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A review by 00leah00
The Girl Next Door by Chelsea M. Cameron
3.0
“The Girl Next Door” is a small town, opposites attract romance about neighbors falling in love. I’ve seen some label this as friends with benefits. But that doesn’t even start until after 70%, and they had both admitted their feelings to themselves. So I didn’t really feel the label fit.
Iris, 22, has moved back home with her parents after burning out at her job and isn’t able to pay her bills. When she gets home she sees her neighbor, Jude, has also moved back home. Jude is strong silent type so the more high strung, excitable Iris is automatically drawn to her.
I have to admit, I didn’t find Iris to be very likable for the majority of the book. She seemed to whine a lot and was annoying to me. And I thought it was a little ridiculous that you could be burnt out of a job if you’ve only been out of school a year or two?? I also know a lot of people over that age that have moved back home and most of them don’t think it’s the absolute end of the world.
I did like Jude, but I felt she took the silent type thing a bit too far at times. And her back and forth attitude about Iris got a little redundant after a while.
One complaint is that Cameron is a bit inconsistent throughout the story. One of the minor characters family’s business is one thing early in the book and changes later. Iris talks about them having sex for a few weeks and then the next paragraph she’s talking about not knowing how it instigate sex? It’s just little things like that that I picked up on.
There was a bit of humor that I enjoyed. Iris was very awkward at times and I had secondhand embarrassment for her. Once the two admit their feelings this turns into an sappy romance so be prepared for a toothache with all the sweetness.
My favorite character was the dog, Dolly Parton. She was adorable.
Iris, 22, has moved back home with her parents after burning out at her job and isn’t able to pay her bills. When she gets home she sees her neighbor, Jude, has also moved back home. Jude is strong silent type so the more high strung, excitable Iris is automatically drawn to her.
I have to admit, I didn’t find Iris to be very likable for the majority of the book. She seemed to whine a lot and was annoying to me. And I thought it was a little ridiculous that you could be burnt out of a job if you’ve only been out of school a year or two?? I also know a lot of people over that age that have moved back home and most of them don’t think it’s the absolute end of the world.
I did like Jude, but I felt she took the silent type thing a bit too far at times. And her back and forth attitude about Iris got a little redundant after a while.
One complaint is that Cameron is a bit inconsistent throughout the story. One of the minor characters family’s business is one thing early in the book and changes later. Iris talks about them having sex for a few weeks and then the next paragraph she’s talking about not knowing how it instigate sex? It’s just little things like that that I picked up on.
There was a bit of humor that I enjoyed. Iris was very awkward at times and I had secondhand embarrassment for her. Once the two admit their feelings this turns into an sappy romance so be prepared for a toothache with all the sweetness.
My favorite character was the dog, Dolly Parton. She was adorable.