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DNF.

God awful book that screams pretentious. Having summered in the Cape Cod area and knowing of people who live a life similar to Cady's, I'm annoyed that this book got traction and the author had to use such awful characters in a beautiful setting/world to get her point through.

If I could give this zero stars, I would. The book was unbearable and I couldn't bring myself to finishing it.

THIS WAS SUCH A GOOD FUCKING BOOK I CRIED SO MANY TIMES MY HEART IS STILL ACHING I CANT GET OVER THIS I DONT KNOW HOW TO FEEL ANYTHING BUT PAIN ANYMORE MAKE IT STOP

It's 4am and I just finished binge reading this book and I honestly don't even know what I read. 3/5 stars because it was interesting (?) enough to keep me reading until I finished the book but wtf was that ending?

Jules obviously plays a big role and the author tries to hide that in the beginning but at least give the readers some time with his character before the big reveal.

Nora. Fucking Nora. Sometimes I wanted to bash my head in because she was just so stupid. The choices she made and the rationale behind everything. And her lack of care that she might be going crazy because of her hallucinations. And her mom! Another thing that's annoying about many YA books is the lack of a real parental figure, her mother is only there when it's convenient for the author.

On a positive note, unlike many YA books that have a popular bitchy girl, the one in this book wasn't completely annoying but that's probably due to the author barely mentioning the character.

Patch was ... somewhat likable in his dark and intriguing way. I know I said Nora was stupid but I can see why she was attracted to him AT FIRST. Once shit hits the fan, you usually don't trust the man who's a likely suspect. I think he also made a rape joke at one point so that's obviously a negative.

Overall I'm not sure how to feel. I'll sleep on it and have a better idea when I wake up.

2.5

enjoyable to a point. usually a book like this should take me 1 sitting to finish but my godddd i had to walk away and come back with this one. i'd say the book stays interesting until 65% in, then it changes pace and moves too fast.

also sorry but they were TOO in love. it's been maybe 2 weeks. three tops. relax. a romance like theirs should've been more of a slow burn, especially because this is book one of a series.

i really wanted to like this, and maybe i'll read the next two just because there was enough sprinkles of zsadist that i'm curious now. but god i hate their names.



edit 1/23/23 changed from 2 to 2.5