Slammed by Colleen Hoover 🍎

Slammed by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It took a while for me to get through Slammed. And by a while I mean actual years (decade?). And it’s all because of its premise. No matter how tastefully you do it, I am programmed to cringe at the idea of a teacher-student relationship.

Layken and Will did not know they were about to be teacher and student when they went on a date. They were super into each other and are crushed to find out their relationship is clearly forbidden.

Now, I tried to get into this, but it was hard, I’m telling you. I mean they went on *one* date and suddenly they were everything to each other. I’ve never been a fan of instalove and this book didn’t convert me.

The rest of the book didn’t do much for me either. The conflict was so over the too and the drama was plenty, but always very convenient to the story. Parts of the book felt like they were there only to fill in pages and didn’t feel creative.

But what I did love. And I love it a lot, was the poetry. Man, there were some brilliant poems in here. And Mr. Cooper the poetry teacher was amazing too. One of my favorite high-school subjects was poetry and I am sure that if I had a teacher as passionate as him, I would have loved it even more.

So while I do not regret reading this, I don’t think I’ll find it in me to continue with the series (though if any of you want to spoil me in the comments I will read them heehee).

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Rules For Being A Girl by Candace Bushnell

Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved it. Review closer to pub date.
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Rules for Being a Girl

I had high hopes when I first started this book, I mean the premise sounds intriguing enough: a girl whose teacher tries to take advantage of her and the aftermath of no one believing her, it’s relevant and it’s true and it’s happening. I was hooked.

I can tell you this book did not disappoint. It met my expectations and then some. Marin, our girl, was one of the most intensively relatable girls I have ever read my while life. I suffered and rejoiced along her throughout. Mostly I just wished this book had been around when I was seventeen.

The novel is not only gorgeously written and hugely captivating—it’s a painful reality we girls recognize. I thought every plot point was managed masterfully and taught a great lesson about empowering oneself but also learning that there are people out there who get it, and people who will fight along us to make things better for the girls of the future.

A story not to be missed.

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You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was very excited to dig into You Deserve Each Other, so much so that I preordered it even though I haven’t read anything by Sarah Ogle before. But with all those blurbs, can you even blame me? I mean they make the book sound like a real fun ride. So I was like, Duh! Sign me up.

And I mean I liked it. I think the author did a great job of telling a story, and honestly, by the end of the book the love between Nicholas and Naomi was basically palpable, sweet and bursting off the pages like one of those 3D cardboards inside a kids’ book. I loved the ending.

But the first half was me pretty much cringing and feeling sorry for either or both of them (mostly Nicholas). Though I felt like Naomi had very valid reasons for her hurt feelings, I just got sick of everything being a huge misunderstanding that kept on going and going without not even a tiny amount of effort into righting wrongs. I mean I understand why this could be a good plot resource but in my opinion, it just felt endless, I was tired of it by the first quarter.

Anyway, it’s better if you form your own opinion, I have seen a great amount of reviews that seem to love this book. And maybe it’s wonderful and lovely, and maybe it is just me who wanted something happier for these uncertain times.

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