A review by lucillemeeps
Collateral by Ellen Hopkins

2.0

This book was disappointing for me. The relationship didn't feel real, not even when it was supposed to be young and fresh and good. Almost every interaction seemed to end in somewhat violent or aggressive sex, and then those scenes were too cliche and over the top, granite hard penises and gspot orgasms right from the get go. There's also something that sort of gets me about when a character writes a poem that is praised by another character in the book. Essentially the author is writing about how awesome her own poem is. This book just didn't have the same magic for me that Hopkins' other books have had. I didn't feel moved by the events, wasn't drawn in by the characters or invested in how their lives turned out. Even the language didn't move me as much as her other works have. Here's hoping that the next book she writes will be a little more in tune with her earlier ones.