Review: a bit long and repetitive but still pretty cute
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2014
I was so excited to read this book. I had such high hopes! Once I read it, I felt somewhat let down. I enjoyed it, but there were still some concerns. I enjoyed both Jake and Aly, but you could certainly tell their ages. The situations they were put in were very repetitive. Regardless, there is great potential for this series and I am looking forward to seeing how it all ends up.Aly is definitely the younger of the two, but still seems more together than Jake (occasionally). Being a freshman in high school, her priorities are definitely those of a young teenager. As well, she was pretty immature and naive. Jake was not the best kid, but he definitely had a (somewhat) better head on his shoulder than Aly. He had a lot of responsibility on his plate and tries to balance it all. He does get into some not so good things, but eventually realizes this and figures out how to fix it.Overall, this was okay. I had much higher hopes and was a bit let down that they weren't reached. I know I read an unfinished copy so I hope the finished one was toned down a bit. It seemed too long and repetitive to entirely enjoy. If the plot was a bit more streamlined, I probably would have loved this instead of just liked. Either way, an author to keep an eye out for!