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A review by beccainabook
Rival by Ketley Allison
4.0
This steamy academy and bully romance had hints of mystery and intrigue and was COMPLETELY up my alley! This book was not at all what I expected and it WAS SO GOOD! The school setting was full of horrors and secrets that would make anyone interested and the characters all play a variety of terrifying cat and mouse games that would make anyone a little crazy. The book took so many twists and turns and I was really desperate to find out what was going to happen!
The characters were interesting, but I wasn’t as invested in them as I was the overall plot and the mysteries surrounding their elite atmosphere. I mean I liked them, but I wasn’t in love with everyone as much because there was JUST SO MUCH GOING ON!!! I liked Callie, the main character most of the time, but I thought she could get a little annoying and could be a little weak. Her love interest/bully, Chase, was a delicious specimen of man, but his motives were confusing to read and sometimes he took his bullying just a little bit too far. I would love to get his perspective on all this. I also found the fact that he kept telling Callie to stop looking into things annoying because it almost seemed to make her want to do it more.
Overall the plot was JUST SO DAMN GOOD! However, I felt that the mystery was dragged out a little too far with no answers and all of the sudden was solved. The flow could have been a little better executed. I also thought there was so much alluding, but not enough information. I am so looking forward to the next book because that cliffhanger was CRAZY!
The characters were interesting, but I wasn’t as invested in them as I was the overall plot and the mysteries surrounding their elite atmosphere. I mean I liked them, but I wasn’t in love with everyone as much because there was JUST SO MUCH GOING ON!!! I liked Callie, the main character most of the time, but I thought she could get a little annoying and could be a little weak. Her love interest/bully, Chase, was a delicious specimen of man, but his motives were confusing to read and sometimes he took his bullying just a little bit too far. I would love to get his perspective on all this. I also found the fact that he kept telling Callie to stop looking into things annoying because it almost seemed to make her want to do it more.
Overall the plot was JUST SO DAMN GOOD! However, I felt that the mystery was dragged out a little too far with no answers and all of the sudden was solved. The flow could have been a little better executed. I also thought there was so much alluding, but not enough information. I am so looking forward to the next book because that cliffhanger was CRAZY!