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But She Is My Student
Miss Katherine Spicer started her first day at Coldfield Comprehensive, confident, enthusiastic and very well qualified; that was until she met the eyes of the student sat hidden in the corner of her classroom. Kat’s final weekend of freedom was about to turn her life upside down and threaten everything she had been working for; how was she to know those mesmerising green eyes would reappear here?
Great lesbian chick lit.
A cross between Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller and Sugar Rush by Julie Birchill.
But She Is My Student follows the journey of Miss Katherine Spicer in her first year of teaching at Coldfield Comprehensive School. She is a gorgeous, intelligent young woman hailed as a fantastic teacher whose two best friends have to keep her spirit alive when she is faced with an impossible situation. How was she to know the woman she kissed would turn up in her A Level History class?
The novel deals with the many issues of sexuality in a gripping, yet funny manner, pulling the reader back into a world of teenage nostalgia and school day memories.
Great lesbian chick lit.
But She Is My Student will make you laugh out loud and have you crying out for the fairytale ending.
A really fantastic lesbian novel that will also appeal to the avid chick lit reader.
Great lesbian chick lit.
A cross between Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller and Sugar Rush by Julie Birchill.
But She Is My Student follows the journey of Miss Katherine Spicer in her first year of teaching at Coldfield Comprehensive School. She is a gorgeous, intelligent young woman hailed as a fantastic teacher whose two best friends have to keep her spirit alive when she is faced with an impossible situation. How was she to know the woman she kissed would turn up in her A Level History class?
The novel deals with the many issues of sexuality in a gripping, yet funny manner, pulling the reader back into a world of teenage nostalgia and school day memories.
Great lesbian chick lit.
But She Is My Student will make you laugh out loud and have you crying out for the fairytale ending.
A really fantastic lesbian novel that will also appeal to the avid chick lit reader.
299 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2012
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About the author
Kiki Archer
17 books282 followersLambda Literary Award finalist and Polari First Book Prize judge, Kiki Archer is the UK-based author of ten best-selling, award-winning novels.
Ranking highly on the Guardian newspaper’s Pride Power List and the Diva Pride Power List in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Kiki’s ‘chick-lit with a lady-loving twist’ has reached a mainstream audience now embracing stories with lesbian leads.
Kiki has won a SoSoGay Best Book Award, a National Indie Excellence Award, a Gold Global eBook Award, a Diva Literary Award and three Ultimate Planet Awards. She was a Distinguished Favourite in the New York Big Book Awards, a Distinguished Favourite in the Independent Press Awards, a Finalist in the NIEA Awards, a Finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards and has received two Honourable Mentions in the Rainbow Awards.
In 2018 Kiki won Best Author at the Waldorf’s star-studded Diva Awards.
In 2019 The Independent newspaper ranked Kiki #43 in their Top 100 celebrated LGBT+ people.
Ranking highly on the Guardian newspaper’s Pride Power List and the Diva Pride Power List in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Kiki’s ‘chick-lit with a lady-loving twist’ has reached a mainstream audience now embracing stories with lesbian leads.
Kiki has won a SoSoGay Best Book Award, a National Indie Excellence Award, a Gold Global eBook Award, a Diva Literary Award and three Ultimate Planet Awards. She was a Distinguished Favourite in the New York Big Book Awards, a Distinguished Favourite in the Independent Press Awards, a Finalist in the NIEA Awards, a Finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards and has received two Honourable Mentions in the Rainbow Awards.
In 2018 Kiki won Best Author at the Waldorf’s star-studded Diva Awards.
In 2019 The Independent newspaper ranked Kiki #43 in their Top 100 celebrated LGBT+ people.
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April 13, 2013
Amazon and Smashwords both have an excellent money-saving feature: the downloadable preview. I've successfully avoided shelling out for a number of books by reading the preview and judging that the book would be a waste of money. Having read some excited blog comments about Kiki Archer, I decided to check out the preview for But She is My Student, and thereby saved myself the cost of the book. Thank you Amazon.
