Review: Not the perfect couple
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
Perfect Regret is the story of Maysie's straight A, dedicated, ambitious, sometimes uptight, always prickly roommate, Riley, and Garrett, the lead guitarist of Generation Rejects. A laid back, stoner townie that Riley absolutely hates. The story begins with Riley getting dumped by her long time boyfriend, Damien, a guy that's exactly like her who she, unfortunately, still has to work with at the bar and now at a newspaper internship. One drunken night at Garrett's party, after seeing that Damien has moved on, Riley and Garrett end up in bed together.Garrett couldn't do anything right in her eyes. If he left her alone he was a jerk, if he pursued her he was a jerk. But when Garrett plays hero through a tragedy for Riley I thought they were finally going to get their act together. But the tragedy just made her push Garrett away again with a lot of cruel words. And the worst part is, from reading her inner dialogue, she knows she's going for the kill every time she speaks, but she just can't help herself.I honestly don't know what Garrett saw in Riley unless he likes mean women. And his behavior is just as confusing, I don't understand the insta-love he feels for her. Riley eventually comes around, of course, but I thought Garrett let her back in too easily and to tell the truth this is one book where I wanted him to tell her it was too little too late. I just didn't feel for Riley what I felt for Maysie in book one and I didn't feel like Garrett and Riley were made for each other.