Review: So Cute!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
This book is ridiculously cute. I'm talking "couldn't wipe the smile off my face when I finished it" level cute. It made me happy and who doesn't love it when a book does that?Kat is everything. Funny, sassy, witty, and though she has her insecurities, she is determined to graduate from college and make something of her life. She refuses to settle for working in the front office of her family's business. Nope.And Cam. Holy nerdy hotness, Batman. I fully admit I'm a sucker for a ridiculously smart boy in glasses. But beyond the flutters, Cam believes in Kat and knows that she isn't as "stupid" as she is convinced she is. That she is more than just a pretty face and flirty girl that she projects when she gets defensive.Which brings me to what I loved so much about this book. So many books in the New Adult genre focus on traumatic relationships, previous abuse, even current abuse -- and don't get me wrong, those topics are SO very important -- but Make it Count focuses on an issue that I don't see get nearly the attention it deserves. While my issues are not the same as Kat, I remember struggling a bit with my classes in college and thinking that maybe I wasn't cut out for it -- ok, and maybe part of that was the fact that 8:00 classes were so early and it was super easy to hit the snooze button. But when I met the man that would eventually become my husband, for whatever reason, he took it upon himself to make me realize that I wasn't as academically hopeless as I was starting to think I was. And to this day, that still means so much to me.Cam truly cares about Kat. Sure there is physical attraction, and swoons, and more than a few moments where I needed to stop and fan myself, but there was also genuine care between characters. All the characters -- primary, secondary, even Kat's ex-boyfriend managed to redeem himself after a bit. There wasn't one single character that I felt was superfluous or a bit ridiculous. They all seemed real and I can't wait to see where Megan Erickson takes them in this series.So...basically what I'm saying is that I loved every single thing about Make it Count.This review can also be found on my blog, Flutters and Flails