Review: Conflicted, stuck in the details.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 9, 2013
This series brings up that age old question "Can men and women really just be friends" well if this book is anything to go by the answer is a big fat resounding NO. I did enjoy the previous books but felt a bit conflicted in this one as little seems to have changed. The concept of 9 guys having a clayton's relationship with Sang is a fairytale at best and despite their need to protect her they are doing her reputation more harm than good. Everyone thinks she is sleeping with many of the guys and as Sang points out, they will leave at the end of the year yet she will have to bear the aftermath of this pretence for years to come. Despite her shelted and naive life Sang appears fearless in her desire to protect the boys yet cannot stand up for herself when threatened. The whole fingers in the mouth thing was just juvenile and silly. Sooner or later she will have to choose one of the boys and then the Utopia they have created will come crashing down as jealousy will rear it's ugly head. Sang was abused, I do get that but she is still so timid and can't even think for herself and gives up all her personal power to the boys to decide her fate. She would have observed other relationships within the school so she would be aware of just what a "boyfriend" is compared to a friend and sitting in their laps and fake kissing them is beyond any friendship level I have experienced in my life at school. I will buy the next book to see if any of these issues are resolved but I would have liked to have seen more character development and less secrets from this series by now. This series has such promise but seems to be stuck in the details.