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Off Sides
by Sawyer Bennett
3.5 Stars
Can I be real for a minute? How can anybody care about image and social standing over their own child's happiness? Seriously. It makes me sick. I guess I feel the same way about pre-arranged marriages.
First we meet Ryan, who is sick of the entitlement that his friends and family think they have. He's tired of the spoiled attitudes and hoity toity bs that comes along with being the Congressman's son. He's the Captain of the hockey team and is on his way to the NHL.
Him and his friends are on their way to Sally's, a 24 hour diner, near the frat house that Ryan lives in. They are in a philosophy discussion when the server comes over and Angeline (Ryan's ex) lays into her about interrupting the discussion. Low and behold, the server, Danny, adds to it in an insulting way. It makes Ryan look up at her and he sees her for the first time. Ryan likes what he sees and ends up going back to the diner to ask Danny out.
Things between Danny and Ryan aren't great at first. They are from "opposite sides of the tracks" seeing as Danny is poor and Ryan is rich. There's no way that Ryan's family and friends will accept Danny for who she is due to her social class. Ryan's best friend, Mike, talks some sense into Ryan and they decide to go for it.
That's not to say there aren't obstacles for either of them.
Here's where things go down for me:
It would have had a higher rating from me if it was slowed down a bit. Too much too fast.
Is there going to be a 2nd book? Lots of unanswered questions...
Can I be real for a minute? How can anybody care about image and social standing over their own child's happiness? Seriously. It makes me sick. I guess I feel the same way about pre-arranged marriages.
First we meet Ryan, who is sick of the entitlement that his friends and family think they have. He's tired of the spoiled attitudes and hoity toity bs that comes along with being the Congressman's son. He's the Captain of the hockey team and is on his way to the NHL.
Him and his friends are on their way to Sally's, a 24 hour diner, near the frat house that Ryan lives in. They are in a philosophy discussion when the server comes over and Angeline (Ryan's ex) lays into her about interrupting the discussion. Low and behold, the server, Danny, adds to it in an insulting way. It makes Ryan look up at her and he sees her for the first time. Ryan likes what he sees and ends up going back to the diner to ask Danny out.
Things between Danny and Ryan aren't great at first. They are from "opposite sides of the tracks" seeing as Danny is poor and Ryan is rich. There's no way that Ryan's family and friends will accept Danny for who she is due to her social class. Ryan's best friend, Mike, talks some sense into Ryan and they decide to go for it.
That's not to say there aren't obstacles for either of them.
Here's where things go down for me:
Spoiler
Umm...they've been together a week and declaring their love and he wants to pay for her to go back to Julliard. Less than 10 days and he's proposing marriage. Umm...moving fast much? There were also so many questions...did she end up agreeing to the marriage? Did she go back to school? How did his mother act when they got together? Did Mike and Cameron get engaged? How long did Malone get in jail?It would have had a higher rating from me if it was slowed down a bit. Too much too fast.
Is there going to be a 2nd book? Lots of unanswered questions...