The series definitely picked up with this book and I enjoyed it so much more than Scarlet. The plot flowed along much better and I enjoyed most of the characters, though I still can't get into the Wolf story line. A lot of the story still seems focused on the main characters collecting their team which is a little bit weird and forced, but they're interesting characters at least so I can get behind that. The insta love in this was my only other problem and it seems to be a trend throughout this series. But overall this was a great book and I'm so excited to continue the series.

It was really cute! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, so much more than I thought I would. It started off a little slow and I struggled to keep up with all the characters and their relationships. It honestly took about half the book for me to realize Simon had two sisters, not three (I don't know where I got the third sister from). But the second half the book picked up and I really enjoyed all the characters. They were all pretty relateable and realistic, even if they did forgive and forget quite a bit.

I don't think it was as amazing for me as everyone has been saying, but I did really enjoy it and would recommend to anyone who enjoys light contemporary YA.

I enjoyed this book, but not as much as Cinder. There were a lot more characters to keep track of and several more story lines, and to me it seemed a little too busy. Still a solid book, but of the two I've read so far, Cinder was by far my favorite. There also seemed to be a lot more info dumping and exposition in this book to explain the back stories of the characters.

I did think the ending picked up and there was a lot of action and new revelations. It left me excited to start Cress even if the first two thirds weren't as strong.

I enjoyed this a surprising amount. I do really like fairy tale retellings, but Cinderella isn't one of my favorites and I haven't ever read science fiction, but I really liked this. The story was obvious and generic, but honestly I found myself not caring that I know what the big plot twist in the end was going to be. It was still a fun journey getting there. This was such a fast read for me. Immediately engrossing and fun and despite the predictability, a really good introduction into sci-fi for me. I'm really excited to read the rest of the series now.

This book was terrifying. Joe was such a scary person and his perspective was so disturbing. It made the entire book for me. Over four hundred pages and I never got tired of his creepy actions and justifications for everything he did, no matter how bad it got. It was fascinating and disturbing. I was immediately drawn into this book for that reason and it didn't let me go until the end.

The only thing I didn't like so much about this book was that it felt a little flat to me. Joe was so well done, but outside of his narration, it was a mediocre thriller. The end didn't feel like a climactic peak and it kept a steady level of fear throughout. But Joe terrified me and that was enough for this book to be great. I could see rereading this at some point, which I don't do often with thrillers.

I would highly recommend this book to people who enjoy disturbing thrillers and are intrigued by the premise of a story narrated by the stalker.

It was cute, but I feel like I've read this book a hundred times already. If a contemporary YA is gonna be 450 pages, I expect it to do something new or wow me in some particular way, but this was just middle-of-the-road, hit-every-cliche-on-the-way-to-the-end fine. The characters were predictable and the plots were predictable and it was all so very generic. From everything I've heard, I wanted this book to be more.

But it was a solid three stars for me, and if you enjoy contemporary YA romance, you'll probably enjoy this.

This book was fantastic. I teared up a bit at a few different points, especially toward the end. Lex and her grief felt so visceral the whole time and parts of this book made my chest hurt. It felt so real. There were only two real things that kept it from being a five star read. First, at times it seemed a little preachy. Listing risk factors, listing statistics, all things I'd seen a million times before in health class. It felt like I was being talked down to a little. The second was that the book was a little generic. I felt like I'd read this story before. It was a good story, it just didn't feel new- like it was following the same blueprint as a dozen other stories I'd read. But it followed that blueprint better than most of them, so I would still thoroughly recommend this to anyone looking for a story about grief. (Heavy trigger warning for graphic suicide description)

This book was such a great read! Julia was a wonderful character to follow and I had such fun with her and her friendship with YP. The whole story was engrossing from start to finish. I thought the illustrations were a lovely touch, though not really necessary in all honesty, but I still enjoyed them. The characterization, especially of the two main girls, was incredibly well done.

My only problem with the story was that it seemed kind of busy and fast paced. There were bits I missed just because I didn't feel like rereading and slowing down so much to check every detail. I kept getting distracted between Katz and Donovan and her moms and YP. There were so many different story lines it was difficult to keep track at times. But all in all, this was a great book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

Usually when I give a book one star, there's a certain amount of hate involved. But this book didn't even inspire hate. 350 pages and the only time I came even remotely close to caring about a character is for about twelve pages when Constantine was speaking the most obvious truths and pointing out several flaws in the book. This happened around page 100 and I was shocked that there was almost something resembling a personality. But that quickly passed.

This was just a convoluted mess that fell like it was trying to be literary and failing spectacularly. 250 pages in and I didn't know who the characters were or what was going on or why anyone was acting the way they were. I love theorizing in books and can't help myself from guessing plot twists and endings, but I didn't in this. I didn't care. The amount that I did not care about literally anything in this book was astounding.

The romance was gross and the family treated each other like crap and I don't understand why everyone loves this book so much. I was so excited to read it and wound up hating it so much. The representation of anxiety was fine, but everything else sucked. I really don't understand what I'm missing here.