Review: Good Book w/ A Few Issues
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2013
This is a solid 3.5 stars for me.Grace Love is a fun heroine with a terrible name. I wish someone would've talked the author out of that because it gave it a clichéd feel from page one. Other than the name, I really liked her and rooted for her. Trick Matthews is my kind of guy. I really enjoyed their friends-to-lovers story. Christine Bell is a fantastic writer and she kept me interested in their story from beginning to end. It's a very visual and fun read.**SPOILERS**There were two things about this book that brought down the rating:1. I don't think the story was very realistic. The idea that he was her best friend, but she couldn't figure out he was the guy under the mask on two separate occasions baffled me. The movie theatre scene was the worst. It's never so dark that you don't see the person sitting next to you and there's no way she isn't curious enough to look. I mean, I can forgive the holes in the mask party scene, but the movie thing pushed me over the edge.2. The settings for the sex scenes really bothered me. I don't want to give too much away, so I'll only discuss one of them. Having sex in a sauna sounds awful. The seats are burning hot and wooden which should make it very uncomfortable. Not to mention, it's really super hot. There was nothing about the concept that made me believe it was sexy. Also, that mask would've melted off in the heat of the moment. The fact that it conveniently didn't until the very end made it completely unrealistic for me.