My main quibble with this book was the amateurish writing style: it read like something one of the sixth form students would produce. The pop culture references, the focus on the appearance of the characters, the clumsy way in which the bitchy teachers are described... it reminded me of bad fan fiction or stories written at school. The punctuation errors (too many apostrophes, not enough commas) added to this impression. Kat, the main character, is one of those perfect humanoids who has somehow managed to go through life without realizing that she has the perfect body, perfect looks, and perfect personality (the more books I read about these perfect people, the more sure I am that they do not exist). This extract from near the beginning of the book demonstrates just about everything I dislike in the author's style:
Bleurgh. A "chatty" or informal narrative style can work in some contexts, but here--particularly coupled with the poor sentence structure--it sounds immature and amateurish. Perhaps the author needs to go back to school and study English lit!
My main quibble with this book was the amateurish writing style: it read like something one of the sixth form students would produce. The pop culture references, the focus on the appearance of the characters, the clumsy way in which the bitchy teachers are described... it reminded me of bad fan fiction or stories written at school. The punctuation errors (too many apostrophes, not enough commas) added to this impression. Kat, the main character, is one of those perfect humanoids who has somehow managed to go through life without realizing that she has the perfect body, perfect looks, and perfect personality (the more books I read about these perfect people, the more sure I am that they do not exist). This extract from near the beginning of the book demonstrates just about everything I dislike in the author's style:
Ben skilfully manoeuvred Lucy into the reverse cowgirl and they started riding each other once again. Another position, another fantastic chance to feel Ben’s enormous manhood reaching places Lucy never knew she had. She could not believe it, she was in complete heaven. Kat had failed to describe Ben’s generous good looks, the way his bushy blonde hair stuck out slightly at the sides, the way his full lips and strong chin drew your eye, how his biceps pushed against the fabric of his black short sleeved shirt. At 5ft 9 and muscly Lucy struggled to find a man who would dominate her, overpower her and take control. Well now as Ben lifted her across to the top of her wooden chest of drawers she realised she had. She could see his firm arse in the mirror moving in and out, perfectly timed to accentuate her every pulse. She screamed, he had done it again, it was her third orgasm of the night.
Bleurgh. A "chatty" or informal narrative style can work in some contexts, but here--particularly coupled with the poor sentence structure--it sounds immature and amateurish. Perhaps the author needs to go back to school and study English lit!
October 21, 2019
This book took me by surprise. I didn’t expect to care so much about the characters, and had to pace myself so I’d be in the right headspace to keep listening. Teacher/student stories often make me uncomfortable because of the power imbalance, mostly. I’ve wanted to read this book for a while but both that worry and the mixed reviews kept me away. Let’s be clear : I was wrong. The relationship between Kat and Freya is handled with intelligence and sensitivity.
Katherine Spicer is enjoying her last evening out as a student before starting her career as a teacher in a couple of days. She meets Freya and soon kisses her. Freya disappears and when she next sees her, the whole game has changed : the younger woman is one of her students.
Freya is trying to come to terms with the idea that she might be a lesbian. Her first kiss with a woman has exceeded all expectations and finding out a few days later that the woman she can’t get out her mind is her new history teacher crushes her. But Kat takes her job and responsibilities very seriously, despite the undeniable feelings growing between them. Then Freya’s friend Bea confesses her love for her.
More than a teacher / student story, But She Is My Student is about doing the right thing and holding on to your principles. The age gap is minimal (Freya turns eighteen at the start of the book and Katherine is twenty-two, I think), both women share the same interests, so the only thing preventing them from being together is the teacher / student relationship. Which makes for great angst, obviously.
I thought Kiki Archer did a great job on Freya’s struggle with her identity, labels, desires and all that. In some of the reviews I read, the reviewers complained about how Freya uses Bea when she’s obviously in love with Kat. Yeah well, Freya’s eighteen, she’s in love with someone whith whom a relationship seems utterly impossible and there’s this beautiful, smart and sweet girl who obviously wants her and to whom she’s kinda attracted too. I’m not expecting teenagers and yound adults to act in mature ways in real life, so why would I expect it from them in fiction? I know 40-year-olds who are way less mature about love and all than Freya. And also, I liked Bea a lot less by the end of the story.
