Meh

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A lot of times, when a book is in a series, a true series, they can be read as standalones (and that really is my favorite kind of series). Alas, this book is not one of those and is more what would be described as a serial, dependant on the previous books for you to understand what is going on. This is written as if there is a joke going on, and the reader is not in on it. There are endless situations and characters that are named or present, that mean nothing to me because I wasn't a part of this journey from the start.

Tessa is the description of someone that is too young for their own good. She lets Alex dictate their relationship, and while I know from the blurb, they do last well past these awkward stages of fake-breakup, I couldn't muster the energy to get there. I'm not sure that even if I had read the first two books, I could have put up with such a weak main character for that long. It's just not YA done right.