Now some of the downsides to my experience reading this book, I wasn’t super enthused about Reed.

Just situated a bit oddly in terms of demographic. This is still sometimes classified as YA but I’d call it Almost-New-Adult. It’s worth mentioning that there is some detailed smut but it is restrained, not quite going all the way to the heights that typical erotica would go, but still infinitely more explicit than pretty much any YA novel. My original motivation for reading this title was in thinking the scenario sounded similar to the manga and Asian drama, Boys Over Flowers. It’s a sort of enemies-to-lovers scenario, with both characters slowly becoming attracted to each other. The love interest, Reed, starts off pointedly disliking Ella and wanting little to do with her. She’s not ashamed of being from a different background. I like how she has pride despite the class differences that constantly pop up. Not to mention the chaos in dealing with a collection of snobbish and out-of-control boys that she’s now living with. It’s not all some dreamy fantasy though, as she clashes with ultra rich students at her new school. She’s resourceful and sassy, rarely whiny, and very fixed on her goals and planning for how she’s going to make use of what is an improbably awesome stroke of luck.Īs mentioned in the summary, Ella goes from impoverished to being whisked away on some private jet, living in a mansion, and getting a hefty allowance each month. Quite possibly the best I’ve within this genre so far. The heroine is so many leagues above some of the other new adult heroines I’ve read. I liked it! Surprisingly fun in a frothy, silly way. I also wonder, but decided to give this book a whirl as a sort of guilty pleasure break for March. I’ve had some bad luck with books in the new adult genre, and upon seething after reading three high profile titles (not including a DNF’d one) one might wonder why I’d still venture into this genre.

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