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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins
4.0
I was a little hesitating to start this book. I really liked the first book, but I heard that some others weren't that fond of this one. But, it seems that my taste is slightly different. I think this book was also very amusing and entertaining. Maybe the storyline felt a little weaker, but I didn't really have the feeling it really suffered from the middle book syndrome. And I actually really liked where the book ended and how it ended.
Harper is an interesting main character. She has those typical characteristics that could make her a mean girl, a miss popular, usually the antagonist in other books. And yet, she never becomes really mean or hard to connect with. She feels very human, overreacting at times and a little emotional mostly, but therefore realistic. It's easy to relate to her and to understand why she acts the way she does, even if it's sometimes not the smartest thing to do.
And the same goes for the entire group of friends and the dynamic between all of them. Bee, Ryan, David, they are all human, they mess up and make mistakes and that leads eventually to the end of this book. In a way this book is clearly a middle book, but a lot of things happen, relationships are built, broken and made stronger. Characters grow, learn and decide to either accept the future or not.
The plot might not always have the same tension as the first book, I do think the storyline has some great elements and some lovely scenes happening anyway. I can't wait, surely after that cliffhanger, to read how things will be in the next book and how this will all end.
Harper is an interesting main character. She has those typical characteristics that could make her a mean girl, a miss popular, usually the antagonist in other books. And yet, she never becomes really mean or hard to connect with. She feels very human, overreacting at times and a little emotional mostly, but therefore realistic. It's easy to relate to her and to understand why she acts the way she does, even if it's sometimes not the smartest thing to do.
And the same goes for the entire group of friends and the dynamic between all of them. Bee, Ryan, David, they are all human, they mess up and make mistakes and that leads eventually to the end of this book. In a way this book is clearly a middle book, but a lot of things happen, relationships are built, broken and made stronger. Characters grow, learn and decide to either accept the future or not.
The plot might not always have the same tension as the first book, I do think the storyline has some great elements and some lovely scenes happening anyway. I can't wait, surely after that cliffhanger, to read how things will be in the next book and how this will all end.