Nothing Less by Anna Todd | Book Review

Nothing Less by Anna Todd

Reading Group: Anyone who has read Nothing More

Personal Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

Given Summary: Old School Manners
The hectic pace and noise of New York City don't stay on the surface: they get into you, affect you.  Landon Gibson has always been the nice guy, the one who would do anything for anyone -- selfless to a fault.  And while he's not on some mission to lose his innate kindness, he's realizing he needs to stick up for himself more, to figure out what he wants and not be shy about it.

Especially when dealing with an ex-girlfriend who runs hot and cold -- treating him badly one day, then proclaiming her need for him the next.  And maybe even more especially when faced with the mysterious Nora -- a girl with at least two names and  a thousand sides to her, some of which really want to jump him, some of which keep pulling her away.  

If there's a mystery at the core of these relationships, Landon also knows it's the mystery of finding a great life.  He just wants someone to call his own.  So here's to hoping that the battleground that is dating in New York isn't just a little too advanced to him. 

Cover: I really like how this cover has out of focus lights on it.  I think it gives it a great dimension and also shows off the yellow text nicely.

My Review: (Disclaimer before I get started on this review: I am writing this on Saturday, but my finals start on Monday (so yesterday for anyone reading this the day it goes live) and my brain is very preoccupied with the New Testament.  So I apologize if this review isn't very good, but to be fair I didn't even think I would get this posted this week) 
Oh my Landon!  He's just such a sweet guy, which we knew from all of the After books, but he lives up to it in his own stories as well.  However, he isn't quite as innocent has he was made out to be, and it's really not a bad thing.  I was so happy with the ending because Dakota was so annoying.  Some of the times I felt bad for her because her past wasn't the greatest, but most of the time she just did things that were mean for no reason.  Landon is one of those characters that everyone just loves and no one wants to see bad things happen to him.  So when bad or confusing things do happen to him, it's always interesting to see how it all pans out.  I thought this book was a great addition Anna Todd's novels.  I don't know if this is the last we'll read of these characters (I hope not.  I need Anna to release a bunch of shorts about what happens in the two years between Hardin visiting New York and Landon's wedding.  Even if it's just on Wattpad), but if it is I think it is a very nice ending to everything.  Stories like this remind us that everything really does work out in the end. 
A lot of this book is on Wattpad and even though I got super excited whenever I saw that it was updated, now that I've read the whole thing I wish more of it was left as a surprise for the paperback version.  I think if the Wattpad version ended before you found out Nora was married it would have made it better because that was the big plot twist.  Also it made the book feel shorter because once you got to the part that was new there was only about thirty pages left.  So yes, I loved that it was on Wattpad, but I wish less of it was revealed online.   

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Nothing More by Anna Todd | Book Review

Nothing More by Anna Todd

Reading Group: Anyone who read the After Series

Personal Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars

Given Summary: Living, Loving, And Growing Up In The Big City
New York's skyscrapers and hectic pace are a far cry from where Landon Gibson grew up, and the transition to New York University has been jarring.  But he's getting the hang of things, found a job that pays (some of) the bills, enjoys school, and only occasionally runs into his ex, Dakota.  You know, the one he chose NYU for . . . before she dumped him.

Luckily, his best friend, Tessa, shares a (terribly small) Brooklyn apartment with him.  And given the ups and downs she's had with her own ex, she's a good listener* when he finds himself in something of a love triangle -- a love knot?  Whatever it is, it's a mess.  An exciting mess.  Maybe even an addicting mess, because beautiful girls.

Being young and finding your way in the world is hard.  Landon's always been a positive person.  But in such a loud, demanding city so far away from home means you only get by with a little help from your friends.  And a good pair of headphones.

Landon's going to be okay . . . but the journey sure will be fun to watch.    

*This is weird to me because Landon doesn't talk to her about it much at all.  He actually chooses to keep her out of it because he knows she's in a weird place with Hardin.

Cover: This cover doesn't really have anything to do with the actual book, but it is very pretty.  And it looks like when someone takes a picture of a light, with the out of focus circles that form, which could maybe represent the lights of New York City.

My Review:  Oh sweet, beautiful Landon, what did you get yourself into?  This new book by Anna Todd follows Landon as he tries to navigate old and new flames . . . who hate each other . . . and are roommates.  Small world we live in.  First off, Nora is definitely who Landon ends up with and Dakota is definitely bagging Aiden.  I think this way because at Landon's wedding in After Ever Happy there's something about the bride's sister, but Dakota doesn't have a sister, so it can't be her and Nora does have a sister.  Also the Dakota and Aiden thing is something I have a hunch about because they know each other and she spun for him at the beginning of the book and there's a moment when Landon notices his hickeys and why would Todd bother putting that in the book if it was nothing.  Landon is so sweet, but he's holding onto the past whenever he's with Dakota.  It's all he thinks about.  How they used to do something and memories from Michigan, but the memories are from five years ago and they're different people and it's time to move on.  Which is something I think is really hard for Landon because he is one who loves someone forever, but I think he needs to realize that the love he has for Dakota is no longer romantic love, but more familial love.  Although it hasn't gotten into a lot of detail yet, it is clear that he and Dakota have been through things that will make them permanently linked, it doesn't mean they need to end up married.  It will be interesting to see how it plays out in Nothing Less.  Plus, how perfect would it be for Landon t end up with a pastry chef when he's mom was also a great baker and Landon is the first to admit that's she's one of his best friends.  I think Nora is exactly who Landon needs to get out of his own head and move past Michigan and Washington.   
Although this is the beginning of a new series and you don't necessarily need to read the After Series to read this book I definitely think that you should.  It just helps to know more about Tessa's situation and how she and Landon got to New York.  This book is definitely a slower pace than those books as well, but Landon is not Hessa in any way so that makes sense, but it kind of a shock to move from those books to this one.    

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