Anne E ♡ emo + OTT Hs's Reviews > No One But Us

Originally, a 2-star. But downgraded to a 1.5-star, after reading its original 2014 version (Bloom).

Skimmed from 13% til the end coz boring & predictable.

#1. Lacked emotion and was stilted
Showed no continuity of how h could claim that she'd always thought of H and been crushing on him since childhood yet she had a college BF she was really into and had good sex with until they broke up just weeks prior to seeing H again. Transition not smooth.

#2. Shallow two-dimensional characters
Both 25yo law-student H and 19yo freshman intern h were immature and spoiled. They were both still financially-tied to their parents’ purse strings. So, struggled with being told what career/major to have as as result. Quite a bit of content re: their iffy career goals. But the central character focus was on H&h's sexy good looks and their uber-confidence from knowing they were attractive to others.

They're into the typical college scene of partying, drinking, and hooking up. That’s why it didn’t make sense that H was stressing about h being 6 years younger than him since she’s in college like him and interning like him and has quite a bit of life experiences already.

#3. Lust-focused and lacked touching romance
Sexual tension was good due to their resisting their attraction while living in the same house and working the same bar. But too much focus on body parts (i.e., h's boobs, h's figure from her sexy clothes, H's muscles). Very meh romance and emotion so neither characters seemed truly into each other despite what some of their POV stated.

#.4 lacked emotional depth

Sexual History:
19yo freshman h celibate for 6 weeks since breaking up with her musician ex-BF coz he couldn’t guarantee to stay faithful to her when he was on tour. She let her ex-BF visit her @ her BFF’s & H’s house and let him kiss her neck and worried that she may smex him if she sees him perform with his band coz that usually turns her on (“You’ll change your mind after you see me play,” he says .He’s right. I already know this. His hands are still on my hips, his mouth on my neck, and I know that seeing him play is all it would take to sway me.“). No other info on how many other previous lovers h had but her ex-BF taught her sexual things and they both seemed quite sexually active together.

H celibate for 2 months since he 1st broke up with his GF who wanted him to wait a few weeks to give their relationship a chance. But when she came to visit H, he told her they were completely done & turned down her sex offer and he slept on the floor in his room while she slept in his bed.