Review: Gossip Girl meets Twilight -- Rated R
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
Leora's main problem is that she's bored. She lives on the Upper Sleaze Side with a mom that is on the hunt for the fifth rich husband, and since money is not a problem what she obsesses about is her daily calory intake. Her BFF is your typical pierced total mess (with an oversized heart), and Leora whose hormones are driving her crazy but has never seriously acted on that, mainly feels alive through her friend's crazy life. Until she meets Connal, the rich British guy with the impeccable manners and the dark secrets that end up haunting them both.Sure, there are tons of parentheses instead of em dashes. Sure, the run-on sentences will probably make you back-track to catch the drift. Sure, there's lots of angst and weird situations that you're not sure will develop well.But I felt it was a breath of fresh air. The language was so vibrant, I stopped caring about the parentheses. The characters acted out but didn't cross BIG lines (it's okay to think that your BFF's love interest is hot, it's not okay to act on it--Leora didn't) the connections between the characters are unbreakable (frienship, love), the writing, although over-the-top sometimes, surprised me with its effervescence ... all in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this one.I'm definitely reading the next instalment.