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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
by Talia Hibbert
Special thanks to the author, @joyrevbooks, & @netgalley for my advanced readers copy!!!
I kinda have a love-hate relationship with this book right now. The pacing started off to slow for my liking. It dragged all through the middle then finally picked up toward the end. In all honesty I wanted to DNF this book but I didn’t LOL my own fault.
We have a dual POV from two MC’s Celine and Bradley. They were once friends then had a major fallout over a minor misunderstanding that resulted in them becoming enemies. When they both signed up for an outdoor survival competition to win a scholarship. They’re paired together in a group forcing them to rekindle and set aside their differences.
The relationship between Celine and Brad really seemed forced. I didn’t see a true connection or chemistry between the two. Kind of think they were better off as just being friends. The secret romantic moments they shared were awkward. Just a lot of we shouldn’t be doing this, we can’t let anyone find out, I want you so bad moments.
My main dislike was there wasn’t much detail into why Celine and Brad became enemies. I get that she felt left out when Brad started hanging with the popular kids in school. But we all know peer pressure can be a tough thing to deal with. Brad conformed and she didn’t which made her feel betrayed. I slick feel like she made herself the outsider stepping away from their friendship and blaming it all on him. Their whole falling out and becoming enemies really wasn’t worth it in my opinion.
The character development was okay but Celine got a little annoying after awhile. Brad was very likable. But I just expected a little more out of the book. This was my first read by Talia and I’ve heard her other books are great but this wasn’t as exciting as I thought it would be.
The premise was cute and I loved the cover which is why I wanted to read it. But I wouldn’t say this book was 100% for me definitely recommend for a younger audience. I’m a fan of YA but feel this one fell a bit flat. It had potential but the delivery made it boring.
I kinda have a love-hate relationship with this book right now. The pacing started off to slow for my liking. It dragged all through the middle then finally picked up toward the end. In all honesty I wanted to DNF this book but I didn’t LOL my own fault.
We have a dual POV from two MC’s Celine and Bradley. They were once friends then had a major fallout over a minor misunderstanding that resulted in them becoming enemies. When they both signed up for an outdoor survival competition to win a scholarship. They’re paired together in a group forcing them to rekindle and set aside their differences.
The relationship between Celine and Brad really seemed forced. I didn’t see a true connection or chemistry between the two. Kind of think they were better off as just being friends. The secret romantic moments they shared were awkward. Just a lot of we shouldn’t be doing this, we can’t let anyone find out, I want you so bad moments.
My main dislike was there wasn’t much detail into why Celine and Brad became enemies. I get that she felt left out when Brad started hanging with the popular kids in school. But we all know peer pressure can be a tough thing to deal with. Brad conformed and she didn’t which made her feel betrayed. I slick feel like she made herself the outsider stepping away from their friendship and blaming it all on him. Their whole falling out and becoming enemies really wasn’t worth it in my opinion.
The character development was okay but Celine got a little annoying after awhile. Brad was very likable. But I just expected a little more out of the book. This was my first read by Talia and I’ve heard her other books are great but this wasn’t as exciting as I thought it would be.
The premise was cute and I loved the cover which is why I wanted to read it. But I wouldn’t say this book was 100% for me definitely recommend for a younger audience. I’m a fan of YA but feel this one fell a bit flat. It had potential but the delivery made it boring.