this random ass ya book from a decade ago just changed my life?
all year i’ve been looking for a romance book with a class clown type trope because i this random ass ya book from a decade ago just changed my life?
all year i’ve been looking for a romance book with a class clown type trope because i think it’s really underwritten and couldn’t find anything until i came across this book. this book has been sitting on my want to read shelf for who knows how long and i don’t even know how it got there in the first place?
this book was perfect and had tropes i loved and more! not to mention the other two books really build up the romance like im sorry but romance books just aren’t doing it like this. the parallels and knowing how sewyer felt for kaye because of the previous books was so fun and i love that it was over time and not something we learned from a shitty male pov like most books these days. the friend group means everything to me and i loved that the parents are actually involved in their lives which is shocking for a book written in 2015.
the author doesn’t shy away from talking about sex, drugs and alcohol which makes this feel real. when i was a teen my biggest issue with ya is that they felt fake. not saying these things should be promoted but it should be talked about because like it or not this is what teens talk about, it makes it feel realistic and at times i think shying away from it makes it feel like it’s fake for younger kids. i like that these characters have dated other people before because ya books tend to show their characters date one person and have it be this love that lasts forever which again isn’t realistic.
this book has the classic bad boy x good girl, forbidden love and one of my fave tropes which is when the girls ex bf says they should go on a break bc he expects her to take him back when he’s ready but she moves on instead. the tropes really don’t matter because this book is good! it promotes safe sex while also sharing the importance of going after what you want and not what your parents/friends/partner wants. this is crazy like this book really worked for me. they just don’t make romances this good anymore man...more
i thought this was really fun and a bit insane, i enjoyed how messy it was because it kept me intrigued. igregory “down astronomically bad” bridgerton
i thought this was really fun and a bit insane, i enjoyed how messy it was because it kept me intrigued. i love how much gregory loved romance and his friendship with kate! i wish the romance was a tiny bit better because they randomly were like “oh so THIS is what love feels like? well i love lucy/gregory” and it just kinda felt rushed instead of making it a bit organic but other than that i had a time!...more
this was such a wild ride honestly, i learned so much and experienced so much with these characters i feel like they’re real and i know them. there wathis was such a wild ride honestly, i learned so much and experienced so much with these characters i feel like they’re real and i know them. there was never a moment of boredom in this book. it makes me sad authors don’t know how to write good plots AND good characters like this anymore ...more