The other thing I liked but others didn’t is how important Kat’s best friends and roommates are to the story. They take a lot of space and I can see how some readers might not be that interested in what’s happening in their lives. I guess I could have done without knowing so much about Lucy’s boyfriend’s manhood, yet it also makes them more real, more substantial. What they go through matters to Kat so it’s part of the story. It also doesn’t hurt that Lucy reminded me so much of Bubble from Absolutely Fabulous.
There’s a sequel to this story, which I hope I’ll find time to read soon, as I’m not totally ready to let go of Kat and Freya.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Katherine Spicer is enjoying her last evening out as a student before starting her career as a teacher in a couple of days. She meets Freya and soon kisses her. Freya disappears and when she next sees her, the whole game has changed : the younger woman is one of her students.
Freya is trying to come to terms with the idea that she might be a lesbian. Her first kiss with a woman has exceeded all expectations and finding out a few days later that the woman she can’t get out her mind is her new history teacher crushes her. But Kat takes her job and responsibilities very seriously, despite the undeniable feelings growing between them. Then Freya’s friend Bea confesses her love for her.
More than a teacher / student story, But She Is My Student is about doing the right thing and holding on to your principles. The age gap is minimal (Freya turns eighteen at the start of the book and Katherine is twenty-two, I think), both women share the same interests, so the only thing preventing them from being together is the teacher / student relationship. Which makes for great angst, obviously.
I thought Kiki Archer did a great job on Freya’s struggle with her identity, labels, desires and all that. In some of the reviews I read, the reviewers complained about how Freya uses Bea when she’s obviously in love with Kat. Yeah well, Freya’s eighteen, she’s in love with someone whith whom a relationship seems utterly impossible and there’s this beautiful, smart and sweet girl who obviously wants her and to whom she’s kinda attracted too. I’m not expecting teenagers and yound adults to act in mature ways in real life, so why would I expect it from them in fiction? I know 40-year-olds who are way less mature about love and all than Freya. And also, I liked Bea a lot less by the end of the story.
The other thing I liked but others didn’t is how important Kat’s best friends and roommates are to the story. They take a lot of space and I can see how some readers might not be that interested in what’s happening in their lives. I guess I could have done without knowing so much about Lucy’s boyfriend’s manhood, yet it also makes them more real, more substantial. What they go through matters to Kat so it’s part of the story. It also doesn’t hurt that Lucy reminded me so much of Bubble from Absolutely Fabulous.
There’s a sequel to this story, which I hope I’ll find time to read soon, as I’m not totally ready to let go of Kat and Freya.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
June 10, 2018
Excellent
I've read all of this author's books several times, but never it seems left a review. I've already recommended them to several friends but now I'm gonna recommend them to you. This book will make you laugh, cry, be frustrated and shout at the screen. It's easy to get involved with the characters as the author is very clear who is the good, the bad and the down right ugly. Really well written and I bet you'll find yourself on a journey back to secondary school. It's fun, it's witty and it grabs you from word one. Enjoy. I did.
I love this book and just gets better every time I read it.
I've read all of this author's books several times, but never it seems left a review. I've already recommended them to several friends but now I'm gonna recommend them to you. This book will make you laugh, cry, be frustrated and shout at the screen. It's easy to get involved with the characters as the author is very clear who is the good, the bad and the down right ugly. Really well written and I bet you'll find yourself on a journey back to secondary school. It's fun, it's witty and it grabs you from word one. Enjoy. I did.
I love this book and just gets better every time I read it.
July 9, 2019
I was hesitant to read this one after reading all the mixed reviews. But it was really quite good, with some surprisingly laugh out loud moments. On to book 2.
June 8, 2021
A lovely story that is well told, put into context as life goes on for friends, family etc. A teacher / pupil relationship though author at pains to point out the age difference is small, smaller than everyother relationship. Read this as part one, as brick wall ending for start of Part 2 (Instigations.) Recommended.
