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A review by kristallmarie
The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert
1.0
First off, many thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this book as an audio ARC! I greatly appreciate it!
I don't like giving low ratings to books, especially ARCs, but this was a mess.
I fell asleep listening to it a few times, though the concept sounded really cool and I was so ready to dive into this story. The opening really interesting! I even gasped at the end of the prologue! That's not a thing that happens! Then the inciting incident happens and we're saddled with Nora, whose weird, slightly toxic relationship with Becca is the only interesting thing about her. Now Becca. Her, I would have liked a book about! And then we have the male love interest, whose only personality trait is that he's dark and broody and artistic and "not like other guys." Yuck. I don't know what's going on, but this is the second book I've read in a row where the leading lady is obsessed with another girl, yet somehow ends up with a guy. What's that about? The plot started strong, though that didn't last long, and towards the end, it seemed like the plot got lost entirely. And that ending? Wow, a kiss! Why is the forced romance the focus of the ending? Ugh.
One star out of five for The Bad Ones, because as far as books go, this is one of the bad ones.
I don't like giving low ratings to books, especially ARCs, but this was a mess.
I fell asleep listening to it a few times, though the concept sounded really cool and I was so ready to dive into this story. The opening really interesting! I even gasped at the end of the prologue! That's not a thing that happens! Then the inciting incident happens and we're saddled with Nora, whose weird, slightly toxic relationship with Becca is the only interesting thing about her. Now Becca. Her, I would have liked a book about! And then we have the male love interest, whose only personality trait is that he's dark and broody and artistic and "not like other guys." Yuck. I don't know what's going on, but this is the second book I've read in a row where the leading lady is obsessed with another girl, yet somehow ends up with a guy. What's that about? The plot started strong, though that didn't last long, and towards the end, it seemed like the plot got lost entirely. And that ending? Wow, a kiss! Why is the forced romance the focus of the ending? Ugh.
One star out of five for The Bad Ones, because as far as books go, this is one of the bad ones.