abbyluvsfrogs444's Reviews (308)

the ending of this book was the best part. the rest of it was meh for me. i did not love travis. first of all, the name travis is an automatic red flag. second, he has this whole macho, alpha male thing going on and i hated it. i hated the way he talked to georgie. he was so demanding and aggressive. and i hate how georgie likes that? i mean, maybe it's attractive to her, but definitely not for me. i just kinda hated everything about travis??? also the fact that she needed travis to have people take her seriously was upsetting to me. that her worth was defined by a man. it was just bleh. this book was definitely not my kind of romance. it just didn't work for me.

i was let down with this one. it was soooo much drama for me. and yes i like drama to a certain amount...all romance books have that...but there was way too much unnecessary drama in this one. there were so many details that i couldn't keep straight...also the fact that their siblings are back together in the end and it kinda hints toward deen and kiran maybe being together again which, is weird?? like aren't they siblings in law or whatever?? the whole side story with their siblings was unnecessary and underdeveloped i think. also i feel like we coulda used more backstory of deen and kiran's relationship before it all blew up. i wanted more of that. i was just frustrated most of the time i was reading this. i was mad at kiran for ruining things and deen for not explaining anything. it was just so messy. i guess that's a matter of personal preference though, i tend to like more lighthearted romance stories with sprinkles of drama...but this whole book just didn't do it for me.

a few positives though: i love the cover, i love the representation, i liked the characters, i liked how passionate kiran was about dancing.

okay long rant, but overall, not impressed. just not for me. left feeling really unsatisfied.

mae should've ended up w theo...that's the first thing i'm gonna say. the second thing i'm gonna say is that they could've done sooooo much more w the time loop thing. i wanted more of that. it had so much potential but i ended up being disappointed. sooo yeah...also andrew is too perfect and i kinda don't like that. their whole dynamic felt very forced to me. and theo deserved better. rant over.

hard to follow, tedious, unlikeable characters (ig that was the point maybe but i still hated it), lots of unanswered questions. also joan, you really don't have to use the f slur every chance you get. it's not cute, just stop k? the short chapters were its only redeemable quality cause it helped me get through it when otherwise i wouldn't be able to. i was either bored or confused the whole time. and maybe the short chapters contributed to my confusion cause it gave us snippets and i never really got the whole story. i felt like i was skipping chapters or something. i just couldn't follow this book. didn't like it at all.

So boring.

This story was so beautiful. I adore Jayne and June so much it hurts. This book was so well written. I was sucked completely in. I loved every minute of it.

"I’ve pretended to be other people my whole life, my whole childhood and adolescence and young adulthood. The years that you’re supposed to spend finding yourself, I was spending pretending to be other people. The years that you’re supposed to spend building character, I was spending building characters."

I am blown away by this memoir. I was entralled by Jennette's story and captivated by the way she writes. I was heartbroken with her. At times I felt ill at the descriptions of her eating disorders, but that uncomfortable feeling tells me that it needed to be said. I feel so proud of Jennette. I am so happy that she has healed and found peace. Thank you for telling your story. Thank you for being truthful.

"Fame has put a wedge between Mom and me that I didn’t think was possible. She wanted this. And I wanted her to have it. I wanted her to be happy. But now that I have it, I realize that she’s happy and I’m not. Her happiness came at the cost of mine. I feel robbed and exploited. Sometimes I look at her and I just hate her. And then I hate myself for feeling that. I tell myself I’m ungrateful. I’m worthless without her. She’s everything to me. Then I swallow the feeling I wish I hadn’t had, tell her 'I love you so much, Nonny Mommy,' and I move on, pretending that it never happened. I’ve pretended for my job for so long, and for my mom for so long, and now I’m starting to think I’m pretending for myself too."