November 6, 2022
3 stars. Was in the mood for something that would remind me of the film Loving Annabelle this did in a way but it wasn’t as good. I didn’t like the writing style however I was thoroughly entertained with this book as a whole. It’s funny, and dramatic and is much lighter of a read than I was expecting given that the relationship is student/teacher. I thought Kat and Freya were interesting characters if not hot messes as individuals. They had good chemistry and I liked how this ended. I will definitely be reading the sequel because I hear that it’s better than this one so I’m interested to see what happens next.
December 5, 2014
I think I had too high expectations about this teacher-student romance but this story disappointed me, unfortunately. I didn’t feel the emotions/feelings nor did I really believed them. So, I think that when neither you feel connected nor can you empathize with the characters, it's quite hard to care enough about the story. This is what happened to me with this book. I can’t recommend it since I didn’t enjoy it but who knows, maybe you will.
2.5
2.5
March 7, 2018
I really liked the book.
I Felt the characters came across a lot older than they were supposed to be and perhaps they were a little too “perfect” but other than that, I enjoyed it.
I Felt the characters came across a lot older than they were supposed to be and perhaps they were a little too “perfect” but other than that, I enjoyed it.
June 2, 2012
Newly qualified teacher, Miss Katherine Spicer got quite a shock on her first day of teaching in her new school. Sitting hidden in the corner is Freya Elton. Freya is the woman Kat met at a gay bar over the weekend. Freya is the woman Kat kissed heatedly. Freya is the woman that just disappeared. Now here she is, as large as life sitting in Kat’s class. Freya is Kat’s student. Will Kat’s career be over before it’s even begun?
Freya Elton is a student in her final year at school. Freya is confused about her sexuality. However, she’s not confused about her feelings for Kat. Just that one evening and the kisses they both shared has been playing on Freya’s mind ever since.
In spite of how Kat feels, she knows she must push Freya away. Forget the kisses they shared that are seared into her brain. Although both Kat and Freya know they can’t take things any further, it doesn’t dampen their feelings for each other. But Kat can’t and won’t allow anything to interfere with her career. If only Kat would give Freya a small sign that she is interested, Freya would wait for ever. But Kat shows complete indifference. Will Freya win Kat over?
I came across this book quite by chance. I decided to buy the book on impulse. I’m delighted that I did.
This book is really well written, the storyline is both serious and humorous. Kiki Archer has taken a subject that could be potentially explosive. The teacher/student scenario. Kiki has handled this topic in a really excellent way. Although at the beginning I was rooting for Kat and Freya to be together, I had hoped that that the teacher/student code of conduct would not be breached, leaving the story compromised. I needn’t have worried though. The story that follows has the characters acting within the boundaries of the teacher/student code. The age gap between Kat and Freya isn’t great and if one or the other had been in a different job, a relationship between the two would not have created any problems. I’ve added this before anyone thinks this is a story involving minors.
The interaction between the two main characters was superb. I had to keep turning the pages to find out what happens to them. They are backed up with a great cast of supporting characters. Kat’s friends, Lucy and her boyfriend Ben, Jess and her boyfriend Gary. Even Bea and the two nasty school teachers, Miss Pity and Miss Mews all added to progressing the story along in a nicely paced manner.
There was just one thing I didn’t like about this book. The hetero sex scene between Lucy and Ben. Yes, we all know it happens, but this is a lesbian book. I felt that it was uncalled for and could have been alluded to. Fortunately there wasn’t too much of it.
I got a huge surprise when Bea’s secrets were revealed. It was a brilliant twist, I didn’t see it coming.
The ending was a little sudden, I would have loved to have read a bit more of what happens next. But as there is a sequel being written, I guess I’ll have to wait.
All in all, this is a wonderful debut book with some equally wonderful characters, written by an exciting new author. Definitely a re-read, definitely an author to watch out for.
Freya Elton is a student in her final year at school. Freya is confused about her sexuality. However, she’s not confused about her feelings for Kat. Just that one evening and the kisses they both shared has been playing on Freya’s mind ever since.
