Review: Mostly enjoyable read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2012
Minor spoilers! 3.5 starsI wanted to really, really like this story, I did, but there was just a little too much of things I didn't like for me to fully enjoy it.Things I didn't like:The main character, Ally, is a typical, insecure teenage girl, which is okay, and I mean, somewhat realistic, but she sort of pushed the insecurity a little to much to the point where it got annoying. Also, she said 'grr,' a few too many times, aka any times at all. Who says that? I thought the part about her leaving him anonymous gifts was more creepy than sweet, and the part where she strung the other random nice guy along wasn't very nice.One other thing that sort of bothered me- so she writes all these poems and songs, but we never see any lines from the poems or lyrics from the songs. I feel like I would have understood why Griffin liked her (at all) a lot better if we had seen some of those, since that's supposedly why she caught his interest in the first place.I found some descriptions unintentionally hilarious, and thought the author needed to come up with a better comparison for Griffin's lips than 'pillows' because honestly, who wants to kiss their pillow all the time? I thought the ending was far too rushed and should have been expanded a lot more, I thought there was more, turned the page, and was confused when there wasn't.Okay, so those are the things I didn't like. However, I'll say that overall I did enjoy the story, even if I don't think I'll be rereading it anytime soon.Things I did like:Overall, the writing did bring me into the story, and only had a few hiccoughs that broke the flow and kicked me out of the world the author created. The kisses were very nicely described, and made me want to read until the next one.Griffin Griffin Griffin! He was hands down the best character, and the story's redemption. Granted, I am still not entirely clear on what he saw in Ally, but the author really portrayed him well, and it is clear why Ally would like him.Griffin is a 5 star character, but Ally was more like a 2.5 star character.