Rating 8/10"...trying not to notice how the darkness crept closer. It always crept closer." "I thought we were friends." He bowed his head and pushed his bottom lip out just enough to look completely crushed. "Best Friends." "Even freezing on the Ledgers' front porch was better than being at home." "She would have followed him through the desert with no water if he had asked." "It doesn't matter what you look like, you're not immune to love." "Evidently it was a popular game at the female watering hole." "Why did brotherhood consist of loyalty and trust and sisterhood consist of backstabbing and betrayal?" | This book was super cute. But as you know by now, I love when best friends fall in love. The way RIley cares for Emma even when he doesn't have to and the way he takes care of her even when her own family won't makes me swoon then swoon again. It's heartbreaking to see the way people treat her. From the mean girls at school to her own family, I was absolutely shocked how callus the people in her life were. I mean, I know high school girls can be mean, but I had no idea it got that bad. And her own family! I couldn't believe how little they cared. I would have thought they'd at least boss her around some (which would show they cared at least a little), but nothing what so ever. But either way, Emma is so strong and worked through all the hardships life threw at her and came out even stronger afterward. And when she had a moment of weakness, Riley was always there to keep her standing tall. The one thing that I didn't like as much was, like I've said in another review, how Emma assumed Riley was only her friend because he pitied her and that she wouldn't let herself hope. I'll say this again: never assume! Never ever! It always leads to heartbreak and being sad when you don't even have to be. Of and the parts where the story stops and acts like a movie or TV show were kind of weird. "But she didn't know how wrong she was." That type of thing seemed weird and out of place. I wasn't too bothered by it, but I wish I was left hanging and wasn't clued in that something was about to happen. I thought Ashley was a good addition to Emma's story as well. She helped Emma see the light and opened her up to the idea that not all girls are bad. And she showed her that Emma might actually be good at something. All Emma needed was someone to believe in her. "Why did brotherhood consist of loyalty and trust and sisterhood consist of backstabbing and betrayal?" "She may have been the one broken, but Riley was the one hurting." "Sometimes it's not the physical stuff that inflicts the deepest wounds." |
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