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The Sunday Lunchers #2
The Good Girl and the Rebel
There's a reason why the good girl shouldn't fall for the rebel....
The plan is simple. Be an ideal student in every way and become a heart surgeon at John Hopkins. So far, the plan is going perfectly. I'm a 4.0 student, captain of my school's prestigious trivia team, and we are on our way to winning Nationals.
The problem? Rhys Blackburn. I knew liking him was stupid. He was the opposite of everything I was. After he graduated, I assumed he was out of my life. But you know what they say about assuming.
Instead, all of his gorgeousness and broody ways are only a room and a bathroom away and with him come some complications. Major complications. But it's fine. I don't have to be affected by his soulful brown eyes or his devil may care attitude. We can live in the same house and nothing has to change...right?
* This is a new release of an edition originally published as Skinniness is Next to Goddessness? Anna's Story of the Skinniness is Next to Goddessness? series. The Good Girl and the Rebel is a new edition with bonus additional content and a new cover.
*The Sunday Lunchers series is a good read for all ages but delves into issues like eating disorders, bullying, and death.
The plan is simple. Be an ideal student in every way and become a heart surgeon at John Hopkins. So far, the plan is going perfectly. I'm a 4.0 student, captain of my school's prestigious trivia team, and we are on our way to winning Nationals.
The problem? Rhys Blackburn. I knew liking him was stupid. He was the opposite of everything I was. After he graduated, I assumed he was out of my life. But you know what they say about assuming.
Instead, all of his gorgeousness and broody ways are only a room and a bathroom away and with him come some complications. Major complications. But it's fine. I don't have to be affected by his soulful brown eyes or his devil may care attitude. We can live in the same house and nothing has to change...right?
* This is a new release of an edition originally published as Skinniness is Next to Goddessness? Anna's Story of the Skinniness is Next to Goddessness? series. The Good Girl and the Rebel is a new edition with bonus additional content and a new cover.
*The Sunday Lunchers series is a good read for all ages but delves into issues like eating disorders, bullying, and death.
226 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 3, 2015
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January 9, 2019
It was a good book
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••• Spoilers throughout this review••••
So myself is here like REALLY? So they mad Rhys whatever how you say his weird name. Is madder at Anna, but all of them worship the damn grown that Aya walked on when she randomly brought herself back. After the fact that she abandoned both Rhys and her baby. Her own gramma even disrespected Anna, and her father acts as he has no say when Anna is disrespected. Neither of them doesn’t know how Anna, feels or what she’s going to especially with her being “Anorexia, puking up every time she eats food. It’s like her family doesn’t see the way she feels. Even, Rhys, it’s like they turn a blind eye, he even pushes Anna to the side when Aya came back. But now that Aya took his daughter AB, and she traded AB for money. He hates her, smh like really? You knew she had problems with drugs etc.? You trusted her 100% more than you did Anna and didn’t want Anna close because she may leave out of AB life, but Aya comes back it not a problem smh. The stupidity of some people. I didn’t like the fact he blames Anna, for AB disappearance; I understood that she could’ve taken the baby from Aya if she wasn’t so damn scared of Aya telling her family she “Anorexia” and puke up her food. But it’s really not Anna fault you as a person doesn’t know if that person will do such a thing. But now everybody doesn’t trust Aya; HA mkay... watch how quickly Rhys will want to date Anna after the fact everything is settled once AB home.
So the book Rhys name is actually pronounced as “Reece” what the what it would’ve been better with the normal one instead of confused one. Blah, lol.
I just don’t understand like I don’t get it; it’s nothing like the first one this one is a bit weird because it didn’t tell anything about them wanting each other like Lacey and Tucker. It’s was based on Anna puking; having a crush on Rhys; loved his daughter and taken care of the baby more than anyone including Aya (her cousin who also the mother of the child). It talked more about Rhys, his daughter, and Aya, with Anna being a mute and only back talked in certain parts of a chapter. But why do they always end up waiting until the end to get together like ughhhh ten years later? I bet the next book the same if so I’m a be disappointed.
10 YEARS LATER (Like an episode of SpongeBob) ugh!
https://ladiikeiii.wordpress.com/2019...
••• Spoilers throughout this review••••
So myself is here like REALLY? So they mad Rhys whatever how you say his weird name. Is madder at Anna, but all of them worship the damn grown that Aya walked on when she randomly brought herself back. After the fact that she abandoned both Rhys and her baby. Her own gramma even disrespected Anna, and her father acts as he has no say when Anna is disrespected. Neither of them doesn’t know how Anna, feels or what she’s going to especially with her being “Anorexia, puking up every time she eats food. It’s like her family doesn’t see the way she feels. Even, Rhys, it’s like they turn a blind eye, he even pushes Anna to the side when Aya came back. But now that Aya took his daughter AB, and she traded AB for money. He hates her, smh like really? You knew she had problems with drugs etc.? You trusted her 100% more than you did Anna and didn’t want Anna close because she may leave out of AB life, but Aya comes back it not a problem smh. The stupidity of some people. I didn’t like the fact he blames Anna, for AB disappearance; I understood that she could’ve taken the baby from Aya if she wasn’t so damn scared of Aya telling her family she “Anorexia” and puke up her food. But it’s really not Anna fault you as a person doesn’t know if that person will do such a thing. But now everybody doesn’t trust Aya; HA mkay... watch how quickly Rhys will want to date Anna after the fact everything is settled once AB home.
