Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum | Book Review


Reading Group: High School+  

Personal Rating:  5 out of 5 Stars

Synopsis: Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. It’s been barely two years since her mother’s death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to live with her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son, and to start at a new school where she knows no one.

Just when she’s thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?


In a leap of faith—or an act of complete desperation—Jessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie can’t help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved?


Cover: This cover has waffles (Jessie's favorite word and SN's favorite food) shaped like hearts and in the background are parts of their conversations.

My Review: When I read the back of this book I was afraid SN was going to end up being the Stepbrother, and I really did not want it to be him.  I was scared that would mean that either her stepbrother was just trying to be nice and there wouldn't be any type of romance angle in the story or her stepbrother had a crush on her, and I didn't know how that could be something I would feel okay about.  However, it ends up not being Theo, and he's gay so no worries.  I really enjoyed this book because it was charming, just a classmate trying to help the new girl out.  Of course, it does end up to mean a little bit more than that by the end, but I loved that too. 
Jessie is still feeling the sting of losing her mom, and then her dad uproots her and moves her to California and into a new family.  No one feels completely comfortable in the situation, but there's nothing Jessie can do about it.  So when someone reaches out to her, Jessie decides to trust that it isn't a mean joke being pulled on her and relies on SN to be her friend and guide as she makes her way through a new school.  However, Jessie also learns that she's not the only one adjusting to a new life.  Her best friend in Chicago is left with the kids she grew up with chose not to be friends with, which I think might be almost as hard as being a new kid.  
Jessie learns that the only thing you can do in this life is to keep moving forward.  Because eventually, everything will fall into place.  It may take a new family, new school, some anonymous messages, a band, and an upset best friend, but it will work out.  This book is funny and something I would definitely recommend you check out when you're looking for your next book.  


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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Come Away with Me by Kristen Proby | Book Review


Reading Group: M for Mature 

Personal Rating:  3 out of 5 Stars

Synopsis: Being confronted on the beach by a sexy stranger wasn't part of Natalie Conner's plans for a peaceful morning taking photos. And why on earth would he think she's taking pictures of him, anyway? Who is he? One thing’s for sure, he’s hot, and incredibly romantic, feeding Natalie’s wounded soul. Luke Williams just wants the world to give him a break, so seeing yet another camera aimed at his face has him ready to pounce on the beauty behind the lens. When he finds out she has no idea who he is, he's intrigued and more than a little tempted by her. Natalie has a body made for sex, a sassy mouth and Luke can’t get enough of her, but he’s not ready to tell her who he really his. Natalie is a no nonsense girl who doesn’t do well with lies and secrets. What will happen to this new relationship when she discovers what Luke’s hiding?

Cover: The cover of this book is actually a lot more sexual than I originally thought because I had it on my phone so it was a lot smaller.  Anyway, it depicts Natalie and Luke with Seattle underneath their image.

My Review: This was another free iBook that I downloaded in order to be able to read before bed without having to keep a light on since I have a college roommate who probably wouldn't appreciate me reading until 1am.  When I first started reading it I really enjoyed it.  I liked that the characters didn't dwell on their arguments and were able to reconcile quickly.  However, after the incident in Tahiti when the resort employee tried to attack Natalie (which I think would have been a little more suspenseful if Luke wasn't one room over) the story just kind of flatlined.  Not that there was anything wrong with the two of them being happy, but as I was reading I kept thinking that something had to be coming and the deeper into the story I got the more I realized that a bunch of stuff was about to happen at once.  And it did.  The two of them get engaged after only knowing each other for two months, which I know everyone probably has an opinion on, but that didn't bother me too much, but then Luke is scene with his ex-girlfriend, Natalie finds out she's pregnant, and Luke gets in a car crash.  All within like 20 pages.  For me, it wasn't even that all these things happened it was just that they all happened so close together that i felt like the author was overcorrecting for all the happy times the couple had.  I wish Luke was caught with his ex-girlfriend before he and Natalie got engaged because why would he propose and then immediately start an affair with his ex?  I think if these events were more spread out the book would have been more interesting to read.  


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