Review: I would have liked this more if the drama had been cut in half.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 17, 2013
The book description says this book is 180 pages long, but it felt twice as long to me. The high drama, just one thing after another, really dragged the story out. I didn't so much mind the push-pull between the h/H, but then it got to where it was fight, be mean, then have a misunderstanding, then kiss-make up, then back to I hate you, then I love you, then push him/her away, etc. I really felt worn out by the time I got to the last page. Besides the main couple's drama, there was also personal family drama, friend drama, grandparent drama. It was almost smothering. But if you like a lot of drama and emotional angst in your romances, this might suit you. It felt a bit melodramatic to me, over-drawn, and I didn't like the constant back and forth.Also, this needs a good re-edit. Missing commas, misspellings, missing words from a sentence, the wrong word used sometimes. Just things that caught my attention or caused me to read a sentence again.I do think the author had something interesting going in the beginning. And I did like some elements of this story: the high school setting, the Cinderella theme, the surly, brooding hero. Certain aspects of the story were entertaining, especially if you don't mind teenage angst and drama. And I do happen to like that, but I have to say that here it was just a little too much for me. The book does end with a complete story for the main couple, they finally get there in the end!, and it sets up the next book, Break Me, about Royal, the hero's best friend.