So the book Rhys name is actually pronounced as “Reece” what the what it would’ve been better with the normal one instead of confused one. Blah, lol.
I just don’t understand like I don’t get it; it’s nothing like the first one this one is a bit weird because it didn’t tell anything about them wanting each other like Lacey and Tucker. It’s was based on Anna puking; having a crush on Rhys; loved his daughter and taken care of the baby more than anyone including Aya (her cousin who also the mother of the child). It talked more about Rhys, his daughter, and Aya, with Anna being a mute and only back talked in certain parts of a chapter. But why do they always end up waiting until the end to get together like ughhhh ten years later? I bet the next book the same if so I’m a be disappointed.
10 YEARS LATER (Like an episode of SpongeBob) ugh!
November 29, 2019
I wouldn't classify this as a romance exactly - it was more like coming of age story. Anna has issues - her family, her eating disorder, her crumbling Plan for her life, and of course her crush on Rhys, the father of her cousin's baby who is 3 years older than her. She finds herself in a pretty messed up situation and feels lost. Even her support group Sunday Lunchers cannot seem to help her. So she needs to find her way back, to reexamine her priorities and I enjoyed taking this road with her.
So, yeah, I really enjoy this series and can't wait to move on to Jamie's story. It will be interesting to see how this really annoying girl finds her HEA.
Religion: none
Narrative: 1st person, following Anna
Sensuality: squeaky clean
Other morals: teen pregnancy, drugs
So, yeah, I really enjoy this series and can't wait to move on to Jamie's story. It will be interesting to see how this really annoying girl finds her HEA.
Religion: none
Narrative: 1st person, following Anna
Sensuality: squeaky clean
Other morals: teen pregnancy, drugs
May 15, 2019
Live these books
Anna and Tina are the characters from the Sunday Lunchers club in this book. Anna has to face so many obstacles that she has a hard time feeling in control but she is the perfectionist. This causes her to purge at times to feel like she has a little bit of control over her life. Rhys was the man who hung out with Anna’s cousin Aya, and Aya ends up pregnant with a baby girl.
Rhys and AB move in with Anna’s family so they can help with the baby. Aya has left her daughter and gone off to college.
You have to read what happens, this book had me on the verge of tears several times, what a great author!
Anna and Tina are the characters from the Sunday Lunchers club in this book. Anna has to face so many obstacles that she has a hard time feeling in control but she is the perfectionist. This causes her to purge at times to feel like she has a little bit of control over her life. Rhys was the man who hung out with Anna’s cousin Aya, and Aya ends up pregnant with a baby girl.
Rhys and AB move in with Anna’s family so they can help with the baby. Aya has left her daughter and gone off to college.
You have to read what happens, this book had me on the verge of tears several times, what a great author!
July 22, 2018
Oof. I don’t know why I torture myself like this. The first one was brutally hard to read. This one was only marginally better. Excellent writing but the storyline tears me apart. Raw. So many emotions. I’ll probably torture myself even more and read the next book in the series, like a bad addiction, I can’t seem to stop reading these stories. Very good but heart wrenching stories...
October 5, 2018
This one I'm on the fence about. It was deeper in some sense and yet not in others. Meaning it was a raw emotion book, however, I didn't really see or feel a connection between Reece (Rhys) and Emma. I mean I knew she liked him but I didn't feel the reciprocation. Anyway, it was well written, I just didn't connect to this story as well as Lacey's story. I'm going onto the next.
March 9, 2021
Sweet and teary
Flew through book two of The Sunday Lunchers. Was hooked on book one and of course fell in love with Anna’s story as well. Rhys was as great a character and another great book boyfriend!
The struggles were real, I shed a few tears, connected with the characters and what they went through and just couldn’t put this down! Highly recommended.
Flew through book two of The Sunday Lunchers. Was hooked on book one and of course fell in love with Anna’s story as well. Rhys was as great a character and another great book boyfriend!
The struggles were real, I shed a few tears, connected with the characters and what they went through and just couldn’t put this down! Highly recommended.
October 8, 2018
Both heartbreaking and heartwarming.
Heartbreaking to see people making completely selfish choices, run away from responsibilities, then come back to reek more havoc. Heartwarming to see others pick up the pieces, make the best of the situation, and fight for what's right!!!
Heartbreaking to see people making completely selfish choices, run away from responsibilities, then come back to reek more havoc. Heartwarming to see others pick up the pieces, make the best of the situation, and fight for what's right!!!