In spite of how Kat feels, she knows she must push Freya away. Forget the kisses they shared that are seared into her brain. Although both Kat and Freya know they can’t take things any further, it doesn’t dampen their feelings for each other. But Kat can’t and won’t allow anything to interfere with her career. If only Kat would give Freya a small sign that she is interested, Freya would wait for ever. But Kat shows complete indifference. Will Freya win Kat over?
I came across this book quite by chance. I decided to buy the book on impulse. I’m delighted that I did.
This book is really well written, the storyline is both serious and humorous. Kiki Archer has taken a subject that could be potentially explosive. The teacher/student scenario. Kiki has handled this topic in a really excellent way. Although at the beginning I was rooting for Kat and Freya to be together, I had hoped that that the teacher/student code of conduct would not be breached, leaving the story compromised. I needn’t have worried though. The story that follows has the characters acting within the boundaries of the teacher/student code. The age gap between Kat and Freya isn’t great and if one or the other had been in a different job, a relationship between the two would not have created any problems. I’ve added this before anyone thinks this is a story involving minors.
The interaction between the two main characters was superb. I had to keep turning the pages to find out what happens to them. They are backed up with a great cast of supporting characters. Kat’s friends, Lucy and her boyfriend Ben, Jess and her boyfriend Gary. Even Bea and the two nasty school teachers, Miss Pity and Miss Mews all added to progressing the story along in a nicely paced manner.
There was just one thing I didn’t like about this book. The hetero sex scene between Lucy and Ben. Yes, we all know it happens, but this is a lesbian book. I felt that it was uncalled for and could have been alluded to. Fortunately there wasn’t too much of it.
I got a huge surprise when Bea’s secrets were revealed. It was a brilliant twist, I didn’t see it coming.
The ending was a little sudden, I would have loved to have read a bit more of what happens next. But as there is a sequel being written, I guess I’ll have to wait.
All in all, this is a wonderful debut book with some equally wonderful characters, written by an exciting new author. Definitely a re-read, definitely an author to watch out for.
October 25, 2015
I couldn't read more than a few chapters. I think one of the problems I had with the book was not being the target audience: what turned me off from the first pages might be typical chicklit - the little I am familiar with it:
* There are tidbits of physical descriptions in places that seemed awkward to me (for example, in a scene from the main character's PoV, there is a bit about bracelets on the best friend's "slightly plump wrist", which felt jarring to me - it seems both unnecessary for the reader to know this and just weird: it seems a detail one would notice about someone new, not someone so familiar as their best friend.)
* The physical descriptions tend to be casually and meanly unflattering for most women, which made me instantly dislike the main character who seems to be actively blaming and despising women for not being stylish, beautiful, young, or more like her. But the worst scene has to be one where one of the Lead Bitch's friends describes herself only to make a point how she is beautiful, but not as beautiful and attention-worthy as the main character, who is such a better person all around but not even aware of it u guise! This is parody-level awful.
* There is a LOT of praising of the main character's staggering amazing epicness. This bothered me in 3 ways. First, it's definitely overkill, bordering on Mary Sue levels of embarrassment. Then, it comes from all possible sources, requiring quick switches of PoV for no other reason than for someone to wax lyrical about this superwoman; I'm not a fan of this writing style. Plus, it stinks of lack of "show, don't tell": we just jump to a character who tells us how impressed with the main character they are. For example, not only are the students are floored by her amazingness, but this is described in excruciating paragraphs which completely overshadow the very little we got of her class that created this reaction.
* The leads meet and instantly kiss and it's The Best Ever. Not literally bumping into each other and taking advantage of it in a moment of lust. No, they meet and exchange a few non-noteworthy lines, then verbalize an overwhelming urge to kiss each other, I assume because they are just so hot, so they do kiss and it is amazing (of course) and the previously bicurious (I'm being generous here) teenager is instantly floored by The Best Kiss of Her Life. Then she is dragged away due to Lesbian Ex Drama by her cousin. Boringly, this is just in time for the sad attempt at conflict to be created ("Oh noes, I've kissed my student/teacher! Now we will be attracted to each other, but there is a line we cannot cross.") but before it can become TOO much for this book ("Crap, I had sex with a stranger and she is my underage student. What now?")
