Beth was so feisty. There were so many times I raged on her behalf. She was so strong but put her emotions on display as well.
This book was everything and I loved it! Read it now!
This book had all the feels. I laughed, I cried, I raged, I was shocked.
I LOVED Chase. So haunted, so trying to do what what’s right.
Beth was so feisty. There were so many times I raged on her behalf. She was so strong but put her emotions on display as well.
This book was everything and I loved it! Read it now!
I like this book, didn’t love it, but liked it! It brought me to tears and had some heart pounding moments. It was a little dark but had great romance in it. The story centers around a girl named Beth who forgives and falls in love with a murderer (Charlie) who killed Beth’s sister, Rachel. I’m giving this review 4 stars out of 5 because there were some disturbing parts in the story. The parents were a little harsh to Beth and the kids at the school were bullies to Beth for falling in love with Charlie. Overall, it’s a great read filled with romance and a twisty side story of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST!
I have read a few books by Erin Watt before and really liked them. I picked up the original Royals series, which I reviewed HERE, and really enjoyed them. They were sort of guilty-pleasure reads, full of drama and twists and turns. One Small Thing was one of my most anticipated books of the year because I just love the stories they create. I didn’t know much about this book when I dove it, and sometimes that’s refreshing because I get to experience the book without any preconceived notions.
One Small Thing follows Beth, a 17-year-old girl who’s sister was killed in an accident three years prior to the book taking place. We follow Beth and her family as they try to move on with their lives without Rachel, Beth’s older sister.
There’s a large focus on family relationships and grief, how each person grieves loved ones in different ways. Her parents become more and more strict because they’re afraid of something happening to Beth while she feels stifled. They clash and Beth tries to break free of the control her parents have on her life and relationships are strained. I think the authors do a great job representing a parent-child relationship as they try to figure out how to live without a person in their life. It’s filled with tension and strained relationships and I had a hard time trying to figure out who I felt more toward because each side had reasons to do the things they did. The adult in me understood her parents’ point of view, trying to keep their daughter safe from the perils of the world that took their other daughter away, while I can emphasize with the Beth because I was a kid with strict parents and I could understand that constrictive feeling.
She decides to be the typical teenager and rebel, going to parties, sneaking out and just breaking the rules. She finds a “very bad boy to take me down a very bad path.” That boy is Chase who has secrets of his own. Fate intervenes and he begins his senior year at the same school Beth attends. He’s a boy that turns Beth’s world upside down. He’s a boy she shouldn’t want but can’t stay away from. She’s drawn to him and it changes everything.
I think this book touches on so many tough subjects and caused me to think about a lot of things: blame, forgiveness, hate, love, hope and relationships. The authors tied it all up in the end in a great way, which made me give this book 4 1/2 stars.
One Small Thing follows Beth, a 17-year-old girl who’s sister was killed in an accident three years prior to the book taking place. We follow Beth and her family as they try to move on with their lives without Rachel, Beth’s older sister.
There’s a large focus on family relationships and grief, how each person grieves loved ones in different ways. Her parents become more and more strict because they’re afraid of something happening to Beth while she feels stifled. They clash and Beth tries to break free of the control her parents have on her life and relationships are strained. I think the authors do a great job representing a parent-child relationship as they try to figure out how to live without a person in their life. It’s filled with tension and strained relationships and I had a hard time trying to figure out who I felt more toward because each side had reasons to do the things they did. The adult in me understood her parents’ point of view, trying to keep their daughter safe from the perils of the world that took their other daughter away, while I can emphasize with the Beth because I was a kid with strict parents and I could understand that constrictive feeling.
She decides to be the typical teenager and rebel, going to parties, sneaking out and just breaking the rules. She finds a “very bad boy to take me down a very bad path.” That boy is Chase who has secrets of his own. Fate intervenes and he begins his senior year at the same school Beth attends. He’s a boy that turns Beth’s world upside down. He’s a boy she shouldn’t want but can’t stay away from. She’s drawn to him and it changes everything.
I think this book touches on so many tough subjects and caused me to think about a lot of things: blame, forgiveness, hate, love, hope and relationships. The authors tied it all up in the end in a great way, which made me give this book 4 1/2 stars.
This was a good read for an evening, one I didn’t have to think about too hard. It was fairly predictable and a little over the top in terms of the drama at times, but it was a story that drew me in and kept me turning pages until the end.
Erin Watt has such entertaining books. This one was the deepest and possibly my favorite. A guy accidentally killed a girl's sister and three years later she falls in love with him. How could that ever work out?
I loved Beth, really loved her. The way she grieved felt real because it was basically the way I have grieved over deaths. Just because one isn't a huge crier doesn't mean they are affected any less inside their heads.
Chase, Chase, Chase. I wanted to shake him ... a lot! What happened was horrible but it wasn't on purpose. And he needed hugs ... a bunch of them. But from Beth's parents perspective I get it, that was their other baby. But from an outside perspective it's much easier to see both sides of the coin.
This book was not full of lust like a lot of their other books. It was one that made me think, gave me emotions, and as hard as it is sometimes to do—forgiveness is the best option. If these two authors could write something like this together, I can't wait to see what they have next!
I loved Beth, really loved her. The way she grieved felt real because it was basically the way I have grieved over deaths. Just because one isn't a huge crier doesn't mean they are affected any less inside their heads.
Chase, Chase, Chase. I wanted to shake him ... a lot! What happened was horrible but it wasn't on purpose. And he needed hugs ... a bunch of them. But from Beth's parents perspective I get it, that was their other baby. But from an outside perspective it's much easier to see both sides of the coin.
This book was not full of lust like a lot of their other books. It was one that made me think, gave me emotions, and as hard as it is sometimes to do—forgiveness is the best option. If these two authors could write something like this together, I can't wait to see what they have next!
