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readwithmesashamarie 's review for:
The Chase
by Elle Kennedy
While my library has almost all of Kennedy's books available, I've already reached my maximum digital check out limit for the month. It's February 5th....ROLLS EYES. How am I supposed to live, laugh, love...I mean...binge a series with these terms and conditions y'all???
Anyways. This was the only other book I could find for free (if I could afford to purchase the Briar U and the Off Campus series I would) so I'm reading things a little out of order. This series follows the next class of students after the Off Campus series. It was so exciting to get little glimpses into the future of those characters and hear about what they've been up to. It definitely made me excited to go back and read their individual books.
Our female MC for this story is a sorority girl who comes from a very privileged family of lawyers. While I did find it a little hard to connect to her at times (I literally can't afford to buy a series of books but she gets sent designer items on a whim from her grandmother) I did appreciate the character development and the chance to gain a little more insight into her as a person. She spends the entire novel trying to convince herself and those around her that she is more than her looks or her money, and by the end I could mostly agree with her. Our male MC is described as a unicorn in the sports world. He's a nerdy guy who designs video games. He codes them and draws them all digitally. I don't know that I personally fell into that stereotypical thinking that all jocks are dumb or just big muscle bags. I knew plenty of athletes who were really into books/games/art.
I think this book lost a star rating from me on the fact that I didn't particularly click with either main character. He's supposed to be some super rare jock, and she's supposed to be more than just her money an appearance, but I didn't really buy into it for either of them. This story also has a MUCH slower burn than The Deal does, with a majority of the steam happening after 70% of the book.
This one was just okay. I still liked reading it, and I still like Kennedy as a writer. I just didn't love the characters as much. But once I get my monthly digital downloads for March I know what books I'm choosing.
Anyways. This was the only other book I could find for free (if I could afford to purchase the Briar U and the Off Campus series I would) so I'm reading things a little out of order. This series follows the next class of students after the Off Campus series. It was so exciting to get little glimpses into the future of those characters and hear about what they've been up to. It definitely made me excited to go back and read their individual books.
Our female MC for this story is a sorority girl who comes from a very privileged family of lawyers. While I did find it a little hard to connect to her at times (I literally can't afford to buy a series of books but she gets sent designer items on a whim from her grandmother) I did appreciate the character development and the chance to gain a little more insight into her as a person. She spends the entire novel trying to convince herself and those around her that she is more than her looks or her money, and by the end I could mostly agree with her. Our male MC is described as a unicorn in the sports world. He's a nerdy guy who designs video games. He codes them and draws them all digitally. I don't know that I personally fell into that stereotypical thinking that all jocks are dumb or just big muscle bags. I knew plenty of athletes who were really into books/games/art.
I think this book lost a star rating from me on the fact that I didn't particularly click with either main character. He's supposed to be some super rare jock, and she's supposed to be more than just her money an appearance, but I didn't really buy into it for either of them. This story also has a MUCH slower burn than The Deal does, with a majority of the steam happening after 70% of the book.
This one was just okay. I still liked reading it, and I still like Kennedy as a writer. I just didn't love the characters as much. But once I get my monthly digital downloads for March I know what books I'm choosing.