It was good but needs some work

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So I enjoyed the read--although the excerpt felt long--but I have to say that I have no idea what happened before this book in the series. The problems as I see them--not wanting attention on his girlfriend from the media, people not wanting them to be together on campus--just don't seem like actual problems. Not to the extent the book makes them out to be. It's widely dramatic in that it makes mountains out of mole hills. As a college student, I can honestly say that no matter where this is, no one would have an opinion about someone else's relationship to the effect that it became a huge issue within the relationship. That's like completely devoid of reality. The whole publicity issue is likewise bizarre in its treatment because they fake break up, and yet they still hang out so it would honestly just cause more attention...like it does. So I'm really struggling with why there is an actual problem. Also the daily play by play of what she is doing is needlessly detailed--just jump to the next scene or summarize it quickly. I know that Wattpad is a platform for writing, but it shouldn't also be a statement of quality or genre. This one sadly fits in with my other experiences of published wattpad works--unpolished and seemingly unedited romance with low stakes situations set up as world-shaking problems. There is enough good stuff there to show promise (hints of Sylvia Day), but it needs work.