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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
This book was intense; filled with positive, negative, and extremely sexual energy that I was not expecting but accepted nonetheless. The tie in with the characters is wonderful, one I expected from the beginning but eagerly awaited. Blythe is a very relatable narrator and the connection with the Sheppard family is just as strong. I'm so glad I read this all the way through. Yes, there are some truly tacky plotlines, but they are used well enough to derail the tension and strengthen the relationships built.
So many emotions running in this book. Depression, heartbreak, loss, friends, family, love and two people who are meant to be. This has to be one of my favorite books of this year.
I have been looking forward to reading this book for a while now because I totally loved JP's other books Flat Out Love, Flat Out Matt, and Relatively Famous. I one-clicked the book the second I knew it was released. I was not disappointed.
I've seen a few complaints in other reviews about the insta-love between Chris and Blythe being too much. Sometimes I do agree that it can seem too unrealistic for people to fall so quickly but the way that Jessica Park wrote it, it seems pretty perfect. They were instantly attracted to each other and had a strong connection but the way they fell in love was slow and steady. Shit, I fell in love with Chris pretty instantaneously myself.
"But Chris does not run. Instead he slides his arm around my waist and pulls me in close until my back is tight against his chest. "It's okay. Breath into it.""
"I want to hear you come. I need to hear you come."
Come to think of it I kept thinking to myself...what is taking so long? How long are you two gonna drag this out?!? Then finally they get their shit together and hump like bunnies for days and I'm like THANK GOD!
Then suddenly 64% of the way through the book I want to throw my Kindle against a wall!! Seriously....seriously? W.T.F. ?!? Turmoil, heartbreak, stupid decision-making;I was expecting it all but not like this. Not.Like.This.
After this is where the book kind of lost me for a minute. Things began to happen pretty quickly without a lot of details that I feel would have been interesting to read about. How (in greater detail)did Blythe deal with being around his family after? How did she deal with normal every day things for that year? I would've liked to hear a little about her life without the Shepherds in it.
I'm still a little angry at Blythe for getting over everything pretty easily and I'm super pissed at Chris that he acted so casually about what he almost did but then suddenly decides that he's all-in with Blythe and nobody seems that upset by it.
I have to mention how in love I am with all of the secondary characters. I mean Sabin is ridiculously awesome and quirky in the best way.
"What's happenin', the cakest of all my baby cakes?"
James, Eric, Zach and Estelle round out the group pretty nicely. Estelle and her faith make me giggle..is that supposed to happen?
"Forgive me my sins, O lord, forgive me my sins; the sins of my youth, the sins of my age, the sins of my soul, the sins of my body; my idle sins, me serious voluntary sins..."
While I'm not sure if I love this book as much as I LOVED the Flat Out books I will absolutely say without a doubt that I love the way Jessica Park writes her characters. I want to be friends with each and every one of them.
In the end we get our HEA and days after finishing the book I'm still kind of in love with Chris and Blythe's story.
Amazing! I cried through a good chunk of this book. But I absolutely adored all of the characters. Wonderful writing and I loved the stories and how the wound up interacting.
wow! i always say i cant do YA but im always so wrong. This story was so good i couldnt put it down. I listened to the Audio book and switched back and fourth and it was amazing. i fell hard for both of them and SABEN oh man that guy <3 cant say much more besides read it!!
DNF at page 150
This book was insta-everything. Not a single relationship in this book felt authentic in any way. I have no idea what the hell I was reading and by page 150, after the five hundredth drama filled moment I literally felt my eyes glaze over.
Not for me.
This book was insta-everything. Not a single relationship in this book felt authentic in any way. I have no idea what the hell I was reading and by page 150, after the five hundredth drama filled moment I literally felt my eyes glaze over.
Not for me.
I have a love hate relationship with this book. It was INSANELY tropey, and just sometimes completely ridiculous.... but the characters were amazing, so I kept reading. It was cute, and I'm glad I finished it