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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
Loveable characters:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident
I'm a sucker for faux-romance, esp when it's YA, and of course BASEBALL! Toss in some witty banter, and I'm definitely in. The Rules of Persuasion was just plain adorable! It's a flirty, fun, quick summer read.
**I voluntarily read an advance copy**
**I voluntarily read an advance copy**
3.5 stars
I read this when I was in a reading slump & still cannot move on from one of my favourite read. It's cute, it has my fav trope and it's a fast read. I have no complaints!
Nice quick read, I really enjoyed the slow build in Luke and Meg’s feelings towards each other.
4 persuading stars
Meg and Luke were never on each others radar, until one night he catches her doing something bad and realizes he can use that to get her to be his fake girlfriend, easy right? With some rules set what could possible go wrong.
I felt for Meg and Luke. Both were dealing with major stuff, both completely different problems, but nonetheless they needed someone. I felt they were good together and I loved his caring side, always wanting to do nice things for her.
My only complaint is, I wish we had more development with the characters, meaning, I felt we didn't get as much time with them, when it jumps days or even a month, I just wish there was more.
over all a good story.
*An arc was provided by netgalley and the publisher for an honest review*
Meg and Luke were never on each others radar, until one night he catches her doing something bad and realizes he can use that to get her to be his fake girlfriend, easy right? With some rules set what could possible go wrong.
I felt for Meg and Luke. Both were dealing with major stuff, both completely different problems, but nonetheless they needed someone. I felt they were good together and I loved his caring side, always wanting to do nice things for her.
My only complaint is, I wish we had more development with the characters, meaning, I felt we didn't get as much time with them, when it jumps days or even a month, I just wish there was more.
over all a good story.
*An arc was provided by netgalley and the publisher for an honest review*
I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It was sweet, clean, and had just the right amount of tension. I loved the characters. They had depth and were both dealing with some deep family issues. I'll be looking forward to more books by Amity Hope.
THE RULES OF PERSUASION is a quick, summer read that has a great dose of adorable mixed with just the right amount of family drama. It’s never overwhelming, but just enough to make you interested what’s going to happen to our two main characters.
The book centers on Meg and Luke. After a tragedy struck Meg’s family, Meg looks for release in a dangerous way, spray painting a mural on buildings. One night, she gets caught by the star pitcher of the baseball team, Luke Prescott. Luke strikes a deal with her --pretend to be his girlfriend and his lips are sealed. What happens next is truly an entertaining read. We follow Meg and Luke as they find out their perceptions of each other were way off and their what they thought was fake relationship quickly turns into something more complicated, and real.
I really enjoyed getting to know Luke a bit better. He is truly a sweet gentleman and makes sure to make Meg comfortable in some of the most awkward situations. I mean, he is the one who was blackmailing her, but he still tried to make her have fun and comfortable. I would have liked to see Luke play baseball though. The entire book we are told how he is the star pitcher and he loves baseball, but yet we never really get to see him play. If you count that little time he played with Meg at the batting cages, but I don’t, I wanted to see him in action!
Meg, on the other hand, was a bit slower to get used to. At the start I found her extremely unlikable. She was stubborn and rude to Luke even while it was unnecessary. However, once she began to let her walls fall down, I really enjoyed seeing her and Luke grow closer together. I was screaming at her for so long to just TELL LUKE WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HER FAMILY ever since he opened up to her, but alas...she was a bit slower (haha sigh).
Overall, this book was cute and the perfect cheesy YA romance I was looking for. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.
The book centers on Meg and Luke. After a tragedy struck Meg’s family, Meg looks for release in a dangerous way, spray painting a mural on buildings. One night, she gets caught by the star pitcher of the baseball team, Luke Prescott. Luke strikes a deal with her --pretend to be his girlfriend and his lips are sealed. What happens next is truly an entertaining read. We follow Meg and Luke as they find out their perceptions of each other were way off and their what they thought was fake relationship quickly turns into something more complicated, and real.
I really enjoyed getting to know Luke a bit better. He is truly a sweet gentleman and makes sure to make Meg comfortable in some of the most awkward situations. I mean, he is the one who was blackmailing her, but he still tried to make her have fun and comfortable. I would have liked to see Luke play baseball though. The entire book we are told how he is the star pitcher and he loves baseball, but yet we never really get to see him play. If you count that little time he played with Meg at the batting cages, but I don’t, I wanted to see him in action!
Meg, on the other hand, was a bit slower to get used to. At the start I found her extremely unlikable. She was stubborn and rude to Luke even while it was unnecessary. However, once she began to let her walls fall down, I really enjoyed seeing her and Luke grow closer together. I was screaming at her for so long to just TELL LUKE WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HER FAMILY ever since he opened up to her, but alas...she was a bit slower (haha sigh).
Overall, this book was cute and the perfect cheesy YA romance I was looking for. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
***I received an ARC from Netgalley in Exchange for an Honest Review***
I gave this book 4 stars. I flew through this book so quickly, mostly because it wasn't very long to begin with, but also because it was a very character driven book. What I love about contemporary novels is that the books are always about the people, so if you don't like the people, you won't like the book. I'm happy to say that I loved the main characters in this book, meaning I really enjoyed this book.
I’m stupid and I missed the publication date so I didn’t even start reading this book until the release date. I suppose better late than never, but I do like to have read my ARCs before they are released. I guess a couple days late isn’t too bad.
