I hate your floppy hair and your lopsided grin and those laughing blue eyes that always seem to be laughing at me.
I hate that you’re the most popular guy in school and I’m still the girl who sneezed and spit out her retainer on someone at a middle school dance. It’s just such a cliché.
I hate that I’m being forced to tutor you in English and keep it a secret from everyone. Because otherwise it might put our basketball team’s chances at winning State in jeopardy, and even though I hate you, I love basketball.
I hate that it seems like you’re keeping a secret from me…and that the more time we spend together, the less I feel like I’m on solid ground. Because I’m starting to realize there’s so much more to you than meets the eye. Underneath it all, you’re real.
But what I hate most is that I really don’t hate you at all.
MY REVIEW:
What a delightful read. The characters were rich and full of
life. Each showed depth and emotion. There was a nice balance of sadness and joy
as well as humor.
I thought the friendship presented between
Wren with both Brandon a longtime friend and Dae a more resent friend was a
great refreshing mix. I loved how
protective they were of her but when she said she wanted to handle her
disagreement with Fuller, Brandon backed off and said, “Okay.”
But he did have a talk with Fuller to make
it. Right. Toward the end giving him the benefit of the
doubt even they were both clearly not happy with him. Yet, knew Wren doesn’t trust easily so there
were redeeming qualities in Fuller they needed to check out on her behalf. Because she loved him, and they love her.
Two characters that were just the sweetest
and made it enjoyable were grandpa and Hudson. I loved them a lot. Characters
truly disliked…
Principal and coach/uncle for bullying and
stating “Boys will be boys” when she was not happy in the past about the
player's actions in the past.
TyShaun and Marc for being mean and hazing
Fuller at all but to do it in front of Wren was in horrible taste. For TyShaun to tell Marissa about it, some
friend he is. Don’t even get me started
on Marissa.
So, yeah, a lot to keep you interested and
on your toes. You won’t want to miss
this YA book. I give this: 5++++
stars. Provided by netgalley.com. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com.
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