TW: for gaslighting, emotional & physical abuse, & attempted sexual assault.
The whole premise of this book seems slightly problematic. The main character, Beth, starts having feelings for the guy (Chase) who hit her sister with his car and killed her. It was an accident and he is very apologetic, but it still seemed weird to me.
I appreciated that the author contrasted Chase, a felon, with Jeff the sister's boyfriend, seemingly okay dude, to show that good and bad is not always so simple. However, I felt as if Jeff was too bad, he seemed like a fairytale villain rather than a high school guy. It was just too much; he is abusive, possessive, says horrible things about women, randomly has a gun at one point and it is never explained how he gets it, a total elitist, and he also fakes a British accent. I liked the contrast, but the author went a bit overboard with all of Jeff's negative qualities.
If the plot had been better I could have gotten past my issues with Jeff and the slightly problematic nature of this book, but instead I just kept writing how much I hated Jeff in my notes.
*Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review*
The whole premise of this book seems slightly problematic. The main character, Beth, starts having feelings for the guy (Chase) who hit her sister with his car and killed her. It was an accident and he is very apologetic, but it still seemed weird to me.
I appreciated that the author contrasted Chase, a felon, with Jeff the sister's boyfriend, seemingly okay dude, to show that good and bad is not always so simple. However, I felt as if Jeff was too bad, he seemed like a fairytale villain rather than a high school guy. It was just too much; he is abusive, possessive, says horrible things about women, randomly has a gun at one point and it is never explained how he gets it, a total elitist, and he also fakes a British accent. I liked the contrast, but the author went a bit overboard with all of Jeff's negative qualities.
If the plot had been better I could have gotten past my issues with Jeff and the slightly problematic nature of this book, but instead I just kept writing how much I hated Jeff in my notes.
*Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review*
Meh
I don’t even know what to say. I’m so horribly disappointed because while I absolutely hated The Royals series by these authors, I adored When It’s Real. So I had incredibly high expectations for One Small Thing hoping it would make me feel more like I did when I read When It’s Real.
Unfortunately, it was more along the lines of how I felt reading The Royals books.
Honestly, the only good thing about this book for me was Chase… the guy who killed Beth’s sister so that’s saying a lot I suppose.
I think what I disliked the most was the super predictability of every single character in this story. Beth is the rebellious daughter who acts out because her sister has died. Her parents are the overprotective unreasonable sort who can’t see that they are suffocating their daughter. Her best friend falls for the guy who used to date her sister, but he’s a controlling asshole only Beth is the only one who sees it. Her classmates are all douchebags who harass and bully a student while teachers watch on because … well, he killed someone, right?
Overall, I think my struggle to connect to Beth’s story was what ruined this for me. At times I sympathized with her, and at others, I just wanted to urge her to act her age and start earning the respect she was demanding from others. Instead, she had tantrums and acted out.
I did think that despite what you learn at the end of the story that should redeem these characters, that Beth’s ability to forgive was commendable, though I wonder if she would have felt the same way if the one who killed her sister wasn’t a hot guy?
Thanks to the publisher for an early copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.
I don’t even know what to say. I’m so horribly disappointed because while I absolutely hated The Royals series by these authors, I adored When It’s Real. So I had incredibly high expectations for One Small Thing hoping it would make me feel more like I did when I read When It’s Real.
Unfortunately, it was more along the lines of how I felt reading The Royals books.
Honestly, the only good thing about this book for me was Chase… the guy who killed Beth’s sister so that’s saying a lot I suppose.
I think what I disliked the most was the super predictability of every single character in this story. Beth is the rebellious daughter who acts out because her sister has died. Her parents are the overprotective unreasonable sort who can’t see that they are suffocating their daughter. Her best friend falls for the guy who used to date her sister, but he’s a controlling asshole only Beth is the only one who sees it. Her classmates are all douchebags who harass and bully a student while teachers watch on because … well, he killed someone, right?
Overall, I think my struggle to connect to Beth’s story was what ruined this for me. At times I sympathized with her, and at others, I just wanted to urge her to act her age and start earning the respect she was demanding from others. Instead, she had tantrums and acted out.
I did think that despite what you learn at the end of the story that should redeem these characters, that Beth’s ability to forgive was commendable, though I wonder if she would have felt the same way if the one who killed her sister wasn’t a hot guy?
Thanks to the publisher for an early copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.
This book was AMAZING. 5 stars. This girl loses her sister and her parents become extremely strict on her so she doesn’t end up like her sister. She feels suffocated in her own home. She can’t even go to the college she wants. Her texts are being read by her parents. She has zero privacy. It’s how they found out about a party she went to. She wanted to be wild and crazy for once. She ended up giving up her virginity to a hot guy at the party. When she goes back to school to start her senior year there he is. All of her friends tries to keep her away from him. She thinks it’s because he must be a player. He must have some kind of bad reputation with women. Turns out it’s for something much more serious. What a serious page turner. I loved it. Thank you to netgalley for letting me review this book. It’s amazing. I can’t say that enough.
I think this writing duo is on to something... I know a majority of their following is really into their darker, more erotic romance (I haven't read the royals series yet), but there's something REALLY special about their standalone contemporary romances. They definitely feel YA (as they should), but not in a cheesy, obnoxious way. This is my second standalone romance from them and both have tackled some deep, thought provoking themes. Highly recommended for readers wanting a nice balance of darker contemporary with a horizon of hope. Full review to come closer to pub date.
*I received a review copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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*I received a review copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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Hi, my name is Chelsea and I'm a sucker for [a:Erin Watt|14902188|Erin Watt|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1453648541p2/14902188.jpg] standalones.