Kreela's Reviews > Kneel

This book is entirely different from what I expected with the title. This is a typical bully high school novel, but from 3 different female points of view:

1. Talia: she’s strong, with great comebacks when the bully calls her a slut. I really like her sass. Her strength comes from therapy over the death of her brother: Despite being athletic (swimmer), she is a super-klutz, which helps her become noticed:
“when I walk into what feels like a wall before bouncing backward, dropping onto my ass with an oof”

2. Kate: she’s adorable and the least strong of the three. Her unrequited love with a geeky friend is not my kind of book boyfriend angst, but it is well-done.

3. Noah: not a guy. She owns up to a rape during the summer, and her ice queen act reminds me of Talia, except the football or baseball players treat her as special. Honestly, the two groups of men are less well-characterized.

The good news:
⁃ It is written well
⁃ The guys may be an insta-team, but they don’t all pile on like plush toys over Talia. The romance takes time to develop.
⁃ Hate sex, or (really) competitive sex (we hopefully both like fantasy in our smut, yeah?)
The bad news:
⁃ The guys are pretty 2-dimensional, for now.
⁃ Possible secret society
⁃ If you trigger on rape, bullying, or sex, this isn’t for you.
- Multiple POV (girls…it works but I am not normally a fan)