June 7, 2019
Excellent
Love, love, love!! ❤
Wow, and I do mean wow! This novel was excellent and thorough without becoming explicit! I love romantic novels and this one had a wonderful storyline to keep me entertained! Fabulous!
Love, love, love!! ❤
Wow, and I do mean wow! This novel was excellent and thorough without becoming explicit! I love romantic novels and this one had a wonderful storyline to keep me entertained! Fabulous!
September 2, 2018
Alright
I didn’t like this one as much as Lacey’s story, but it wasn’t bad. I felt like I ever really knew if Rhys liked Anna.
I didn’t like this one as much as Lacey’s story, but it wasn’t bad. I felt like I ever really knew if Rhys liked Anna.
February 21, 2019
Thanks again for another great book
April 17, 2021
3.75 ⭐
May 18, 2015
I give this book a 4.5 star rating. I really liked it. It's the second in a series but seemed like a stand alone book. I didn't feel like I had missed anything.
From the titles of the books, I gather that the books encompass the stories of the girls in the Sunday Lunchers eating disorder group. Other than the title though, the eating disorder was sort of a small side issue in Anna's story.
The story, however, was really good. Anna, a 16 year old girl of Japanese descent, is derailed from "The Plan" that has been a part of her life since third grade. The plan would get her through an Ivy League college education to become a heart surgeon at a great hospital.
With the arrival of little AB, all of a sudden, the plan takes a back seat. AB is the baby daughter of her cousin, Aya. She helps Rhys, the baby's father, to care for her and develops a huge crush on him. Through the course of the story, Aya tries to sell the baby to make good on a drug/gambling debt and much of the book is about this.
At the end of the trial, and the book, Rhys takes AB and moves to Colorado and Anna is free to be a 16 year old with a plan again. After what her family has gone through, her new plan is a more revised version of the previous plan which will allow her to have a more complete life.
There are family dynamics issues that contribute to Anna's bulimia and those seem to resolve themselves as well, leaving her to feel free of the bulimia.
I liked this book. It was well written and I'd like to check out book one and any sequels. :-)
From the titles of the books, I gather that the books encompass the stories of the girls in the Sunday Lunchers eating disorder group. Other than the title though, the eating disorder was sort of a small side issue in Anna's story.
The story, however, was really good. Anna, a 16 year old girl of Japanese descent, is derailed from "The Plan" that has been a part of her life since third grade. The plan would get her through an Ivy League college education to become a heart surgeon at a great hospital.
With the arrival of little AB, all of a sudden, the plan takes a back seat. AB is the baby daughter of her cousin, Aya. She helps Rhys, the baby's father, to care for her and develops a huge crush on him. Through the course of the story, Aya tries to sell the baby to make good on a drug/gambling debt and much of the book is about this.
At the end of the trial, and the book, Rhys takes AB and moves to Colorado and Anna is free to be a 16 year old with a plan again. After what her family has gone through, her new plan is a more revised version of the previous plan which will allow her to have a more complete life.
There are family dynamics issues that contribute to Anna's bulimia and those seem to resolve themselves as well, leaving her to feel free of the bulimia.
I liked this book. It was well written and I'd like to check out book one and any sequels. :-)
July 8, 2016
This book is amazing! It is enough of a standalone that not reading the other books will not leave you out of the loop as only minor details overlap. It is like a whole new story as it is from a different person’s perspective. This book was very gripping and left me negotiating with myself to sleep and eat. The end of each chapter leaves you wanting more but in a classy, clever way. Not the usual way that we see in cliché YA books. This book explores many serious topics like eating disorders, incompetence caused by family, and many other issues that teenagers face, that are often overlooked as irrelevant. Some chapters brought me to tears and I had to re-read the first few pages to remind myself that it was a work of fiction. Many times I found myself shouting at or laughing at characters and at the end of the book I felt like there was a void in me. A must read for teenage girls and young adults. I give this book a 6/5 for its excellent content and writing style. Definitely may favourite of what I have read so far in the series
March 7, 2015
I LOVED Lacey's story, but Anna's is in a league of its own! It seriously has everything you could want from a YA book: drama, romance, suspense, surprises, heartbreak. Anna is such a complicated, yet relatable character. She lives a normal teenage life, yet has these secrets that she's battling. Everyone has experienced that in some form. Can't say enough how much I loved it.
October 9, 2018
This one I'm on the fence about. It was deeper in some sense and yet not in others. Meaning it was a raw emotion book, however, I didn't really see or feel a connection between Reece (Rhys) and Emma. I mean I knew she liked him but I didn't feel the reciprocation. Anyway, it was well written, I just didn't connect to this story as well as Lacey's story. I'm going onto the next.
April 20, 2015
4.5 I liked this one better than Lacey. The story was more gripping, the characters were more relatable and to plot more developed. there was a good balance of the weight issue and other life issues. it made the book smoother.
May 1, 2020
❤❤❤❤❤
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