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kaylawhite17 's review for:
The Do-Over
by T.L. Swan
Ugh. I really wanted to like this book. And it wasn't terrible, but fucking Christopher was a huge red flag. The entire book. The growth I was hoping from him never came. poor Hayden just had to deal with all his shit.
Christopher had the worst temper. Seriously, he would freak out about the dumbest things. The number of fist fights this guy got into was unreal. I guess when you're richer than God you have lawyers to cover your ass. I also had a hard time accepting that he just got over his need to have multiple women.
Hayden was kind of a wet blanket. The only time she ever had feeling was when she found out Christopher lied to her for a whole fucking year and when she was depressed.
The author also made crazy time jumps. The fact that we just skipped over basically the entire build up of going from friends to lovers was crazy. One minute they say, for sure, just friends. Then six weeks later they're getting together, with none of the in between.
Also Christopher never apologized. Or at least never enough. The boy pulled some insane awful shit and never owned up. He lied to Hayden about his financial situation for 12 months, then when she finds out and understandably upset, he gets mad at her. Hayden is torn from EVERYTHING she has ever known or wanted, thrown into a city with no friends or family, and has a boyfriend who is literally never around. But yet she's the jerk when it's all too much and she wants to go home for awhile. Then later apologizes for NOT TRYING HARDER. Are you fucking kidding me???
Finally, Elliot (I think that's the right brother) lived in the country and commuted to work. Christopher knew this. But wasn't willing to sacrifice anything for Hayden. It took them breaking up for almost 2 months before he realized maybe he needed to give just a little bit to this relationship!?! What kind of toxic masculinity shit did I just read. It makes my blood boil just thinking about it. Worst one of the series by far.
Christopher had the worst temper. Seriously, he would freak out about the dumbest things. The number of fist fights this guy got into was unreal. I guess when you're richer than God you have lawyers to cover your ass. I also had a hard time accepting that he just got over his need to have multiple women.
Hayden was kind of a wet blanket. The only time she ever had feeling was when she found out Christopher lied to her for a whole fucking year and when she was depressed.
The author also made crazy time jumps. The fact that we just skipped over basically the entire build up of going from friends to lovers was crazy. One minute they say, for sure, just friends. Then six weeks later they're getting together, with none of the in between.
Also Christopher never apologized. Or at least never enough. The boy pulled some insane awful shit and never owned up. He lied to Hayden about his financial situation for 12 months, then when she finds out and understandably upset, he gets mad at her. Hayden is torn from EVERYTHING she has ever known or wanted, thrown into a city with no friends or family, and has a boyfriend who is literally never around. But yet she's the jerk when it's all too much and she wants to go home for awhile. Then later apologizes for NOT TRYING HARDER. Are you fucking kidding me???
Finally, Elliot (I think that's the right brother) lived in the country and commuted to work. Christopher knew this. But wasn't willing to sacrifice anything for Hayden. It took them breaking up for almost 2 months before he realized maybe he needed to give just a little bit to this relationship!?! What kind of toxic masculinity shit did I just read. It makes my blood boil just thinking about it. Worst one of the series by far.