Review: Generic
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2014
Stupid Girl caught my attention with that synopsis and cover. For the first few pages, I was really enjoying it. Then, after the flash forward, it fell flat.The heroine, Olivia, was generic. Nothing made her stand out. She's portrayed as a geek, but the only thing you find out about her is that she loves astronomy, grew up on a ranch and had this horrible thing happen to her about a year ago. That was it. And that creepy ring from her brothers. Just...no. I just need more from my heroine. I need to connect and understand them. I just didn't understand her appeal to Brax.As for Brax, he is the typical bad boy who falls for the good girl. For some reason, I just couldn't get a picture in my head of what he looked like. The description of his eyes alone made me cringe. When you refer to someone's eyes as strange and scary, I'm not going to swoon. Add to that the scars and tattoos and that accent, I just can't. And I'm so over this perfect male specimen crap that all these NA books use. Just once, I'd like for it to be a 'normal' guy.Now, I have to mention one thing that did about make this a DNF for me. That damn accent. It's not that I have a problem with the Boston accent. Done right, that accent can be sexy. My problem was the repeating of just about everything he said (or texted) with the Boston accent. I'm not stupid. I can totally imagine what the conversation would sound like with a Boston accent. I don't need to be reminded over and over again. At about 20%, I was going to give up because it was that annoying. Then, I thought it would let up as she got to know Brax better. Nope. Down to end and she was still repeating. Also, maybe I'm weird, but 'sincerely' being used in that way just threw me. I've never heard anyone talk like that. And that word is used many times.The romance was just weird for me. She is so brutally assaulted by a boyfriend, only to be assaulted (Yes. That was assault to me.) by Brax her very first day of college. A kiss from a complete stranger would be weird enough, but add in her past and it just adds to the wrongness. After that, they are 'in love' about two weeks later. I don't get it.This may sound harsh, but I will give the book credit. Something made me keep reading. Maybe this all comes down to an overload of NA books that I've read lately. So maybe it's just me. Given all my objections, there were parts that I really enjoyed. I liked Olivia's family. There were even parts with Brax and Olivia that were sweet. It's just very generic and I doubt I'll remember it six months from now.*I received a eARC of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an HONEST review*