someone tell little me there’s a backstory of them oh my god i know girly would drop dead. they destroyed me in the movies and even more so in this… isomeone tell little me there’s a backstory of them oh my god i know girly would drop dead. they destroyed me in the movies and even more so in this… idt anyone could’ve done them as well as allison did and i’m so happy this exists wow. so beautifully written<3
also side sapphics AHHHHH I ATE IT UP YUP!!! seeing a bunch of homophobes in the reviews here uhm pls get off goodreads… also babes allison saft writes sapphics for a living yall picked the wrong book to read PLEASE...more
3.5* if you like gilmore girls, dnf any book you're currently reading and read this instead3.5* if you like gilmore girls, dnf any book you're currently reading and read this instead...more
well well well.........here we go again! another book that blew up and I thought maybe, just maybe, this time it could be something good! (spoiler alewell well well.........here we go again! another book that blew up and I thought maybe, just maybe, this time it could be something good! (spoiler alert: it wasn't...) lets dive right in...
WRITING/DIALOGUE before I get into this, I saw people defending this book and being like "the writing is like this because its YA" and I just wanna ask, genuinely, if you have read any other YA books, because I've read PLENTY that I adored, while I had to get drunk to get through this one......more
this was indeed the WRONG KIND OF WERID (is there even a right kind????) before I get into this, I wanna thank elsa for buddy reading this with me, so this was indeed the WRONG KIND OF WERID (is there even a right kind????) before I get into this, I wanna thank elsa for buddy reading this with me, so I didn't have to experience this alone... it was truly unbearable.
WRITING/ PLOT oh honey. I brought receipts. "My mouth tasted like I'd just kissed a fresh corpse." ??????? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN??? "A temporary cease-fire" BRO JUST SAY "truce?" or "friends?" WHY ARE U BEING SO CRINGE. nothing in this book made sense.. so many weird metaphors and for what?
THIS BOY DOES NOT STOP THINKING??? he's just narrating and summarising a bunch of unnecessary stuff. There's no reason to go PAGES describing something that is not adding to the plot. If I wanted to read about pride and prejudice I WOULD FUCKING READ JANE AUSTEN???? like okay ur obsessed with Darcy and Elizabeth, WHO ASKED. "Was that what we are? a slow burn, like Darcy and Elizabeth?" NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT??? elsa compared the writing to riverdales script and I fear its even worse. veronica lodge is filing a lawsuit rn.
The dialogue??????? CRINGEST THING I HAVE YET ENCOUNTERED. "Can I help you Mackenzie?" - "Unless you are a chair, no." the way I wouldve turned the other way and never talked to her again wtf.
Also reading from a male pov... I should've known better....
CHARACTERS everyone in this book is beyond annoying. the author is trying SO HARD to make them be nerdy??? no one is this quirky irl istg. everyone in this is giving "im not like other girls" and its so frustrating to read.
RELATIONSSHIP at first I was rooting for karla, cause I love the nerdy guy + popular girl trope... by the end of this I didn't even care enough to root for something. Cameron should've ended up alone. honestly I was hoping both girls would just drop him and end up with each other (while they annoyed the shit out of me aswell), but whatever.
anyways im so happy to be done with this. at least the cover is pretty. that's something!...more
this story is supposedly about ursula, but a CAT had more lines than her… idk i feel like the story wasn’t even about ariel/ursula and the whole tulipthis story is supposedly about ursula, but a CAT had more lines than her… idk i feel like the story wasn’t even about ariel/ursula and the whole tulip storyline was sooooooo unnecessary as well as everything involving circe tbh… like the author is so obsessed with circe in the entire series and for what??? write a novel about her if you care so much but don’t include these villain characters then if the books aren’t focused on them...more
Ali Hazelwood books are like the spiderverse (bare with me before you cancel me): the same story over and over again with similar characters, if not eAli Hazelwood books are like the spiderverse (bare with me before you cancel me): the same story over and over again with similar characters, if not even the same person, and basically living the same core life as the others. Now, the spider verse is absolutely amazing and I will never get tired of it. These books however??...more
“this one goes out to anyone who has ever loved a band, or a band member, with their whole heart.” this was written for 1D fans (like me) and i loved “this one goes out to anyone who has ever loved a band, or a band member, with their whole heart.” this was written for 1D fans (like me) and i loved every second of this.
i was at the beach reading this and i literally couldn’t put this down. i did not care for the heat or had a desire to cool down in the water because i was so into this book…. it’s actually insane i usually don’t feel this much for books but it got to the point where i started crying over finishing this (mind you i NEVER cry in front of people) and the people i’m with were asking me if i’m okay… (i’m not.)
i honestly loved everything about this i don’t even know where to start… the characters?????? when i tell you gideon, claudia & iris crept their ways into my heart i want to protect all three of them with all my being.
i also think this book (emma mills) portrayed romantic AND platonic love so well. it felt very realistic to me and i just love how all the individual relationship showed LOVE in all kinds of different ways but still the same, if that makes sense???? i mean love does come in so many diff ways and this book just showed exactly that, which i’m very fond of. it might be the found family girly in me, but i’m honestly sobbing over all these relationships and characters…
i also felt like the conflicts and feelings in this were very authentic and genuine and it wasn’t over dramatic or too much yk? like it felt so real, which made it able to relate to the characters so much more!
guys don’t get drunk on your period and read this because it’s gonna end with tears streaming down your face (like it did with me)...more
oh well... I swear this author could publish a blank book and y'all would hype it just as much.oh well... I swear this author could publish a blank book and y'all would hype it just as much....more
ill use this review to summarise my thoughts on ALL off-campus/ briar u books...
OFF-CAMPUS the deal (3/5 ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ): - hannahgarett my first borns ill use this review to summarise my thoughts on ALL off-campus/ briar u books...
OFF-CAMPUS the deal (3/5 ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ): - hannahgarett my first borns you will always be famous (best characters aswell) - might be the only book I liked ngl (edit: I liked the risk swell only two books) - fake dating trope superiority
the mistake (1/5 ⭐️): - this is the most vanilla thing I've ever read (yes this is negative) - so so boring I fell asleep one time (no kidding) - I don't even remember the girl mcs name...
the score (2/5 ⭐️⭐️): - might change to 1 star tbh this was also so boring - at least this had SOME spice... even tho it was all just seggs - nah because this book was literally all about sex but I didn't even get a spicy threesome...?
the goal (1/5 ⭐️): - oh god not the pregnancy trope... - BORINGGGGGGGGGGGG
BRIAR U the chase (1/5 ⭐️): - what was this about again...? ok I checked: miscommunication trope........ unforgettable totally - summer was a wannabe blair waldorf I said what I said - literally no plot I hate miscommunication trope sm
the risk (3/5 ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ): - NAH BECAUSE WHY WAS THIS KINDA GOOD??? - enemies to lovers AND fake dating together? heaven - when they actually have reasons to dislike each other with Brenna being the enemies teams daughter? yup I like it
the play (1/5 ⭐️ ): - I skimmed through it - so so boring - the way hunter was a side character in his own book poor him
the dare (1/5 ⭐️ ): - I skimmed through this aswell - I hate miscommunication trope with a passion - the girl wasn't even on the heavier side why is this kinda fat phobic
conclusion Idk which is more embarrassing: for me that I liked 2 books or for Elle Kennedy that I only liked 2 out of 8 books in her off-campus universe.... notice how the only two couples I liked are fake dating trope... yup anyways...more