Review: Just not good
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
There was so much that I did not like about this book, I am not even sure where to start.*The writing style- it is written in first person, as though the narrator is talking directly to the reader.  I have no problem with first person, but it is very awkward to me when the author adds things like, "don't judge, you would do the same this in my shoes" or I'm a teenage girl, what do you expect"*The pace- This book seriously needs and editor, it drags on and is very repetitive.  Ayma tells us how boring her life is and we no she is not kidding since we are forced to read every detail of her boring days over and over and over!  Even when the book finally skips ahead a few weeks, the author makes sure to give a summer of how Ayma went though her normal daily routine.  Things are explained that we just read a few chapters back.  Nothing really happens until they very end of the book and then it is rushed and left with a cliff hanger.*The romance- I did not feel any chemistry for this couple at all.  They had terrible communication.  All of their conversations were boring and trivial.  They did not discuss anything of any significance with each other. They are together for over 3 months before Ayma finds out why Colton was in jail for 2 years.  Ayma was constantly having to guess what Colton was feeling and thinking.  He offers to 'give her rides' to things rather then asking her out, and then seems surprised that she does not know it is a date.  She is all excited when he introduces her as his girlfriend, since she did not know if they were dating.  She says that at their age, guys must not have to bother asking girls out.  Sorry, but I think at any age both people need to agree to have a committed relationship.  There are a couple big misunderstanding that get blown way out of proportion, because of course, they don't just talk to each other, but rather make assumptions and hide.*The friendships-  Ayma has a group of friends that I think she had been hanging out with for a while, but for some reason they had never been to each others' houses before.  Ayma goes home alone and is bored every night, but when she needs party outfits her friend goes out and gets them for her, rather then them going shopping together.  It is painfully obvious what is going on with the best friend, even though nothing is reviled about it in this book.  It make Ayma look pretty clueless when I can figure out what is up and she can't.My final huge pet peeve in this book was that the girl never eats!!  She skips breakfast every day, she has an apple and milk for lunch every day and then she usually goes home and throws out the dinner that was left for her and eats some peanut butter crackers.  When she is at other people's homes for dinner she is too nervous to eat, or loosing her appetite for some stupid reason.  I just seemed really odd to me that the author made such a point to talk about her not eating.  It is certainly not setting a good example for younger readers.I could go on and on about things that I did not like about this book, but I think I made my point.  The only positive is that it was interesting enough to make me want to see how it would end.  That is why it gets two stars rather then one.  I save one star for books that I don't even bother trying to finish.  Rather then just giving up on the story I skimmed to the end to see what would happen.  It ends in a cliff hanger and I don't care enough to bother with the next book, so I guess I will never know.