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A review by witchy_book_babe
Dear Ava by Ilsa Madden-Mills
2.0
This book could have been good but flopped for me. Right off the bat the story starts off very heavy with the FMC Ava waking up at a keg party to discover she had been SA. That was hard to read first thing, but I was hoping to read on to see her getting justice.
But, unfortunately one of my biggest issues (that I will always lose interest in a book when I come upon it) is when an Author cannot decide WHO their character is and has too many conflicting traits. For example, Ava was obviously hurting and traumatized from the attack…she returns to the school where everyone has turned on her thinking she is a liar…and in one chapter she would barely be able to hold it together and would retreat in her head….then the next moment she’s joking/flirting with Knox (MMC). I was getting whiplash from her being traumatized/withdrawn to her being bubbly and confident with Knox. There was no solid framework on who Ava was. If she would have developed a real relationship first with Knox, I would have understood her confidence with him. There were holes in their relationship that made their interactions make zero sense.
Another big issue I had was the actual Title being misleading. It gave me the expectation of possible letter writing, as in plural. I made it halfway through the book and Ava received one letter.
I felt that the secret admirer writing multiple notes to Ava would have been wonderful to the storyline. So, that was kind of deflating.
I do have to say though, Knox, Dane, and Wyatt were really awesome characters and I did want to know what happened with them. For me though, it was not enough to keep me reading. I will never know who the actual culprit is! Which will drive me crazy. But again, I can’t focus with Ava’s character. The flaws in this book were too great for me to continue.
But, unfortunately one of my biggest issues (that I will always lose interest in a book when I come upon it) is when an Author cannot decide WHO their character is and has too many conflicting traits. For example, Ava was obviously hurting and traumatized from the attack…she returns to the school where everyone has turned on her thinking she is a liar…and in one chapter she would barely be able to hold it together and would retreat in her head….then the next moment she’s joking/flirting with Knox (MMC). I was getting whiplash from her being traumatized/withdrawn to her being bubbly and confident with Knox. There was no solid framework on who Ava was. If she would have developed a real relationship first with Knox, I would have understood her confidence with him. There were holes in their relationship that made their interactions make zero sense.
Another big issue I had was the actual Title being misleading. It gave me the expectation of possible letter writing, as in plural. I made it halfway through the book and Ava received one letter.
I felt that the secret admirer writing multiple notes to Ava would have been wonderful to the storyline. So, that was kind of deflating.
I do have to say though, Knox, Dane, and Wyatt were really awesome characters and I did want to know what happened with them. For me though, it was not enough to keep me reading. I will never know who the actual culprit is! Which will drive me crazy. But again, I can’t focus with Ava’s character. The flaws in this book were too great for me to continue.