Those specific caveats aside, the writing is just all-around bad and I can't remember one scene or even one line I liked. I read a lot of lesbian fiction, including YA books, but this one has nothing going for it. Nothing at all. You can read better fanfics out there.
* There are tidbits of physical descriptions in places that seemed awkward to me (for example, in a scene from the main character's PoV, there is a bit about bracelets on the best friend's "slightly plump wrist", which felt jarring to me - it seems both unnecessary for the reader to know this and just weird: it seems a detail one would notice about someone new, not someone so familiar as their best friend.)
* The physical descriptions tend to be casually and meanly unflattering for most women, which made me instantly dislike the main character who seems to be actively blaming and despising women for not being stylish, beautiful, young, or more like her. But the worst scene has to be one where one of the Lead Bitch's friends describes herself only to make a point how she is beautiful, but not as beautiful and attention-worthy as the main character, who is such a better person all around but not even aware of it u guise! This is parody-level awful.
* There is a LOT of praising of the main character's staggering amazing epicness. This bothered me in 3 ways. First, it's definitely overkill, bordering on Mary Sue levels of embarrassment. Then, it comes from all possible sources, requiring quick switches of PoV for no other reason than for someone to wax lyrical about this superwoman; I'm not a fan of this writing style. Plus, it stinks of lack of "show, don't tell": we just jump to a character who tells us how impressed with the main character they are. For example, not only are the students are floored by her amazingness, but this is described in excruciating paragraphs which completely overshadow the very little we got of her class that created this reaction.
* The leads meet and instantly kiss and it's The Best Ever. Not literally bumping into each other and taking advantage of it in a moment of lust. No, they meet and exchange a few non-noteworthy lines, then verbalize an overwhelming urge to kiss each other, I assume because they are just so hot, so they do kiss and it is amazing (of course) and the previously bicurious (I'm being generous here) teenager is instantly floored by The Best Kiss of Her Life. Then she is dragged away due to Lesbian Ex Drama by her cousin. Boringly, this is just in time for the sad attempt at conflict to be created ("Oh noes, I've kissed my student/teacher! Now we will be attracted to each other, but there is a line we cannot cross.") but before it can become TOO much for this book ("Crap, I had sex with a stranger and she is my underage student. What now?")
Those specific caveats aside, the writing is just all-around bad and I can't remember one scene or even one line I liked. I read a lot of lesbian fiction, including YA books, but this one has nothing going for it. Nothing at all. You can read better fanfics out there.
September 3, 2012
I just re-read this book and was reminded of how much i loved it the first time. My first review though, i seriously struggled with having to lower it to 4 stars because i was angry at the abrupt ending. I'm reassessing that and going back to giving it 5 stars. It's one of my favorite books, memorable, and one you'll want to read again. The writing is brilliant and funny and there's not a boring part in the entire plot... AND the sequel just came out (which i'm hoping will help me with the abrupt ending i mentioned). So yes, this book is 5 stars.
The author has done such a GREAT job of building these characters and having fun with them, that even the tension is enjoyable. I actually laughed (seriously) out loud, in the scene where lucy has to dive over jess who is sneaking around on all fours and who ends up feet up in the air "like a dead ant". what a fun book and i loved these characters!! if you are concerned about any ethical conflicts of old teacher sleeping with a student, don't worry. that issue is handled with class (plus they are only like 3 or 4 years apart in age).
you will have to wait until the end for any alluded to resolution. And then are given very little. Fortunately the build-up and background and characters make it enjoyable. and there's a sequel. i Love this author!
plot/writing: 5 stars
editing: 4 stars (the ebook format was kinda skewed)
character development: 5 stars
hot and steamy: 5 stars (but kinda scarce, wish there were more interactions)
this book is a bargain and i doubt anyone will regret adding it to their library.