I could have definitely used this book a few months ago when I was on a contemporary kick. This is exactly the sort of book I felt like reading. No worries though, because I still read it pretty quickly this time.
This book covered some serious topics while still managing not to be too heavy. These teens with their awful backstories managed to have fun together and find the freedom in being a teenager.
What I thought was so cool was that Meg rode a motorcycle. I love motorcycles and I think one day I might want to get my motorcycle license, so I loved seeing a female protagonist with a motorcycle. I don't think I've seen a book where the female protagonist has had a motorcycle which is sad considering they are so cool. That little fact was what won me over onto Meg's side from the very beginning, she wasn't afraid to be a bit different, she wanted to do something she enjoyed despite all the terrible things going on in her life.
You know what trope I'm getting tired of? The mean girl ex girlfriend of the love interest who wants the guy back for her own sinister reasons. I have a hard time believing that there are this many people who know they're being shady but do it anyway. I'm tired of waiting for catfights to break out every time there is a character like this in the book. I guess I can live with it, and it hardly ruined the book for me, but I'm just growing a bit tired of the same static antagonistic character.
Overall, if you love contemporary novels this is definitely something you should read. I wouldn't really recommend this book to someone who doesn't really like contemporary, you probably wouldn't like it.
I gave this book 4 stars. I flew through this book so quickly, mostly because it wasn't very long to begin with, but also because it was a very character driven book. What I love about contemporary novels is that the books are always about the people, so if you don't like the people, you won't like the book. I'm happy to say that I loved the main characters in this book, meaning I really enjoyed this book.
I’m stupid and I missed the publication date so I didn’t even start reading this book until the release date. I suppose better late than never, but I do like to have read my ARCs before they are released. I guess a couple days late isn’t too bad.
I could have definitely used this book a few months ago when I was on a contemporary kick. This is exactly the sort of book I felt like reading. No worries though, because I still read it pretty quickly this time.
This book covered some serious topics while still managing not to be too heavy. These teens with their awful backstories managed to have fun together and find the freedom in being a teenager.
What I thought was so cool was that Meg rode a motorcycle. I love motorcycles and I think one day I might want to get my motorcycle license, so I loved seeing a female protagonist with a motorcycle. I don't think I've seen a book where the female protagonist has had a motorcycle which is sad considering they are so cool. That little fact was what won me over onto Meg's side from the very beginning, she wasn't afraid to be a bit different, she wanted to do something she enjoyed despite all the terrible things going on in her life.
You know what trope I'm getting tired of? The mean girl ex girlfriend of the love interest who wants the guy back for her own sinister reasons. I have a hard time believing that there are this many people who know they're being shady but do it anyway. I'm tired of waiting for catfights to break out every time there is a character like this in the book. I guess I can live with it, and it hardly ruined the book for me, but I'm just growing a bit tired of the same static antagonistic character.
Overall, if you love contemporary novels this is definitely something you should read. I wouldn't really recommend this book to someone who doesn't really like contemporary, you probably wouldn't like it.
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
This book was one of the first I read from Entangled Teen, and it helped me to fall in love with all of the books they publish, as they are just perfect YA contemporary reads. The Rules of Persuasion follow Meg, who has become a 'bad girl' who loves going around town and vandalising different things, to leave her name on something, and cope with the tragedy her family have faced. When the 'good guy' of the school Luke, catch her in the act, she decides that rather than face the consequences of her actions, which would be extreme, she would rather blackmail Luke into pretending to be her boyfriend, which actually helps him to some extent. Luke's parents have been on his back recently about school, his broken relationship with his ex, and life in general, and being with Meg could grant him a reprieve. They set up some ground rules while in the fake relationship, but the longer they are pretending, the less acting it is, and they find in one another a kindred spirit who understands them, and cares for them like no one has before.
The romance in this book was so swoony! Fake relationships is one of my favourite tropes, and it was executed so well in this story. To start off with, it seems like Luke and Meg are polar opposites, and to the outside, they are, but whenever they're together, we see they're more alike that you might think, and really get one another. The chemistry between them is apparent from very early on, and you could really see them falling for each other as the plot progressed. Obviously, we have a bit of angst in the book - would it be a YA contemporary if there wasn't any? - but it was done well, and all in all, this was a dead enjoyable book.
This book was one of the first I read from Entangled Teen, and it helped me to fall in love with all of the books they publish, as they are just perfect YA contemporary reads. The Rules of Persuasion follow Meg, who has become a 'bad girl' who loves going around town and vandalising different things, to leave her name on something, and cope with the tragedy her family have faced. When the 'good guy' of the school Luke, catch her in the act, she decides that rather than face the consequences of her actions, which would be extreme, she would rather blackmail Luke into pretending to be her boyfriend, which actually helps him to some extent. Luke's parents have been on his back recently about school, his broken relationship with his ex, and life in general, and being with Meg could grant him a reprieve. They set up some ground rules while in the fake relationship, but the longer they are pretending, the less acting it is, and they find in one another a kindred spirit who understands them, and cares for them like no one has before.
The romance in this book was so swoony! Fake relationships is one of my favourite tropes, and it was executed so well in this story. To start off with, it seems like Luke and Meg are polar opposites, and to the outside, they are, but whenever they're together, we see they're more alike that you might think, and really get one another. The chemistry between them is apparent from very early on, and you could really see them falling for each other as the plot progressed. Obviously, we have a bit of angst in the book - would it be a YA contemporary if there wasn't any? - but it was done well, and all in all, this was a dead enjoyable book.