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A review by jlafaro
A Place Without You by Jewel E. Ann
3.0
I was pretty lukewarm on this book during the entire first half. Not that I condone a guidance counselor dating a student in real life (even if she’s 19 which the FMC was and the MMC is only in his 20’s which he was) but normally in a book I can look passed it for entertainment purposes. But the FMC in this book was so incredibly immature - like I’m talking elementary school level immature - that it was really hard to look passed.
The first half didn’t feel like a hot and steamy taboo story about a student and her guidance counselor. This felt like an actual child and her guidance counselor. There’s a way to do taboo and this really isn’t it.
The second half that skips forward two years is wayyy better. No longer taboo and Henna’s immaturity is mostly gone. I get that the author was trying to show growth from a 19 year old to 21 year old but I think she went overboard during the first half. But nonetheless the second half was good and the story was overall pretty interesting. 3.5
The first half didn’t feel like a hot and steamy taboo story about a student and her guidance counselor. This felt like an actual child and her guidance counselor. There’s a way to do taboo and this really isn’t it.
The second half that skips forward two years is wayyy better. No longer taboo and Henna’s immaturity is mostly gone. I get that the author was trying to show growth from a 19 year old to 21 year old but I think she went overboard during the first half. But nonetheless the second half was good and the story was overall pretty interesting. 3.5