The author has done such a GREAT job of building these characters and having fun with them, that even the tension is enjoyable. I actually laughed (seriously) out loud, in the scene where lucy has to dive over jess who is sneaking around on all fours and who ends up feet up in the air "like a dead ant". what a fun book and i loved these characters!! if you are concerned about any ethical conflicts of old teacher sleeping with a student, don't worry. that issue is handled with class (plus they are only like 3 or 4 years apart in age).
you will have to wait until the end for any alluded to resolution. And then are given very little. Fortunately the build-up and background and characters make it enjoyable. and there's a sequel. i Love this author!
plot/writing: 5 stars
editing: 4 stars (the ebook format was kinda skewed)
character development: 5 stars
hot and steamy: 5 stars (but kinda scarce, wish there were more interactions)
this book is a bargain and i doubt anyone will regret adding it to their library.
January 2, 2019
I loved this!!!!
Everything about this story just appealed to me, as I knew it would when I first discovered the book. Kiki Archer has very cleverly taken a controversial subject and in turn created a wonderful, romantic, tense story. She has highlighted the consequences, and carefully explored all avenues for these two characters whilst keeping the relationship fresh and exciting.
I loved the vivid secondary school descriptions, often reminded of my own experiences at school and having a good chuckle.
The subplots running alongside the intense story of Kat and Freya, were brilliant and really added to the whole story. I really can’t wait to see how this is adapted for a film, and know I can’t wait to see it too!
Everything about this story just appealed to me, as I knew it would when I first discovered the book. Kiki Archer has very cleverly taken a controversial subject and in turn created a wonderful, romantic, tense story. She has highlighted the consequences, and carefully explored all avenues for these two characters whilst keeping the relationship fresh and exciting.
I loved the vivid secondary school descriptions, often reminded of my own experiences at school and having a good chuckle.
The subplots running alongside the intense story of Kat and Freya, were brilliant and really added to the whole story. I really can’t wait to see how this is adapted for a film, and know I can’t wait to see it too!
March 6, 2013
I liked the story but I hated the heterosexual sex scenes. When I buy a lesbian book, I want a lesbian book. I'm not interested in sex between heterosexual characters.
October 26, 2019
3.5 🌟
July 15, 2014
I accidently stumbled across this book, I'm so glad I did!!!
But she is my student is not your typical girl like girl book. Instead it takes us on a journey with Ms sexy Spicer (yes I have crush on a fictional character) a history teacher, who finds herself kissing her student one night unbeknown to her.
Kiki doesn't only focus the book solely on Kat, but those who are close to her too. We get an insight into Kat's work life as well as her home life. I can't recommend this book enough. I've never spoken to a book so much in my life as much as I did with but she is my student. It's one of those books where you can't help but comment as your reading, especially when you just want them to get together right from the offset. The beautiful thing about this book is the lead up, do they or don't they??? The only regret I have is that I read this book in one night. I wish I had slowed down a little, but I couldn't help it I was hooked!!
But she is my student is not your typical girl like girl book. Instead it takes us on a journey with Ms sexy Spicer (yes I have crush on a fictional character) a history teacher, who finds herself kissing her student one night unbeknown to her.
Kiki doesn't only focus the book solely on Kat, but those who are close to her too. We get an insight into Kat's work life as well as her home life. I can't recommend this book enough. I've never spoken to a book so much in my life as much as I did with but she is my student. It's one of those books where you can't help but comment as your reading, especially when you just want them to get together right from the offset. The beautiful thing about this book is the lead up, do they or don't they??? The only regret I have is that I read this book in one night. I wish I had slowed down a little, but I couldn't help it I was hooked!!
March 28, 2018
I didn't really enjoy this book. It was a long read for me (meaning it took forever to read for lack of interest). It is very British and difficult to understand at times. There is a brief kiss in chapter one and the rest of the book is foreplay.
May 9, 2014
I thought there was was waaay too much until needed detritus in this. I skimmed to the parts about Freya and Kat. Im currently reading the sequal and so far its Much better!
June 27, 2014
Good book. Only complaint is that the first 95% of the book was foreplay!! LOL
July 24, 2017
There was a big build up for nothing much... I enjoyed the characters but it was becoming very repetitive.
