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A review by itskoo
Unrequited by Jen Frederick
3.0
First, I have not read the other books. Other than the previous relationships and maybe how close the friends are, I was still able to understand what was going on. There were points when I forgot who was dating who, but again it still doesn't take away from the book.
The story starts off pretty quickly, which is good. I understood why Winter liked Finn. All I needed to really know that it was unrequited. I can understand unrequited and so does Winter when she grabs at the chance for a single night. Who ever gets the chance at that? Exactly.
Here's where I got a bit stumped. What I didn't quite understand was why Finn liked Winter at all. I liked Winter but why did he? He was vulnerable, notnquite himself, and he propositioned her. And, except for chasing her because she followed through on the deal, I don't think there was any reason for him to still be thinking about her. The explanation is that she listened to him and maybe understood him but their conversation was hardly long. The reasons for why he pursued her and his feelings for her were not established well so I didn't quite believe that he was still hung up on her. If anything, it felt more like he wanted something he couldn't have because she kept ignoring him.
Also, I'm not too big a fan of stories where one sister dates another sister's ex. I'm also not a fan of stories where friends date each other's exes either. I had friends who used to do this when I was growing up and it was always icky to me. Needless to say, this book did not change my mind.
So overall the book the book is okay the first time but gets better after you get to skip over Ivy the second time around. This book definitely has one of the better beginnings. HEA.
The story starts off pretty quickly, which is good. I understood why Winter liked Finn. All I needed to really know that it was unrequited. I can understand unrequited and so does Winter when she grabs at the chance for a single night. Who ever gets the chance at that? Exactly.
Here's where I got a bit stumped. What I didn't quite understand was why Finn liked Winter at all. I liked Winter but why did he? He was vulnerable, notnquite himself, and he propositioned her. And, except for chasing her because she followed through on the deal, I don't think there was any reason for him to still be thinking about her. The explanation is that she listened to him and maybe understood him but their conversation was hardly long. The reasons for why he pursued her and his feelings for her were not established well so I didn't quite believe that he was still hung up on her. If anything, it felt more like he wanted something he couldn't have because she kept ignoring him.
Also, I'm not too big a fan of stories where one sister dates another sister's ex. I'm also not a fan of stories where friends date each other's exes either. I had friends who used to do this when I was growing up and it was always icky to me. Needless to say, this book did not change my mind.
So overall the book the book is okay the first time but gets better after you get to skip over Ivy the second time around. This book definitely has one of the better beginnings. HEA.