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Flirt
by Adriana Locke
3.5ish?
This one might be difficult for people with traumas. This one was trying to kick up my anxiety. For me, toxic family and playing "pranks" or "giving someone a hard time" are issues. It's also a big part of why this one is hard to rate. Take out the families? Yes, both, I'll get to that. I'd likely rate it higher. Obviously I don't like the toxic side but the other one came off as too much to me. Living close, walking in without knocking? Yea, no thanks. Toxic or in your face, there was no happy medium. Much like the previous book I read, by a different author, not fond of how this author went about the breakup point in this one. 2 people in the middle of meltdowns, on a drive, trying to have a serious conversation?? Like, really?
I am not a big fan of weird names in attempt to be unique. File Moss into this category. I feel like if the families were less of a part, maybe the "love story" would have been better. I sure didn't like his family meddling in attempt to get them together. It seems weird that with a family you can't trust (pranks) the he would blindly trust them when he's told to meet at a certain location wearing a certain cap. It seemed like fake dating was just an excuse just to fast forward the story. Like one second hey, we're pretending to date, then oh hey, I've liked you since day one. And let's not forget Moss' trauma. His loving family never realized he needed therapy? I forget how old he's supposed to be, but for half his life he didn't say "I love you"? Does that include his family, based on how it's presented??
Another annoying thing? That take the blanket off the baby non-sense... once was plenty. More than once, overkill. There was really no other phrase to be used? How did no one catch it was overused? For me, it's odd. I've never heard it before. Going from I've never heard it, to seeing it multiple times in the same book...
This one might be difficult for people with traumas. This one was trying to kick up my anxiety. For me, toxic family and playing "pranks" or "giving someone a hard time" are issues. It's also a big part of why this one is hard to rate. Take out the families? Yes, both, I'll get to that. I'd likely rate it higher. Obviously I don't like the toxic side but the other one came off as too much to me. Living close, walking in without knocking? Yea, no thanks. Toxic or in your face, there was no happy medium. Much like the previous book I read, by a different author, not fond of how this author went about the breakup point in this one. 2 people in the middle of meltdowns, on a drive, trying to have a serious conversation?? Like, really?
I am not a big fan of weird names in attempt to be unique. File Moss into this category. I feel like if the families were less of a part, maybe the "love story" would have been better. I sure didn't like his family meddling in attempt to get them together. It seems weird that with a family you can't trust (pranks) the he would blindly trust them when he's told to meet at a certain location wearing a certain cap. It seemed like fake dating was just an excuse just to fast forward the story. Like one second hey, we're pretending to date, then oh hey, I've liked you since day one. And let's not forget Moss' trauma. His loving family never realized he needed therapy? I forget how old he's supposed to be, but for half his life he didn't say "I love you"? Does that include his family, based on how it's presented??
Another annoying thing? That take the blanket off the baby non-sense... once was plenty. More than once, overkill. There was really no other phrase to be used? How did no one catch it was overused? For me, it's odd. I've never heard it before. Going from I've never heard it, to seeing it multiple times in the same book...