October 21, 2012
First off I should say that I enjoyed this book a lot. A friend recommended it and although I was a bit uneasy about the subject matter I got a copy and read the whole thing in a couple of days. The characters are believable (apart from the head teacher) and the story was an interesting new angle on the pupil-student scenario that has cropped up several times in novels and on TV. All the way through I couldn't help but wonder what would really happen if someone found themselves in the position that Kat was in at the start of the book, and although I'm pretty sure that Kat does enough things wrong throughout the book to have at least been asked to resign, if not be kicked out of education altogether, the situation and her response to it was very believable. My gripes with the story are twofold, though. One is that the ending - like other people have said - seems very hurried, when I wanted it to build up a little more. The other is all the grammatical errors which litter the pages. There were so many missing or misplaced apostrophes, missing hyphens and spelling mistakes that after a while I started to focus more on them than on the story itself. If these things don't bother you then great, but I find them distracting and I can't help but think that this is where having an established publisher has a huge advantage over self-publishing. I really hope that Kiki Archer found a good proof reader before writing the sequel!
November 25, 2015
I cant give this book a higher rating because ive read better written books that ive given 2 stars to. With the premise, this should have been a great book! Im so disappointed since a teacher-student romance should be really exciting and all. There were moments that were good, but man it was really hard to like this one. The story was okay but It wasn't written well at all - I dont know what the editor was thinking. The conversations were too stiff and robotic making me feel bad for the characters. Im not hard to please but this one was a real let down. Im not sure if i can survive the writing of the 2nd book, maybe after a while.
September 9, 2015
This book has some issues. I read it almost in one shot, so I cannot say I didn't like it, but still it has issues.
One of the main character Kat is really, really too passive. The reader feels with her and feels for her, but, come on, girl, do something! Your nihilism is exasperating.
Also, I had some problems to follow the narrative thread, because of the frequent, unexpected change of point of view.
And I didn't find Kat's friends really endearing.
Feelings of the main characaters are the strenght of this novel. I felt for them.
One of the main character Kat is really, really too passive. The reader feels with her and feels for her, but, come on, girl, do something! Your nihilism is exasperating.
Also, I had some problems to follow the narrative thread, because of the frequent, unexpected change of point of view.
And I didn't find Kat's friends really endearing.
Feelings of the main characaters are the strenght of this novel. I felt for them.
August 27, 2012
Very, Very Good - A*
Loved the setting, it was so English and so pitch perfect.
You must check out the author Kiki Archer's website:
http://www.kikiarcher.com/
Already downloaded the sequel Instigations and cannot wait to find out about how Kat and Freya's relationship develops.
Bravo
Loved the setting, it was so English and so pitch perfect.
You must check out the author Kiki Archer's website:
http://www.kikiarcher.com/
Already downloaded the sequel Instigations and cannot wait to find out about how Kat and Freya's relationship develops.
Bravo
December 8, 2020
There is something about a teacher-student relationship that makes the whole idea really intriguing. This was what got me started on this book and I did get my kicks from it. I'm not sure if "fulfilling" is the correct word for me but I truly enjoyed watching Freya push Kat and for Kat to finally give in to her own feelings at the end.
April 3, 2017
The author did a great job of taking a taboo scenario and running with it to flesh out a story worth reading. Really enjoyed the book, overall. I received a lot of chiding from my partner for the title alone but it was worth it. Recommend reading this and the sequel 'Instigations'.
November 11, 2014
it was an okay book but why did Bea had to turn into the 'psycho lesbian' she was fine half-way thorough the book it's like the author was trying to add forced drama she could've given her a happy ending
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August 2, 2013
The story was alright and the second half was a lot better than the first. I really enjoyed the character development. I did however find the books ending to be very rushed
September 1, 2013
Ok story, bad writing and weak ending.
February 2, 2018
Student teacher/inappropriate relationship, slow build, but found myself wanting this relationship to happen. Character's generally not believable but a entertaing read.
July 20, 2019
This one was hard to follow as point of views from too many characters and unimportant characters in same sections. I did finish but hard to do.
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