Review: Brutal, but still amazing.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 26, 2013
This book had me in a rage. I was so angry. I can guarantee my blood pressure spiked, hard. Yours will too.I wasn't mad at the book. The book was great. But I hated mostly everyone in it.This book takes place the Monday after the events in the first two books. It's the first day that Kyle and Brad are in school after everything that happened. They knew things were going to be miserable, but they didn't have a clue just how bad.Raise Your Glass is told in alternating POV's. We get to hear from Brad and Kyle. Man, I missed being in Kyle's brain. I love the way he thinks. Even in the moments I wanted everyone in the book to trip into a pit of Tasers, Kyle's snark managed to make me laugh. It was nice to see Brad's take on things too. He was more loveable. He's grown a bit and it shows. More importantly, I loved watching them both fall more in love with each other.The other students, and the faculty at Foster High had me angry to the point of stomach pain. The ignorance level is off the charts. I cried angry tears. I'm not sure if angry crying is even a thing, but John Goode made me shed tears of rage.John Good did an amazing, and I mean AMAZING job with this one. The feelings of frustration and helplessness were overwhelming. I wanted to stop reading because I was so mad that I was shaking with it. However, I couldn't put the book down because the writing had me. I needed to know what happened to Brad and Kyle next, no matter how brutally painful it was.Even though parts of this were painful to read, I really liked this book. The sweetness of Kyle and Brad's growing relationship shines through the dark parts. It was so worth it, making it to the end. So worth it. I cheered, I smiled, and I got all watery eyed.I highly recommend this book. So far, I highly recommend this entire series!4.5 Stars