Review: Categorized As New Adult, Reads Like Young Adult Fiction
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2013
Friday Night Alibi, although categorized as new adult, reads like young adult fiction.  As a fan of many YA titles, I decided to make an allowance and continued to read.  To my dismay, I was constantly distracted by the unsophisticated choices made by the author.  The writing feels overly adolescent and forced with crude vocabulary and recurrent juvenile acts by main characters, Kelli and Chase.The tone shifts and matures a little further into the story as we discover Kelli and Chase are both lonely, sad souls a bit lost in the world.  After they kiss and finally connect (all PG), they spend less time sparring and more time getting to know one another.  Lots of energetic, still chaste, make-out sessions follow, along with some sweet late night confessions.  The book improves as the romance blossoms. But, unfortunately it never achieves greatness.With regret, I must say that I am not the true audience for this title.  The mindset skewed way too young. There's no sex.  And possibly most grating was the constant barrage of colorfully base wording like "booger", "butthole", "farts" and "barf" among others. For a moment I thought I was mistakenly reading a chapter from Captain Underpants.  (Did I mention no sex?)Complimentary copy courtesy of Random House Publishing Group - Loveswept via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.