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The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia
2.0

I can't believe how much is going on in this book. A murdered boyfriend, PTSD, partial memory loss (or suppression?), car racing, car stealing, a West Side Story romance plot-line, insta-love, gambling addiction, lying, undercover cop parent, asshole absent parents, and a one-eyed alley cat. I may have also missed a few things, but with all that, wow.

While highly readable and one I did finish, this book had every cliche known to YA romance. It felt very reminiscent of [a:Katie McGarry|4575371|Katie McGarry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1305138891p2/4575371.jpg]'s work, which I find much more believable. Unfortunately, I just could not buy the instant love between Frankie and Marco because they spent the least amount of time together on the page. I do believe this will be a great seller, and teens will eat it up.