Review: this is for younger readers - its VERY NA/ YA - I read a few chapters (skipped pages) and gave up. default 1*
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 12, 2013
I'm not sure how to rate this. By default I've rated it 1* as i couldn't get into the story and hence only read a few chapters. I'm sure if I were younger I'd enjoy it. It's very immature and a ultra fluffy "cutesy" romancey type girly girl fiction.I love the cliche of the nerd and the bad boy. However, this takes cliches to another level.First the characters are from a cliche stock of characters. We have the goody nerdy heroine, the flamboyant confident flat mates, the camp/ gay best friend (I seriously thought authors had grown out of that), the tall, dark handsome stranger-turned-hero, the b*tch ex girlfriend etc etc.The heroine is very childish. She meets the hero at a coffee shop after he's saved her from a harrowing encounter with a little 4 year old boy. She thinks he's hot. She then finds out he's her new flat mate and DA DA DAAAA he's now forbidden fruit. However, she's constantly drooling over him and not in a subtle sophisticated manner. It's cringe worthy!!!!I think the author was going for funny and cute but instead it was embarrassing. The forbidden element could have been worked on - get the chemistry flowing.Additionally, she at first goes on and on about how important it is for her to study etc but then it's just a side thing as she drools. I just got bored.The writing was good though for a NA/ YA novel.