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A review by imme_van_gorp
The Mistake by Elle Kennedy
4.0
Gosh, I truly love this series. This book was once again super enjoyable with extremely likeable characters and an interesting story.
It didn’t start out as great as I would have hoped, though; it was fairly different from the first book, which had the MCs go from enemies-to-friends-to-lovers (the best trope). While opposingly, this book had the female MC, Grace, already be totally into Logan from the get-go and began with them hooking up. Funny thing is, though, that at a certain point the male MC, Logan, messes up big time, making them go from lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers, which was a helluva lot better than the instant-lovers trope I thought this book was going to go for at first.
Another thing this book lacked in in comparison to the first book were the vibrant and healthy friendships. The male friendships remain the same, but they don’t seem nearly as awesome and aren’t at all featured as often. And don’t even get me started on the female friendships, because Grace and Ramona are a total mess. A sheer contrast to the amazing friendship between Hannah and Allie in book 1.
The chemistry between Logan and Grace was great, although it did take a while for me to really see their connection. They didn’t bounce off of each other as well as Garrett and Hannah had in their book, but I don’t really mind. It was still more than good enough, and that doesn’t change just because it didn’t match Garrett and Hannah.
I liked both Logan and Grace; they’re good people. I definitely preferred Logan over Grace, even though he was annoying the shit out of me at the start because of his dumb actions. Not that I didn’t like Grace though, that’s not the case at all, but I just felt more emotionally connected to Logan. Grace was a teensy bit flat, and was basically just not as well developed. The sub-plot with Logan’s drunk father and Logan’s subsequent possibly miserable future probably played a big role in why Logan was better developed than Grace. I guess her ‘drama’ was that she had to put up with Ramona, but that got resolved fairly fast and is a bit silly compared to Logan’s very real problems.
I do have to say that at the end, I think Logan’s problems got resolved to hastily and easily. For the entirety of this book, Logan’s future is completely in the balance, and you can’t figure out how it’s ever going to turn out right for him, but then, like magic, everything turns out all rainbows and sunshine and all his issues fade away. That seemed a bit unrealistic and was a rather unsatisfying fix after all that build-up.
But anyway, I feel like I’m being a bit too ranty, because this book surely doesn’t deserve that. It got me engaged from start to finish, it had me laughing, swooning and even a bit sad at times. This was good, really, I probably would have been nothing but praise if the first book hadn’t been as awesome as it was: I just know the comparison is making me a bit too harsh on its sequel.
It didn’t start out as great as I would have hoped, though; it was fairly different from the first book, which had the MCs go from enemies-to-friends-to-lovers (the best trope). While opposingly, this book had the female MC, Grace, already be totally into Logan from the get-go and began with them hooking up. Funny thing is, though, that at a certain point the male MC, Logan, messes up big time, making them go from lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers, which was a helluva lot better than the instant-lovers trope I thought this book was going to go for at first.
Another thing this book lacked in in comparison to the first book were the vibrant and healthy friendships. The male friendships remain the same, but they don’t seem nearly as awesome and aren’t at all featured as often. And don’t even get me started on the female friendships, because Grace and Ramona are a total mess. A sheer contrast to the amazing friendship between Hannah and Allie in book 1.
The chemistry between Logan and Grace was great, although it did take a while for me to really see their connection. They didn’t bounce off of each other as well as Garrett and Hannah had in their book, but I don’t really mind. It was still more than good enough, and that doesn’t change just because it didn’t match Garrett and Hannah.
I liked both Logan and Grace; they’re good people. I definitely preferred Logan over Grace, even though he was annoying the shit out of me at the start because of his dumb actions. Not that I didn’t like Grace though, that’s not the case at all, but I just felt more emotionally connected to Logan. Grace was a teensy bit flat, and was basically just not as well developed. The sub-plot with Logan’s drunk father and Logan’s subsequent possibly miserable future probably played a big role in why Logan was better developed than Grace. I guess her ‘drama’ was that she had to put up with Ramona, but that got resolved fairly fast and is a bit silly compared to Logan’s very real problems.
I do have to say that at the end, I think Logan’s problems got resolved to hastily and easily. For the entirety of this book, Logan’s future is completely in the balance, and you can’t figure out how it’s ever going to turn out right for him, but then, like magic, everything turns out all rainbows and sunshine and all his issues fade away. That seemed a bit unrealistic and was a rather unsatisfying fix after all that build-up.
But anyway, I feel like I’m being a bit too ranty, because this book surely doesn’t deserve that. It got me engaged from start to finish, it had me laughing, swooning and even a bit sad at times. This was good, really, I probably would have been nothing but praise if the first book hadn’t been as awesome as it was: I just know the comparison is making me a bit too harsh on its sequel.