Unteachable
As someone who is not into angsty, explicit, NA romances, I liked this book very much. It is all about the writing, I think. How would I know anything about writing, I am not sure. The best example I can give is that I felt such an empathy with Maise. Generally, I like or dislike characters. In this case, I can't say I loved her, or that I think she was awesome, a bad-ass, funny, etc. But never the thought of "oh, what an idiot" crossed my mind.
More like, if she thought that having an affair with an old man was OK, I was OK with that.
If she was falling for his teacher, I could get that.
If she was depressed because her mom was not really a mom, and that she felt alone in the world, I sympathized with her. All the times she cried, I pitied her.
If she considered Wesley her BFF, I also liked him. When he made that terrible mistake and she hated him, I hated him. And again, when she forgave him, I also did.
That is why I think the book was well-written. I wanted Maise to have her HEA, but regardless of the ending, I would have liked this book anyway.
I don't think I will read another student/romance angsty book again (it is a taboo topic I am not a fan of, it seems), but I recommend this book to people who likes this kind of thing. No wonder it has so many high ratings.
More like, if she thought that having an affair with an old man was OK, I was OK with that.
If she was falling for his teacher, I could get that.
If she was depressed because her mom was not really a mom, and that she felt alone in the world, I sympathized with her. All the times she cried, I pitied her.
If she considered Wesley her BFF, I also liked him. When he made that terrible mistake and she hated him, I hated him. And again, when she forgave him, I also did.
That is why I think the book was well-written. I wanted Maise to have her HEA, but regardless of the ending, I would have liked this book anyway.
I don't think I will read another student/romance angsty book again (it is a taboo topic I am not a fan of, it seems), but I recommend this book to people who likes this kind of thing. No wonder it has so many high ratings.