Take a photo of a barcode or cover
ninjavegus 's review for:
Unteachable
by Elliot Wake
”I can’t hold on to you. You’re like that shooting star. Just a trail of fire in my hands.”
Finally a book under the NA category with realistic characters. I gotten used to a certain archetype in these sort of books, the innocent nice virgin that meets the arrogant, controlling, misogynistic man whore that awakens her sexual journey.
It was so refreshing to have a heroine, Maise, aware of her allure and with a sexual history. Usually the slutty girl is the villain of the story, but this book does another route and shows that a woman’s personality is not tied to her openness towards sex.
And Evan was actually sweet, understanding, caring and nice. I adored him, this is how you should write the male love interest. He puts Maise first and his first concern when he found out he was her teacher was making sure she was okey with it. I know that teacher-student relationships are all kinds of wrong, but their relationship never felt unbalanced. It felt like a healthy relationship with lots of passion. Two people that was just right of each other. And the relationship begun before they found out he was her teacher, so I never got the impression that was part of it.
”You’re crazy,” I said. “You should run away.”
“If I ran away, I would be crazy.”
The book does an excellent job with exploring the characters and the relationship. They aren’t perfect, they have a history and are broken in several ways. We get to know their backstory, their dreams, what drives them and what drives them towards each other.
I felt giddy the entire book and read it in one day. I read some reviews that stated this book has too much of a poetic writing, but I never felt that. This book felt more or less perfect.
Finally a book under the NA category with realistic characters. I gotten used to a certain archetype in these sort of books, the innocent nice virgin that meets the arrogant, controlling, misogynistic man whore that awakens her sexual journey.
It was so refreshing to have a heroine, Maise, aware of her allure and with a sexual history. Usually the slutty girl is the villain of the story, but this book does another route and shows that a woman’s personality is not tied to her openness towards sex.
And Evan was actually sweet, understanding, caring and nice. I adored him, this is how you should write the male love interest. He puts Maise first and his first concern when he found out he was her teacher was making sure she was okey with it. I know that teacher-student relationships are all kinds of wrong, but their relationship never felt unbalanced. It felt like a healthy relationship with lots of passion. Two people that was just right of each other. And the relationship begun before they found out he was her teacher, so I never got the impression that was part of it.
”You’re crazy,” I said. “You should run away.”
“If I ran away, I would be crazy.”
The book does an excellent job with exploring the characters and the relationship. They aren’t perfect, they have a history and are broken in several ways. We get to know their backstory, their dreams, what drives them and what drives them towards each other.
I felt giddy the entire book and read it in one day. I read some reviews that stated this book has too much of a poetic writing, but I never felt that. This book felt more or less perfect.