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Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy
2.75
3.25 stars - update 2.75 stars.
wasn’t a bad book, just sorta mid. i didn’t love the whole cheating aspect in this book because i didn’t feel as though the characters were meant to be toxic. i’m supposed to be rooting for their love, but mackenzie took a long time to grow on me, and even now she’s definitely not my favourite MC.
cooper was nice, but not the best book boyfriend. idk what it is that fell a little flat with him, but i didn’t get a lot of butterflies with their relationship.
i did enjoy the book overall though and flew through it since it kept my attention
preston and mackenzie’s family (clones) were so insufferable. preston is just a joke to be honest, typical rich boy ‘my daddy owns most of these buildings’ blah blah. annoyed me so much, wasn’t surprised with him being a cheater as i wouldn’t expect anything more.
bonnie was so cute, she reminded me of princess charlotte from princess and the frog
wasn’t a bad book, just sorta mid. i didn’t love the whole cheating aspect in this book because i didn’t feel as though the characters were meant to be toxic. i’m supposed to be rooting for their love, but mackenzie took a long time to grow on me, and even now she’s definitely not my favourite MC.
cooper was nice, but not the best book boyfriend. idk what it is that fell a little flat with him, but i didn’t get a lot of butterflies with their relationship.
i did enjoy the book overall though and flew through it since it kept my attention
preston and mackenzie’s family (clones) were so insufferable. preston is just a joke to be honest, typical rich boy ‘my daddy owns most of these buildings’ blah blah. annoyed me so much, wasn’t surprised with him being a cheater as i wouldn’t expect anything more.
bonnie was so cute, she reminded me of princess charlotte from princess and the frog
Bad Girl Reputation by Elle Kennedy
2.75
2.75 stars
this book wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t my favourite either. i found myself reading it for the sake of reading it. both evan and gen are “bad” and decide to go on a little quest of bettering themselves in order to be together. but idk if it’s because the book length is shorter, or the characters didn’t feel developed enough, or just the fact that it wasn’t for me, but i didn’t buy it. she didn’t give me BAD girl vibes, he didn’t give me BAD boy vibes, somehow in the first book he gave me more bad boy vibes than this entire book. it just wasn’t giving me enough.
her reasoning for leaving the town because randall sexually assaulted her was valid and i’m happy he ended up a lonely drunk at the end. his wife and kids deserved better
also this is a lot spicier than the first book (i guess to emphasise their badness? their burning lust for each other? their magnetic connection?) but i found myself bored and flipping through the pages waiting for something, more meaning somewhere.
throughout i was looking for bits of cooper and mack because i missed them compared to these two…
i will say i’m kinda looking forward to the next book which i think is about alana? (love triangle??!!)
also, this book feels like a shorter, less toxic and drama filled version of magnolia parks, which i ateeeee up. do with that what you will
overall wasn’t bad, but did i love it? no. will i forget it? yes - update, i remember almost nothing (:
this book wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t my favourite either. i found myself reading it for the sake of reading it. both evan and gen are “bad” and decide to go on a little quest of bettering themselves in order to be together. but idk if it’s because the book length is shorter, or the characters didn’t feel developed enough, or just the fact that it wasn’t for me, but i didn’t buy it. she didn’t give me BAD girl vibes, he didn’t give me BAD boy vibes, somehow in the first book he gave me more bad boy vibes than this entire book. it just wasn’t giving me enough.
her reasoning for leaving the town because randall sexually assaulted her was valid and i’m happy he ended up a lonely drunk at the end. his wife and kids deserved better
also this is a lot spicier than the first book (i guess to emphasise their badness? their burning lust for each other? their magnetic connection?) but i found myself bored and flipping through the pages waiting for something, more meaning somewhere.
throughout i was looking for bits of cooper and mack because i missed them compared to these two…
i will say i’m kinda looking forward to the next book which i think is about alana? (love triangle??!!)
also, this book feels like a shorter, less toxic and drama filled version of magnolia parks, which i ateeeee up. do with that what you will
overall wasn’t bad, but did i love it? no. will i forget it? yes - update, i remember almost nothing (:
Wonka by Sibéal Pounder
3.0
i dont really have much to say with this one other than it felt like i was reading the movie script.
i knew it was based off of the film, but i didnt realise it would be word for word, action for action.
even though i love the movie, i didnt really need to read exactly what i watched.
i had the expectation that there wouldve been more added to the elements of the movie. for example, i thought we would get more of noodle teaching willy how to read, or more scenes with willy and the oompa loompa, or to see the friendship between the entire group develop more.
the only things added really were the actual details of the plan to break into the vault and some more details about noodles mum. other than that, nothing new.
i cant say i didnt like the book because i love the movie and theyre essentially the same. but i also gained nothing while reading this.
id suggest you either read the book or watch the movie. if you want to do both, read it first so you dont feel as indifferent as i do.
i knew it was based off of the film, but i didnt realise it would be word for word, action for action.
even though i love the movie, i didnt really need to read exactly what i watched.
i had the expectation that there wouldve been more added to the elements of the movie. for example, i thought we would get more of noodle teaching willy how to read, or more scenes with willy and the oompa loompa, or to see the friendship between the entire group develop more.
the only things added really were the actual details of the plan to break into the vault and some more details about noodles mum. other than that, nothing new.
i cant say i didnt like the book because i love the movie and theyre essentially the same. but i also gained nothing while reading this.
id suggest you either read the book or watch the movie. if you want to do both, read it first so you dont feel as indifferent as i do.
