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Liv, in the Moment
It's tough out there for a girl with body issues. Especially when the guy who's always ranked on the Hot-List likes to make jokes about your physique. Liv is pretty sure she hates him, but when she sees him endure something no person ever should, their relationship is changed forever.
She has known Connor for years, but in one heart-stopping moment, she realizes she never really knew him at all. Suddenly, he's in her life, every day, in ways she'd never imagined, and all the complicated feelings she felt with him, become something she is forced to deal with.
From junior to senior year, Liv grows in both body and mind as she faces the harsher realities of life. From changing friendships to burgeoning relationships, one thing stays the trying to understand the confusing behavior of a guy who is so much more than just a casual friend.
She has known Connor for years, but in one heart-stopping moment, she realizes she never really knew him at all. Suddenly, he's in her life, every day, in ways she'd never imagined, and all the complicated feelings she felt with him, become something she is forced to deal with.
From junior to senior year, Liv grows in both body and mind as she faces the harsher realities of life. From changing friendships to burgeoning relationships, one thing stays the trying to understand the confusing behavior of a guy who is so much more than just a casual friend.
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 11, 2012
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July 15, 2017
This book gets negative a million stars from me. I cannot believe how few negative reviews there are regarding this book, so here I am, doing my duty as a thinking human.
First of all, Liv is... well I don't know how to put it other than she is the worst . Her personality is so ugly, all she does is slander and slut shame other women. The author does not even subtly imply that girls that sleep around are bad people (which is bad enough), she has Liv straight up saying that the reason why she dislikes a certain girl is because she is rumoured to sleep around. Excuse me what? She repeatedly (although jokingly) tells her mother about how it's unfair that she does all the chores while her father is just sitting on the couch, but then she turns around and pulls this slut shaming crap? The slut shaming is a theme through the entire book, by the way.
Now for the other huge problem I had with this book. The damn love interest . Granted, I always hate it when the love interest are manly alphas that have to protect the fragile girl, but man, this book just takes it to new heights. Connor repeatedly tells Liv that she is soo innocent, and has to be protected from the world (by him, naturally). He alternates between being cruel to Liv and flirting, no wait - condesending to Liv. He actually goes as far as to tell Liv that he, a boy, can have sex on the first date all he wants, but she, a girl, can't. When Liv objects to this and tells him that that is unfair, he says something like: "True, that is sexist, but I don't make the rules." And after some consideration Liv agrees with him . Like... no! You, the author, can't do this. You can't give the young girls reading this book your ugly, ugly statements about how girls essentially are weak and have to be protected by the alpha males. You can't do that. Reading this book made me equal parts angry and sad, but now I'm finished with it forever.
First of all, Liv is... well I don't know how to put it other than she is the worst . Her personality is so ugly, all she does is slander and slut shame other women. The author does not even subtly imply that girls that sleep around are bad people (which is bad enough), she has Liv straight up saying that the reason why she dislikes a certain girl is because she is rumoured to sleep around. Excuse me what? She repeatedly (although jokingly) tells her mother about how it's unfair that she does all the chores while her father is just sitting on the couch, but then she turns around and pulls this slut shaming crap? The slut shaming is a theme through the entire book, by the way.
Now for the other huge problem I had with this book. The damn love interest . Granted, I always hate it when the love interest are manly alphas that have to protect the fragile girl, but man, this book just takes it to new heights. Connor repeatedly tells Liv that she is soo innocent, and has to be protected from the world (by him, naturally). He alternates between being cruel to Liv and flirting, no wait - condesending to Liv. He actually goes as far as to tell Liv that he, a boy, can have sex on the first date all he wants, but she, a girl, can't. When Liv objects to this and tells him that that is unfair, he says something like: "True, that is sexist, but I don't make the rules." And after some consideration Liv agrees with him . Like... no! You, the author, can't do this. You can't give the young girls reading this book your ugly, ugly statements about how girls essentially are weak and have to be protected by the alpha males. You can't do that. Reading this book made me equal parts angry and sad, but now I'm finished with it forever.
February 27, 2013
I loved it. Could not put it down
September 8, 2016
Amazing book! Characters are so easy to relate too. Couldn't put the book down.
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