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A review by beebliobibuli
Cream of the Crop, Volume 2 by Alice Clayton
2.0
Well, not my cup of tea...
It was a group read and this book was highly recommended because the "heroine" is a plus size lady and that's why two stars were given instead of none, I pretty much liked the idea of not having a sex-bomb who eats everything she likes, never goes to the gym and still has a freaking splendid body..
The plot wasn't that unique, a girl fantacising on a guy and you know the rest. BUT, there's a little problem, not all the plus size girls have freaking wealthy parents, an amazing advertising career and can afford Channel and Prada..
Nat had a bad experience with a real ass-hole, who never forgot to remind her of her curves but not in the good way.. She speaks a lot about confidence, and being Ok with her size but I couldn't help feeling like it was more of a hiding stategy than proper confidence, anyone owning his own appartement in Manhattan and wearing expensive outfits can be confident :D
Most readers said she's hilarious but she was more of a rude person, and her behaviour revealed more her unase than her confidence..
What went between her and Oscar (the dude she had a crush on) was really vulgar, the way they expressed it I mean, making me skip a looooot of pages, I still don't get how this is supposed to be romantic (if Romance does exist) with all the uttered obsceneties -_-' any way..
Am not into YA books, at least not that kind, when I read them, it's usually a challenge, group read or rarely because of a recommendation
I really liked the idea of the plus size girl but I would have preffered someone who represents the majority of them
It was a group read and this book was highly recommended because the "heroine" is a plus size lady and that's why two stars were given instead of none, I pretty much liked the idea of not having a sex-bomb who eats everything she likes, never goes to the gym and still has a freaking splendid body..
The plot wasn't that unique, a girl fantacising on a guy and you know the rest. BUT, there's a little problem, not all the plus size girls have freaking wealthy parents, an amazing advertising career and can afford Channel and Prada..
Nat had a bad experience with a real ass-hole, who never forgot to remind her of her curves but not in the good way.. She speaks a lot about confidence, and being Ok with her size but I couldn't help feeling like it was more of a hiding stategy than proper confidence, anyone owning his own appartement in Manhattan and wearing expensive outfits can be confident :D
Most readers said she's hilarious but she was more of a rude person, and her behaviour revealed more her unase than her confidence..
What went between her and Oscar (the dude she had a crush on) was really vulgar, the way they expressed it I mean, making me skip a looooot of pages, I still don't get how this is supposed to be romantic (if Romance does exist) with all the uttered obsceneties -_-' any way..
Am not into YA books, at least not that kind, when I read them, it's usually a challenge, group read or rarely because of a recommendation
I really liked the idea of the plus size girl but I would have preffered someone who represents the majority of them