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A review by yas_sezer
The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams
2.0
2 stars
i could not connect to bree at all and found her to be completely insufferable. her pick me energy is something i haven’t seen to this extent for a long time both irl and in books, and it was not missed at all. starting from her being in nathan’s apartment at 6 in the morning and basically competing with his girlfriend, to her attitude being with the whole team of boys, to her acting around nathan - it’s just not for me. of course nathan’s girlfriends aren’t going to like you and have a problem with you, you’re the walking embodiment of the typical ‘girl best friend’, you are the reason girls don’t want their men to have girl best friends. it was so difficult to read her pov.
nathan on the other hand wasn’t too bad. i found the biggest fault in him when he was dating other girls despite knowing he loved bree. why would you drag other girls into this mess knowing you aren’t going to be able to love them? you’re trying to get over bree by using other girls? you’ve been celibate this whole time you know it’s not gonna work, why bother. besides that, i actually liked that he was putting in more effort to pursue something with bree and picking up on the little things that gave him hope like her checking him out through the mirror. also him writing the cheat sheet with his friends on the whiteboard was wholesome. i liked the dynamic between the boys.
also nathan’s anxiety was something i didn’t expect to be such a decent chunk of his character and im not mad about it. i enjoy seeing this representation particularly with male characters since its not very common (yours truly by abby jimenez is the only other one ive read thus far). i related to him and could understand exactly how it feels, and i found no problems with the way bree responded to this. she actually helped him through it in a good way.
the general plot of the story is something i know i would’ve enjoyed more if bree wasn’t the way she was. the whole “one of us is famous”, fake dating, friends to lovers, it’s my cup of tea. buttt she really just dragged it down and made parts of the story i looked forward to just insufferable.
her only redeeming points were all related to helping him with his anxiety - the red carpet and at her nephews birthday. other than that i couldn’t deal.
i will say i was sorta glad there wasn’t a third act conflict in this the way i expected. it only would’ve been so much worse since this entire book runs on miscommunication
i could not connect to bree at all and found her to be completely insufferable. her pick me energy is something i haven’t seen to this extent for a long time both irl and in books, and it was not missed at all. starting from her being in nathan’s apartment at 6 in the morning and basically competing with his girlfriend, to her attitude being with the whole team of boys, to her acting around nathan - it’s just not for me. of course nathan’s girlfriends aren’t going to like you and have a problem with you, you’re the walking embodiment of the typical ‘girl best friend’, you are the reason girls don’t want their men to have girl best friends. it was so difficult to read her pov.
nathan on the other hand wasn’t too bad. i found the biggest fault in him when he was dating other girls despite knowing he loved bree. why would you drag other girls into this mess knowing you aren’t going to be able to love them? you’re trying to get over bree by using other girls? you’ve been celibate this whole time you know it’s not gonna work, why bother. besides that, i actually liked that he was putting in more effort to pursue something with bree and picking up on the little things that gave him hope like her checking him out through the mirror. also him writing the cheat sheet with his friends on the whiteboard was wholesome. i liked the dynamic between the boys.
also nathan’s anxiety was something i didn’t expect to be such a decent chunk of his character and im not mad about it. i enjoy seeing this representation particularly with male characters since its not very common (yours truly by abby jimenez is the only other one ive read thus far). i related to him and could understand exactly how it feels, and i found no problems with the way bree responded to this. she actually helped him through it in a good way.
the general plot of the story is something i know i would’ve enjoyed more if bree wasn’t the way she was. the whole “one of us is famous”, fake dating, friends to lovers, it’s my cup of tea. buttt she really just dragged it down and made parts of the story i looked forward to just insufferable.
her only redeeming points were all related to helping him with his anxiety - the red carpet and at her nephews birthday. other than that i couldn’t deal.
i will say i was sorta glad there wasn’t a third act conflict in this the way i expected. it only would’ve been so much worse since this entire book runs on miscommunication