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The Jake Ryan Complex by Bethany Crandell
3.0

2.5 stars

If you are a woman (or a man) of a certain age, you know who Jake Ryan is, and had a bit of a crush on him.

This is our leading lady, Mac. She is waiting for her own Jake Ryan - and good on her for not settling - but sheesh, she is a 39 year old woman acting like a teenager.

I got so frustrated with her, the lying to her family about fake boyfriends, letting her mum act the way she does (and boy, what a witch she was most of the time). I wanted to yell at the mother, but mostly I wanted to slap some sense into Mac and tell her to grow the eff up.

Ugh. See, frustrating.

And then when she does find a guy she doesn't roll her eyes at, she ogles a guy with a wedding ring *my eyeroll inserter here* I mean, gees she just screams desperation and unlikability.

This story could have been fantastic, but for me it was childish and a bit unlikable.

But maybe this is just that I an too old for the Jake Ryan thing (as looking at it with adult eyes, he really is a bit of a douche the way he treats his girlfriend).