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A review by megan_elise
Inevitable by Shain Rose
Did not finish book.
2.0
I would really have liked to have liked this book. I wanted to. I really did. But, this is a big ole DNF. And what I did read is a hesitate 2.3 stars.
It started off strong-ish. They were young, immature, and in high school. I expected their immaturity. I even understood why the H left the h. They were codependent on each other. It was unhealthy. And she DID need to process the trauma. She needed to find her new normal and needed to find herself after what she endured. So did he. So, I appreciated that he left. I appreciated his reasoning.
Then 6 years pass....and he's gone off and did his thing. And she remains stuck. After 6 years. She didn't find her footing. She didn't find her ability to stand on her own. She is still the lost little girl he left behind, and has done nothing to push past her demons, her insecurities, and her troubles. And then he comes back. And what's really different after 6 years? Not a damn thing.
Don't get me started on her codependent weak-ass friends who enabled her to be stuck in her trauma, stuck in her depression, just stuck in the cycle without any push for help, without any push to make her better. They can all fail to get their HEAs for all I care.
I honestly lost any sort of give a damn about her journey at that point. I really don't care if she gets her happy ever after. I don't care what he's done/not done in the last 6 years. Where is the character development? Where is the growth? Where is literally anything?
So, it's a big nopety nope nope for me. I blame #bookgram for this one.
It started off strong-ish. They were young, immature, and in high school. I expected their immaturity. I even understood why the H left the h. They were codependent on each other. It was unhealthy. And she DID need to process the trauma. She needed to find her new normal and needed to find herself after what she endured. So did he. So, I appreciated that he left. I appreciated his reasoning.
Then 6 years pass....and he's gone off and did his thing. And she remains stuck. After 6 years. She didn't find her footing. She didn't find her ability to stand on her own. She is still the lost little girl he left behind, and has done nothing to push past her demons, her insecurities, and her troubles. And then he comes back. And what's really different after 6 years? Not a damn thing.
Don't get me started on her codependent weak-ass friends who enabled her to be stuck in her trauma, stuck in her depression, just stuck in the cycle without any push for help, without any push to make her better. They can all fail to get their HEAs for all I care.
I honestly lost any sort of give a damn about her journey at that point. I really don't care if she gets her happy ever after. I don't care what he's done/not done in the last 6 years. Where is the character development? Where is the growth? Where is literally anything?
So, it's a big nopety nope nope for me. I blame #bookgram for this one.