![]() The ending was slower for me to get through, but I think it's just because the angst was over. Colby is so iconic, too, that I will forever associate that name with this book and this character. Although, I do find myself thinking that Finley, as much as I love him, has a new personality every time we meet him. ![]() I love the characters in this story, there are so many, but they're all realistic, important, well-developed and well thought through. It was exactly my genre of story, and likely genuinely shaped the way and the stories I write myself today. I don't remember when I read this for the first time, but I was younger, and I remember loving it. This story is funny, silly, stupid, cute, heartwarming, angsty, sexy, beautiful, and simply iconic. The writing is pretty cringy and bad at times, but I can look past that for this absolute classic of a story. I will say that this book definitely feels very Wattpad-y. So if there are differences between the original on Wattpad and what was published, I am unaware of them. I suppose Americans have had it coming for all of our terrible Harry Potter fanfics that know nothing about the UK.įirst things first - this is a Wattpad book, and I read it on the app. Primarily the entertainment that drove me to read so much of it in the first place was knowing it would probably be a bit crappy + the continuous bonkersness of someone writing about something they'd clearly not researched. ![]() Character arcs can't be propped up solely by plot twists and sudden expository dumps!Īnyway, read at your own risk. Characterizations were also all over the place and seemed inconsistent. It wanted to be deep and thoughtful at moments and then would do something to completely contradict it and it got jarring very fast. The tone/vibe/whatever you call it for a story was all over the place and I really struggled to see what the "point" was of the story, thematically speaking. Not gonna get too much into detail here cuz I don't care to pull quotes at this point, but the dialogue, interpersonal thoughts, and everything else didn't mesh very well. I still don't even know which state in the US this is set in, which wouldn't matter if this wasn't set in the US but kind of does matter for American readers because of how our states operate like little nations thinly tied together by various agreements. Even sports romances usually give readers the rundown so they can place the setting. Zero mention of the high school name, their team colors, their mascot, their rival teams, any real specifics to their training et al. It took until the 40% ish mark to learn the playing positions of the two protagonists. Also, I don't think they really did any research on American football, despite the entire set of characters playing or being tied to the sport in some way. Secondly, you should know this book is definitely written by someone in the UK based on their slang (an English person, if I had to guess), but they know basically jack shit about American football or American high schools beyond what the pervasiveness of American media thrust upon the entire world has convinced them it is like. Out of the scenes I actually cared to read rather than try to find the thin plot of this plot what plot book, there was maybe one smut scene that actually felt more appropriate for the YA characters being treated with new adult tropes. Okay so firstly, you should know this book has smut. DNF around the uhhh 40% or so mark? I don't care to re-download to check lmao.
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