Thank you Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the DRC of The Rival. All opinions in this review are my own.

I usually love Emma Lord but I had such a hard time getting into this one. Although the main characters are supposed to be Freshmen in college, they read so much younger, especially the FMC. Even the side characters seem more like caricatures than actual people. I'm hoping this is just an isolated incident because I usually love her books.