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A review by rebeshelton
Sweet by Emmy Laybourne
Did not finish at 65%.
Yeah.
Usually I delete books that I don't finish because I don't want them clogging up my books. However, this one deserves a special review, because it made me so angry.
This is the last sentence that I read, 100 pages from the end, that made me close the book forever:
"We're kneeling together, clutching each other. I kiss him. His mouth and then his face, his cheeks, his forehead. I'm desperate to kiss him, suddenly. And I'm crying all over him."
Why is that sentence bad you ask? Because immediately before this make-out sesh they just watched people get killed, they're in the middle of some weird sugar-zombie apocalypse, and HELLO they've known each other for 5 days.
I'm incredibly disappointed that the author felt that there needed to be a romance element to this book. The premise was exciting and I really wanted to know how it ended but honestly all the scenes with Tom and Laurel made me want to throw up. Why oh why is there this insta-love trend in YA books?! Especially when it doesn't even fit in the story line. (Laurel, your best friend is in the middle of an angry, murderous mob and you take this moment to make-out with a guy you don't even know? What the crap?!).
By the way, I did read the last page so I guess I didn't miss much. So long, Sweet.
Yeah.
Usually I delete books that I don't finish because I don't want them clogging up my books. However, this one deserves a special review, because it made me so angry.
This is the last sentence that I read, 100 pages from the end, that made me close the book forever:
"We're kneeling together, clutching each other. I kiss him. His mouth and then his face, his cheeks, his forehead. I'm desperate to kiss him, suddenly. And I'm crying all over him."
Why is that sentence bad you ask? Because immediately before this make-out sesh they just watched people get killed, they're in the middle of some weird sugar-zombie apocalypse, and HELLO they've known each other for 5 days.
I'm incredibly disappointed that the author felt that there needed to be a romance element to this book. The premise was exciting and I really wanted to know how it ended but honestly all the scenes with Tom and Laurel made me want to throw up. Why oh why is there this insta-love trend in YA books?! Especially when it doesn't even fit in the story line. (Laurel, your best friend is in the middle of an angry, murderous mob and you take this moment to make-out with a guy you don't even know? What the crap?!).
By the way, I did read the last page so I guess I didn't miss much. So long, Sweet.