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A review by aryathebrave
Private by Kate Brian
3.0
I remembered reading this series out of order while I was in high school and college. I wanted to give this series a second chance and purchased the entire series for my Kindle.
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This book follows Reed Brennan as she moves into the sophomore dormitory at Easton Academy. She tries her hardest to get on the good side of the girls of the most exclusive dormitory known as Billings House while she falls in love with a senior named Thomas Pearson.
She realizes the depth of her issues as she tries to run from the issues her mother causes after her mother's motor vehicle accident. She tries to keep her secrets from the girls in Billings House as she wonders just how much she'd be willing to do in order to gain their approval.
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I remember loving this series when I was first reading through it and remember feeling quite hooked on each of the books. This is still the case with the first book, at least. I'm glad that I was still hooked and hope the next book will give met he same excitement.
That being said, I don't like Reed very much. I feel like she really is a sheep and is doing too much to gain the approval of the Billings Girls. I find Noelle to be such a bitch but that's just me. I remember my high school's version of Noelle and it's not a good reminder.
I am definitely not a fan of the Billings Girls but I also feel that Reed is complicit in doing too much at the expense of her dignity. The fact that she turned her parents away from attending the parents' weekend says a lot about Reed and it's not a good thing.
I feel like her father is a victim of the Billings Girls and it makes me feel quite a bit of sympathy for him. I know her mother can be a bitch in her own right and I do feel sympathy for Reed wanting to leave the home because of her mother's actions but does she still have to treat her father like that?
I hate that Thomas is such an abusive young man and it makes me feel sympathy for Reed that she is making herself deal with that shit. Does she not have any self-respect? I know what you're going to say, though, and I do agree: she's a victim of domestic violence.
I will give her a break for that. It's a cycle that not a lot of people can break free from. It's awful and I can't remember what happens to them in the end. I guess we'll see if I ever finish this series, won't we?
If you're into YA books without open-door smut scenes, I'd recommend this book/series. I did enjoy it, even if it's not my normal vibe these days. I've been looking to open my boundaries a bit and this was part of that, I suppose. Yay?
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This book follows Reed Brennan as she moves into the sophomore dormitory at Easton Academy. She tries her hardest to get on the good side of the girls of the most exclusive dormitory known as Billings House while she falls in love with a senior named Thomas Pearson.
She realizes the depth of her issues as she tries to run from the issues her mother causes after her mother's motor vehicle accident. She tries to keep her secrets from the girls in Billings House as she wonders just how much she'd be willing to do in order to gain their approval.
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I remember loving this series when I was first reading through it and remember feeling quite hooked on each of the books. This is still the case with the first book, at least. I'm glad that I was still hooked and hope the next book will give met he same excitement.
That being said, I don't like Reed very much. I feel like she really is a sheep and is doing too much to gain the approval of the Billings Girls. I find Noelle to be such a bitch but that's just me. I remember my high school's version of Noelle and it's not a good reminder.
I am definitely not a fan of the Billings Girls but I also feel that Reed is complicit in doing too much at the expense of her dignity. The fact that she turned her parents away from attending the parents' weekend says a lot about Reed and it's not a good thing.
I feel like her father is a victim of the Billings Girls and it makes me feel quite a bit of sympathy for him. I know her mother can be a bitch in her own right and I do feel sympathy for Reed wanting to leave the home because of her mother's actions but does she still have to treat her father like that?
I hate that Thomas is such an abusive young man and it makes me feel sympathy for Reed that she is making herself deal with that shit. Does she not have any self-respect? I know what you're going to say, though, and I do agree: she's a victim of domestic violence.
I will give her a break for that. It's a cycle that not a lot of people can break free from. It's awful and I can't remember what happens to them in the end. I guess we'll see if I ever finish this series, won't we?
If you're into YA books without open-door smut scenes, I'd recommend this book/series. I did enjoy it, even if it's not my normal vibe these days. I've been looking to open my boundaries a bit and this was part of that, I suppose. Yay?