Valiant by Holly Black
2.0
here we go again.
so far we are going downhill. i enjoyed this one less than tithe, and found myself wanting to put the book down and LEAVE it down.
in saying that, i didnt hate it. i can see why some people enjoy it. the writing is fine, if anything i can see the potential.
personally, any time there was a build up for either a good plot point, character development, or an opportunity to explore an important idea, it just fell flat and i was disappointed each time. ill list a few examples:
- the friendship between luis and val and lolli and val in particular, but the friendship group as a whole.
- the friendship between val and ruth.
- the romance between val and ravus.
- dales descent into betrayal and desperation.
- forgiveness within family.
each of these was explored but just not to the full extent. i wanted more. if anything, i feel like there were too many minor plot points shoved into a short book. maybe this wouldve been more enjoyable if it was longer.
ravus felt like a wasted character. i would have liked to see more of him and her interacting and building their romance. it was so sudden - suddenly she is frothing over him and picturing his face while she does the deed with dale. suddenly, she is willing to go to great extents and battle mabry with a sword to get his heart back. where was the connection build up? i dont buy it. i couldnt even look past it and say "oh its just a fairytale". even prince charming had more of a build up than this.
side note, the whole cutting out the heart thing was so random? how did we get here. it started to feel really messy towards the end, and i feel like we were expected to just roll with it.
the character who was probably the most developed (not even much tho) is ruth. her coming back at the end and going through all the drama just to help her out was respectable, but also keep in mind she knew vals bf was sleeping w vals mum and didnt tell her...
this entire plot line feels like a fever dream. what even happened tbh? val catches her mum doin nasty things, runs away from home, cuts all her hair off, makes friends with people who live in a train tunnel and shoot fairy potions into their bloodstream (Never), falls into debt with a troll who she falls in love with, gets framed to be poisoning fae in the human world, fights mabry to steal a heart back, and brings her mans back to life, and forgives her mum. what in the rollercoaster of events.
felt like this could have had heaps more depth to it, similar to how i felt with tithe. except, this story just had too many disappointing elements to it.
in saying that, i do have higher hopes for book 3 (Ironside). maybe that will be a 3 star.
overall, i feel similarly to how i did with tithe - i dont recommend it, i dont not recommend it. if you wanna skip it then do it. i am only reading it because i need to know everything there is to know about everything.
so far we are going downhill. i enjoyed this one less than tithe, and found myself wanting to put the book down and LEAVE it down.
in saying that, i didnt hate it. i can see why some people enjoy it. the writing is fine, if anything i can see the potential.
personally, any time there was a build up for either a good plot point, character development, or an opportunity to explore an important idea, it just fell flat and i was disappointed each time. ill list a few examples:
- the friendship between luis and val and lolli and val in particular, but the friendship group as a whole.
- the friendship between val and ruth.
- the romance between val and ravus.
- dales descent into betrayal and desperation.
- forgiveness within family.
each of these was explored but just not to the full extent. i wanted more. if anything, i feel like there were too many minor plot points shoved into a short book. maybe this wouldve been more enjoyable if it was longer.
ravus felt like a wasted character. i would have liked to see more of him and her interacting and building their romance. it was so sudden - suddenly she is frothing over him and picturing his face while she does the deed with dale. suddenly, she is willing to go to great extents and battle mabry with a sword to get his heart back. where was the connection build up? i dont buy it. i couldnt even look past it and say "oh its just a fairytale". even prince charming had more of a build up than this.
side note, the whole cutting out the heart thing was so random? how did we get here. it started to feel really messy towards the end, and i feel like we were expected to just roll with it.
the character who was probably the most developed (not even much tho) is ruth. her coming back at the end and going through all the drama just to help her out was respectable, but also keep in mind she knew vals bf was sleeping w vals mum and didnt tell her...
this entire plot line feels like a fever dream. what even happened tbh? val catches her mum doin nasty things, runs away from home, cuts all her hair off, makes friends with people who live in a train tunnel and shoot fairy potions into their bloodstream (Never), falls into debt with a troll who she falls in love with, gets framed to be poisoning fae in the human world, fights mabry to steal a heart back, and brings her mans back to life, and forgives her mum. what in the rollercoaster of events.
felt like this could have had heaps more depth to it, similar to how i felt with tithe. except, this story just had too many disappointing elements to it.
in saying that, i do have higher hopes for book 3 (Ironside). maybe that will be a 3 star.
overall, i feel similarly to how i did with tithe - i dont recommend it, i dont not recommend it. if you wanna skip it then do it. i am only reading it because i need to know everything there is to know about everything.