A review by lcr16
For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I was so excited to get my hands on this book! Kepnes manages to make you want Joe to get away with everything even though he's such a repugnant creep. It's an amazing formula of Joe being the romantic love interest who will do anything for the women he's interested in, and he WILL do anything. Wonder is an interesting love interest because she is just like Joe, an underdog, but she's a more talented writer. Joe loves to call himself a feminist, and believed Malanda was a hypocritical, bad feminist in the prior book. It's comical to see Joe call out misogyny, call himself a feminist, yet desire to control and violently dispose of women. The dynamic of Joe's misogynistic jealous of Wonder's book being so highly praised, while he felt overlooked really showed how much he wants to control women out of his own insecurity. I would have loved if the class discussion on his book had happened. It would have been interesting to see if Joe's perception of his book was truly off-base as most of his perception is. Overall, if you liked the series prior to this book, you're in for a treat! Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.