Review: My thoughts...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2014
Secret Girlfriend is about a high school girl named Amy. She's had a crush on Chris Kent since fifth grade so when they end up in a relationship over the summer, Amy is more than stoked. The problem is, Chris doesn't think Amy is good for his image and so only dates her in secret. Amy quits her track team to become the stats girl for the boys soccer team to be closer to Chris. This is where she meets the new guy to the school, Luke Parker. She's so enamored with Chris that she doesn't see that Luke likes her.By the end of this story I was debating whether this should be a 3 or 4 star rating and let me tell you why. For one, Amy is one of those girls that looses herself when she starts dating a guy. She's so smitten with Chris that she does whatever he wants. The fact that she quit track just to become stats girl for Chris' soccer team annoyed me. Actually, Chris just annoyed me. He's a selfish jerk that takes advantage of Amy's feelings, not to mention that he didn't think Amy was good enough to be seen in public with him. Instead, he dates another girl supposedly under the ruse that it's only for appearances. The fact that Amy accepted this only led me to believe that she had very low self esteem, which I hate in my characters.Luke Parker is the epitome of sweet, giving Amy rides home when she needs them, inviting her to his house to meet his family and just overall being there for Amy when Chris isn't. Eventually Amy stands up for herself and realizes that she likes Luke more than Chris, but it wasn't until the last few chapters of the book. I would have liked to see it happen quicker because, honestly, I could not stand Chris' character.I give this book four stars instead of three because the writing was great and I really did love Luke's character. He was great enough that I sorta could overlook Amy's weakness and Chris' selfishness. Is it a book I would read repeatedly? No, but that doesn't mean it's not a good book.