Review: funny and realistic
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2014
This was an okay read. I checked a couple reviews first (something I don't normally do) and saw a message from the author. She was basically saying that she made her characters as realistic as possible which may have made them unlikable to some. I'll touch more on that soon.What I Liked:I liked that Riley and Max are friends before any level of romance began. It makes it easier to swallow insta-love in a lot of cases. If there's already a history, it's less random and out of the blue.I liked that Riley was not the perfect girly-girl. She wasn't necessarily afraid to get dirty and be gross. A lot of girls in literature are near perfect or at least represent what a girl should be like. Riley basically turns that concept on its head. It was fairly refreshing. It also made it pretty funny!What I Didn't Like:I didn't like just how realistic these characters were. I appreciate sticking to what actual college kids are like, but isn't there supposed to be some level of likability? It didn't bother me too bad, but it still did at times.I also didn't like how predictable things were. A lot of contemporary's are predictable, but at least there were elements that were still a surprise. You could almost guess at least a chapter ahead of what was going to happen in this one. You could also guess what people were going to say prior to it happening. I'm not that big of a fan of that type of predictability.