Review: Overall Rating: 4 stars- Kept telling myself “just one more chapter.”
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2014
***Originally posted at Bedroom Bookworms. See my complete profile for more information.***I admit, this book caught my attention because of the title. Stupid Girl? What? What is THIS about? It was available as an ARC on NetGalley, so I went ahead and applied for it. Once it came, I really wasn’t sure if I was going to like it or not, and sort of put it off a bit. But once I got started, I was intrigued right away. By 3% into the book, I knew I was going to enjoy this one.Overall Rating: 4 stars- Kept telling myself “just one more chapter.”Brax is a great hero. You know right away that he’s trouble, but you can’t help but like him anyway. And then when he starts to see through our heroine’s BS, your heart is lost. I’m still on the fence if I think Brax is book boyfriend material. He’s awesome, and crazy (he reminded me a lot of Travis from Beautiful Disaster) but also made some decisions that made me want to punch him in the head, so we’ll see.Olivia is tough. The prologue punches you in the gut and makes you root for her right away. And when she knees Brax in the balls for … well, deserving to be kneed in the balls, you can’t help but laugh. I mean, you feel bad for Brax, but really, man. Come on.Both of our main characters have pasts that haunt them. We get to know about Olivia’s right away. Brax’s comes later. And man, it’s salacious. And then just when you start to feel okay about things, Cindy Miles adds a twist that makes your heart hurt.It’s not without flaw. Cindy has a manner of conveying Brax’s South Boston accent that became tiresome by the end, and twice the characters used “retarded” as a insult which sets my teeth on edge, but beyond those things, this book is full of both great characters and great plot. The book is good. It’s hard to talk in specifics because I don’t want to spoil anything, but this is a ride that is worth taking.Smut Factor: 3 stars- Not BadCharacter likability: 4 stars- I wish we were friends.Storytelling: 5 stars- I wake up thinking this really happened.Writing and editing quality: 4 stars- Well done!