A review by mells_view
Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I don’t know when it happened, but somewhere along the way, I started needing her to need me.

If you enjoy the show Outerbanks, then I think you’ll love this book. There isn’t a suspenseful subplot, but there is a small beach town with rich locals and poor locals and then it’s also a college setting. Plus this is rich good girl and poor bad boy. Even though neither lives up to the latter descriptor, but anyway. A friend group who doesn’t like the rich girl infringing into their gang, a rich boyfriend/parents who think the girl is ruining her life. I’ve never watched the show myself, but the entire time I was reading I kept thinking of the promo I’ve seen, and it definitely has a similar vibe.

All that said, if you’re looking for a trope filled romance, then you’ll enjoy this one. It was entertaining and had Elle Kennedy’s classic banter and happenings. I think both  main characters were good and likable, but they also made some choices that were so ignorant that it was hard for me personally not to want to choke them a little. Plus while I LOVE the found family vibe of the heroes friend group, I also thought they had some horrible moments as well. One of them in particular.

Oh well. I don’t want to spoil too much, so I’ll just say that if you usually enjoy Elle Kennedy, but were ready for something that wasn’t sports themed, then you’ll enjoy Good Girl Complex. The next one sounds intriguing, but I’m not quite sure yet if I’ll pick it up.

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