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The Anti-Virginity Pact
by Katie Wismer
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this book in return for an honest review
I really wanted to like this book, but I didn't. The premise sounded interesting, a little outside of what I would usually read but i like to be surprised and usually will read any contemporary book. This book, however, missed the mark for me. The first half of this book was quite slow, and not much happened, which isn't a bad thing necessarily but it is when you compare it to how much happened in the second half. It almost feels as if the author was worried she was running out of time to fit the entire story in, but this book is only 240 pages and i think had it been longer, some of these issues could have been resolved.
Furthermore, I felt as if the actions and choices made by the characters were very young for their age, this story would have been better if Meredith and her friends were 16 and harper was maybe 13/14, although her being 15 is not unbelievable.
I thought the religion aspect of this story was interesting, and had the story focused more on Meredith and the pact she signed and how that contrasts the beliefs she was raised on, this could have been incredibly interesting. However, the inclusion of the dog fighting ring, her almost sleeping with Ashley's boyfriend even though she has a boyfriend, her getting assaulted by Derek; it felt as if the author was trying to do too much in a short book.
Finally, for a book called the anti-virginity pact, the actual pact felt very much like a sideplot, almost as if it was forgotten about until about halfway through, when suddenly everything started happening in Meredith's life.
I really wanted to like this book, but I didn't. The premise sounded interesting, a little outside of what I would usually read but i like to be surprised and usually will read any contemporary book. This book, however, missed the mark for me. The first half of this book was quite slow, and not much happened, which isn't a bad thing necessarily but it is when you compare it to how much happened in the second half. It almost feels as if the author was worried she was running out of time to fit the entire story in, but this book is only 240 pages and i think had it been longer, some of these issues could have been resolved.
Furthermore, I felt as if the actions and choices made by the characters were very young for their age, this story would have been better if Meredith and her friends were 16 and harper was maybe 13/14, although her being 15 is not unbelievable.
I thought the religion aspect of this story was interesting, and had the story focused more on Meredith and the pact she signed and how that contrasts the beliefs she was raised on, this could have been incredibly interesting. However, the inclusion of the dog fighting ring, her almost sleeping with Ashley's boyfriend even though she has a boyfriend, her getting assaulted by Derek; it felt as if the author was trying to do too much in a short book.
Finally, for a book called the anti-virginity pact, the actual pact felt very much like a sideplot, almost as if it was forgotten about until about halfway through, when suddenly everything started happening in Meredith's life.