Review: Wanted to love it, but just couldn't.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2013
I found Shucked while reading reviews on a few different blogs that I follow, and it sounded perfect for me! An adventuresome girl, dumped in a small midwest farming community. What an amazing story, right?? I had to have it, and immediately downloaded it for my Kindle.Meg Jensen's writing is great, her story flows well and her characters are pretty great too. But about the halfway point in this story, it took a turn that was just too far out there for me. I love contemporary YA, but when I read one? I want it to be believable. I want it to be something that can, and does, happen. And this story took one of those twists that just doesn't happen. Ever. (I wish I could say more - but without being all spoilerish? I just can't.)The other thing on this book? Insta-love. Serious insta-love. Which drives me insane. Because of it? I just couldn't get into the romance plot either. Which really bummed me out.The characters of Tabitha and her new (also insta) best friend? Aside from the whole insta-BFFness they have going on? (Because that's just as cheesy as Insta-love!) They were great. I loved their friendship - despite the fact that Becky is also harboring this big hidden and WAY too far out there secret too.Seriously. I wanted to love this book. You go to Amazon and Goodreads and there are nothing but four and five star reviews. Unfortunately? I didn't love it, and I feel like I need to give it an honest review. (It really would be so much easier to just skip. But, I don't feel like I can.) There was so much about this book that wasn't real to me. So SO much. And while the plot started off fantastic, even if a bit far-fetched, it quickly takes a turn for just plain OUT THERE.