7/15/22
Well we are finally on our next book. I'm a big Abbi Glines fan so I have big expectations for this book/series. I haven't read any of her books in a while so I'm a little excited to crack this one open. As usual I have not read anything about this book, I didn't even read the description. I'm going into this book completely blind. I figured it's the best way to fully appreciate the book and give my honest opinion. Also I'm sure my reading style has changed over the years since I last read a book by Abbi Glines, but I'm still optimistic about the whole thing.
7/16/22
I'm starting to think my reading taste had really changed during my time of not reading. I used to love Abbi Glines' books but now it feels like pulling teeth to finish the book. It makes me a little sad. Maybe I'm just not into the romance stories anymore. Anyways the book is pretty good for being a young adult book. It is covering a heavy topic of loss and how to get over it. Probably something that will be useful for those going through something like that. Sadly, it's not my thing. I'll try to finish the book but it is going to take me so much longer than I expected.
I was sure that I wasn't going to give this book more than two stars, but than it had to pull at my heartstrings. Nothing like a scene I could relate to because I had to go through something similar. Thank you Ms. Glines for making me tear up with that scene and it was a long one. Even the aftermath of that scene has me feeling all kinds of things. I could not relate more to a character right now as I do with West. Pretty sure this book is going to be three stars now. I do enjoy the read but I still think it's not for me. To me right now high school relationships in books are just kind of annoying to me. How writers write them finding their soulmate in high school and that it is going to be the person they spend the rest of their lives with is a little unrealistic to me. Maybe its because I don't believe in high school sweethearts, unless there has been a point where you break up and then get back together years later. That makes sense. This whole finding The One in high school and living happily ever after is not for me.
7/17/22
I actually finished this book last night before bed, but I was too lazy to crawl out of the warm blankets to make my post. Anyways, the book had a good ending. I have a feeling the whole series focuses around the whole football team finding their person. This book hinted at who the next player is going to be in the next book. It makes me curious about what that story is, so I'll probably pick up the second book in the series. Anyway our two main characters did break up but not for long. It was understandable that Maggie wanted to break up with West because she didn't feel like he cared for her. She felt like he was just using her to get over his pain and she didn't want to be that. Of course she also didn't put up too much of a fight to get back together with him. What is with these romance novels having the main male character say the right words and the female character being all like "Okay. I'll forget that you made me feel like crap." Writers need to make the girls put up more of a fight to have the male characters win them back. Anyways, I did enjoy the book. It did make me teary eyed with a scene I related to so much and it made me think of my grans. The book gets about three stars from me.
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