After being rejected one too many times, Chelsea makes a bold vow: No more men. Her friends doubt a boy-crazy party girl can handle not dating for a year, but that only makes Chelsea more determined.
Tara has made a vow, too. After growing up in foster care and suppressing herself to please others, she's going to live her truth. When she sees a beautiful woman, she'll make her attraction known.
Chelsea appreciates Tara's flirtatious compliments, not to mention her androgynous beauty. There's a loophole in Chelsea's vow, and it's more tempting every day...
My Review:
Ugh, this book. I put it on my TBR a few months ago when I saw it in a newsletter and was really excited to read it. I thought Pride Month would be the perfect time. But this book is a classic case of unlikeable characters who should not be a couple.
Chelsea is this guy-crazy, heavy-drinking immature woman who decides on a whim to try hooking up with a woman because she's tired of meaningless sex with guys that never leads to a relationship. She clearly has no idea how to adult because she actually asks Tara after she gets her own apartment what she's supposed to do with the garbage, isn't someone going to come get it and take it out of her apartment. 🙄
Then there's Tara, who is described as an "androgynous beauty" in the blurb. She's overly flirty toward Chelsea but when Chelsea takes interest it's like she gets all offended. I believe there is a word for people like that but I won't say it here. Despite being flirty, Tara is startlingly closed-off because of her childhood in the foster care system (seriously, another one of those books... aren't there a ton already that show how shitty the system is? We get it already!)
Another thing I didn't like was that the author bases most of the book around Chelsea and Tara's physical relationship. It's like they're the only characters that matter in the book. We see no interaction between Chelsea and her parents, Chelsea and Tara's friends are one-dimensional, people that come into Tara's life like her guitar teacher or aunt are mentioned but we don't really learn much about them or build that connection.
Overall, I didn't like this book. For such a short book it took forever to read. I will not read another book by this author. As for the series, I'd have to take it on a book by book basis, as each can be read as a standalone and each is written by a different author.
No comments:
Post a Comment