robyngamez's Reviews (450)

Choosing this as the first book I finish in 2021 was a mistake. I haven’t been a fan of the “That Boy” series at all, but because I started it, I feel obligated to continue reading the series.

This book follows a similar love story to that of Jadyn’s and I was already tired of it when I was reading it from Jadyn’s POV. The characters are annoying and lack depth. Some of the ideas in the book seem far-fetched to me. This book gave me big “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” vibes, but told from the perspective of the Murtaugh’s.

At the end Jillian Dodd promises that we can continue following Devaney and Chase’s love story in an upcoming book. Do I want to? Probably not. But I will because I’ve already come this far.

WOW. This book was fantastic— it was suspenseful, terrifying, and I was absolutely HOOKED.

Some portions of the book were predictable. Of course Lowen and Jeremy were going to fall in love, but I still have QUESTIONS! Did Verity keep the letter a secret for the rest of her life or did she eventually discuss it with Jeremy? Is she able to keep the secret of killing an innocent woman with her husband for the sake of their daughter?

Verity really sent chills up mine spine multiple times throughout, but especially so when Crew mentioned he spoke to his mother — present tense. But we saw this coming right?! After all, this house is full of Chronics. The next tragedy is already long overdue.

This book was so cute and just what I needed right now. It was a cute romance of fake-love turn into real love.

I love the relationship the Covey’s have with each other. Laura Jean and Margot’s relationship make me wish I grew up with a sister.

I’m excited to see how Laura Jean reaches back out to Peter and if she ever hears from John Ambrose (even though I sort of know since I’ve seen the movie.)

I enjoyed a lot of the details they left out of the movie. The estate sale. The recital party. They would’ve made great additions to the movie, but I still love it!

I’m very unsure of my rating for this book. 3.5? I found it to be sort of slow and it felt like it took me forever to finish it. There were times when it got very interesting — psychedelic drugs as a form of therapy? There were other times were it felt that it just never ended.

The characters were likable, and I couldn’t help but sympathize with many of their situations, but I really didn’t like Masha. She reminded me a lot of “The Ancient One” from Doctor Strange (whom I actually did like.) She had too much of a god complex.

The ending fell short for me, but I suppose we as readers had to know where each of them ended up after Tranquillum House.