bdavies17 's review for:

Pier Pressure by Anyta Sunday
3.0

Thoughts while reading:
-yikes, hate that Leon is so oblivious and Karl such a douche
-Damon seems like a total a$$hole too in the beginning
-adding insult to injury, Leon’s mom is kind a a jerk too
-why doesn’t Leon put a stop to the bath, or at the very least kick Damon out of the bathroom. They’re ex’s, it’s not usual to strip in front of one
-I don’t know if it’s me, but I feel like I’m missing information with the writing style. For example Damon says go see Tai, we don’t know who that is, but he’s at the library. Is he a friend, the librarian or happens to always be at the library (okay later confirmed he is the librarian). Even when I first read the sign he had on his box, I didn’t immediately understand he was a matchmaker. Maybe it’s my complete ignorance, but I don’t know what a Bach is either. And why if Leon owns it, no one told him Damon was living there. I guess choppy is the best way to describe this, at least imo. Who knows, maybe I’m too tired and not catching everything
-I’m not a fan or the first person POV, or at least not combined with this tone.
-the smirks are getting old
-not sure why Leon is avoiding Karl. He knew he was coming with paperwork. Assuming it’s necessary, why wouldn’t you want to get that over with?
-Leon seemed to forgive Damon a little to quickly and easily for the past
-I don’t like Damon;s constant teasing, because it pokes fun at his susceptibility to it
-asking about the medication seems out of the blue and weird. And a cheesy way to add foreshadowing
-please stop with the smirking. Not nice to do when someone’s fallen
-if Damon’s house is so done he has a duvet, why is he living with Leon? Okay, reading a little more, I get it, but…he hasn’t been living with Leon that long and Leon moving back home was a surprise, so his house should have been more than livable before Leon came on the scene
-seems like an overuse of people butting into conversations. We don’t know who’s talking until a line or two in. Normally I wouldn’t notice, but it seems to happen a lot and that automatic reaction of trying to figure out who’s talking is disrupting the flow for me.
-seriously, the bingo gear. “The cat playing with the fish.” It’s not cute. Some teasing can be, but that kind has an edge, it makes Leon panic and that’s not nice.
-Leon gets himself stuck in pretty ridiculous predicaments, because he doesn’t want to disappoint people, and it’s over the top

This was just okay. For all of the reasons above, it just doesn’t stand out