Rose’s Reviews > Fall > Status Update

Finished. Review to come.

1 star. Nope. No. Absolutely not.

Oh nooooooo.

I feel like I'm watching a teen drama where events are going from bad to worse. Like I'm mildly entertained, mildly annoyed, but I'm also looking at this and shaking my head.

I have no idea what's going to happen and I have no idea what my rating of this book is going to be, lol.

Over halfway - this point I feel bad for Presley because of her strained relationship with her mom. Having to uproot your whole family and move as a teenager being caught between divorced parents sucks. I don't know the experience personally, but I know many a person who has had this situation happen.

One other thing is that I'll say this book reads fast, but it's very surface level conflicts. Still reading.

I feel like I've been teleported in a time machine reading this book for New Adult romance (yes, confirming this is NA). Toxic love interest? Check. Continuous girl-girl hate and slut shaming (alongside body/weight shaming)? Check. FMC who occasionally has pointed one liners doing the things that she knows she should not be doing? Check.

Still reading, I should finish this soon.

"Not interested in Derek," I say, refusing to look at her.
"Not what I heard."
"Then fix your ears."

Okay, I snort laughed. Presley is not here for anyone trying to loop her into a relationship she doesn't want and I'm kinda here for it. I can't tell if this is YA or NA, but it feels more like NA for the language and thematic. It's typical, but I'm reading through it. Still reading.

Picked up a few "bully romances" on KU that I've been combing through and this is the second one that I picked up - I'm a sucker for beach set stories. (Don't ask me about my reading order. Just trying to finish what's on my plate and not book hop.) I can already tell this one, while I'm flying through it, will be a bit rough. But I'm going for it. Still reading.