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Candy Stories
Cliche
"Every love is unique. Every heartbreak is cliche." - Kimara Aurora Arranza
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Pangarap na hindi maabot. Feelings na hindi ma-confront. Isang fairytale prince na maraming babagayang princesses. He is the dreams and the feelings and the fairytale that won't quite come true.
While I'm just the ugly duckling girl waiting for a beautiful swan moment that won't ever come.
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Pangarap na hindi maabot. Feelings na hindi ma-confront. Isang fairytale prince na maraming babagayang princesses. He is the dreams and the feelings and the fairytale that won't quite come true.
While I'm just the ugly duckling girl waiting for a beautiful swan moment that won't ever come.
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Published January 1, 2018
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June 6, 2022
3.5 ⭐
I love the whole concept of the story, especially the message, the take away lesson: The standard of beauty in our society is cliché and we don't need to conform to it. But I guess this is also the reason why I can't bring myself to rate it with 5 stars.
I've realized that this is another case of "It's not the book, it's me" , because no matter how golden and relevant this story is, I still can't bring myself to fully enjoy it because I kinda hate the trope. The ugly duckling trope or the insecure love interest trope, which this book has, was never a to-go-to trope for me, in fact it was included in my least favorites (due to personal reasons I won't explain).
* spoiler alert!!! *
The sole reason why they sort of separated, why they never got together, is because of Aurora's insecurities. I mean, I know I understand it. Aurora needs to love herself first before fully committing to Maxwell. But understanding it doesn't mean I have to love it, too.
Reading Cliché was a whole ride of me being understanding and being frustrated at the same time. I felt empathy and pain for Aurora and I cheered for her in her quest to find self love. But I can't help but to be frustrated, too, not just towards her but with also the people around her. That does make sense?
Like I said, this was all on me. The book is good but how I rated this was largely affected by my feelings after reading it and my preferences. It's too personal for my liking. However, I'll likely still recommend this to other booknerds and then maybe, they will fully commit to it and enjoy the story, something that I failed to do.
All in all, Candy series was a fun and light read for me. I will definitely miss the compound. Someday, in the near future, I know I'm gonna revisit it again if I'm looking for fluffy reads.
Rankings/ratings for the whole series:
1. Book 2: Secretly (5 ⭐ and more!)
2. Book 4: TOTGA ( 4 ⭐)
3. Book 3: Clueless ( 4 ⭐)
4. Book 1: Kiss You (3.5 ⭐)
5. Book 5: Cliché (3.5 ⭐)
I love the whole concept of the story, especially the message, the take away lesson: The standard of beauty in our society is cliché and we don't need to conform to it. But I guess this is also the reason why I can't bring myself to rate it with 5 stars.
I've realized that this is another case of "It's not the book, it's me" , because no matter how golden and relevant this story is, I still can't bring myself to fully enjoy it because I kinda hate the trope. The ugly duckling trope or the insecure love interest trope, which this book has, was never a to-go-to trope for me, in fact it was included in my least favorites (due to personal reasons I won't explain).
* spoiler alert!!! *
The sole reason why they sort of separated, why they never got together, is because of Aurora's insecurities. I mean, I know I understand it. Aurora needs to love herself first before fully committing to Maxwell. But understanding it doesn't mean I have to love it, too.
Reading Cliché was a whole ride of me being understanding and being frustrated at the same time. I felt empathy and pain for Aurora and I cheered for her in her quest to find self love. But I can't help but to be frustrated, too, not just towards her but with also the people around her. That does make sense?
Like I said, this was all on me. The book is good but how I rated this was largely affected by my feelings after reading it and my preferences. It's too personal for my liking. However, I'll likely still recommend this to other booknerds and then maybe, they will fully commit to it and enjoy the story, something that I failed to do.
All in all, Candy series was a fun and light read for me. I will definitely miss the compound. Someday, in the near future, I know I'm gonna revisit it again if I'm looking for fluffy reads.
Rankings/ratings for the whole series:
1. Book 2: Secretly (5 ⭐ and more!)
2. Book 4: TOTGA ( 4 ⭐)
3. Book 3: Clueless ( 4 ⭐)
4. Book 1: Kiss You (3.5 ⭐)
5. Book 5: Cliché (3.5 ⭐)
November 7, 2021
cute pa rin naman pero medyo hindi ko siya gano'n ka-bet compared to the other books in the series. Hindi ko masyadong feel sila Aurora at Maxwell. Idk kung dahil lang ba 'yun sa mood ko while reading but i didnt feel that connected with them. Nabitin ako sa kilig.
May epilogue pa pero I don't think it'll make me change my rating. We'll see.
May epilogue pa pero I don't think it'll make me change my rating. We'll see.
January 7, 2022
quite disappointed with Maxwell's POV (maybe i expected too much since Jepoy, Warren, & Ivan's POV set the bar too high), but still one of my fave tcwdm read!
October 4, 2022
Took me a while to finish, but its amazing!
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