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A review by dani_reviews
Daring the Bad Boy by Monica Murphy
Did not finish book.
Disclaimer: I received a review copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
DNF @ 83%
Ok, you're probably wondering why I quit so close to the end. Well, it was going ok. It was on the road to a 3, maybe 3.5. Then the main girl had a complete personality transplant all to add drama that made no sense given the circumstances and her previous behaviour. She went from sweet to cray cray overnight. And this conflict could have happened organically WITHOUT this weird change. It was so ridiculous that I had to put my Kindle down and decide to never finish on the spot.
WHY DID ANNIE HAVE TO SUDDENLY BECOME A BRAT?!
Update
I thought I'd expand as to why the book was on the road to a 3 or 3.5. I think the best way to describe the book until then is "sour Skittles". It was very sweet with a dash of sour bad boy, but it lacked any real "nutritional" value.
- The characters were ok, though it was disappointing for the author to use a shortcut and basically tell us what each character's issues were at the start, not let it be revealed through action and dialogue. It was very much "Hi, my name is X and Y happened to me so now I act like Z."
- Actually, a lot of it was more telling instead of showing.
- The passage of time was a little awkward. It seemed like it jumped around a lot and skipped over important moments. At times, I wasn't sure whether a day or a week had passed.
- While I liked the growth of the romance, I never felt all fluttery inside.
- But it was cute for 82%!
Like I said, the killing blow for me was the moment when Annie went from considerate and relatively mature to being a needy spoiled brat in the flip of a page. She seemed like she understood rules in general and accepted the terms of her relationship with Jake, so it made no sense for her to flip out and make demands and ultimatums and whine.
DNF @ 83%
Ok, you're probably wondering why I quit so close to the end. Well, it was going ok. It was on the road to a 3, maybe 3.5. Then the main girl had a complete personality transplant all to add drama that made no sense given the circumstances and her previous behaviour. She went from sweet to cray cray overnight. And this conflict could have happened organically WITHOUT this weird change. It was so ridiculous that I had to put my Kindle down and decide to never finish on the spot.
WHY DID ANNIE HAVE TO SUDDENLY BECOME A BRAT?!
Update
I thought I'd expand as to why the book was on the road to a 3 or 3.5. I think the best way to describe the book until then is "sour Skittles". It was very sweet with a dash of sour bad boy, but it lacked any real "nutritional" value.
- The characters were ok, though it was disappointing for the author to use a shortcut and basically tell us what each character's issues were at the start, not let it be revealed through action and dialogue. It was very much "Hi, my name is X and Y happened to me so now I act like Z."
- Actually, a lot of it was more telling instead of showing.
- The passage of time was a little awkward. It seemed like it jumped around a lot and skipped over important moments. At times, I wasn't sure whether a day or a week had passed.
- While I liked the growth of the romance, I never felt all fluttery inside.
- But it was cute for 82%!
Like I said, the killing blow for me was the moment when Annie went from considerate and relatively mature to being a needy spoiled brat in the flip of a page. She seemed like she understood rules in general and accepted the terms of her relationship with Jake, so it made no sense for her to flip out and make demands and ultimatums and whine.