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Going Under by Georgia Cates
Going Under #1
Georgia Cates – March
10, 2012
347 pages- Young
Adult, Fiction, Contemporary Romance
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Twitter: @GeorgiaCates
Source: Author via
AToMR Tours
Read what this book
is about here.
I received a digital copy of this book, free, in exchange for my honest
opinion.
I am
going to tell you this only because of the promise of being honest, no matter
what. Negative reviews don’t make me
happy. Good reviews don’t make me happy.
They only tell you of the overall experience I had with a book. They don’t give you moment by moment
reactions. This is the third review I
have written for the same book. Yes, third.
The first one was “negative”, but it didn’t capture everything because
there were parts I enjoyed. The second
one was “positive” but it felt as if I overlooked what bothered me about the
story. So here we are, round three.
I did
enjoy this story, really I did. Jessie
and Claire’s bantering back and forth was humorous, and their sexual tension
were at moments over the top and other times dead on. Looking back at my high school years, before
teachers and administration started cracking down on PDA, some of the scenes
were classic and would be seen everywhere. Others not so much. Forbes tended to come off as a little bit
psychotic to me. For me it was odd that no one really seemed to be bothered by it -not even the adults that were aware of his tendencies. I like Jessie for the most part, though I can't say that he made a believable drug dealer. Yes, it's not what he wanted to do but he says it's what he knows. Maybe it was the lack of interaction he had with drug deals. The only time where there is a scene
with him attempting to make a deal is at the end, which only served as a
catalyst for the conclusion.
Claire
and Jessie’s relationship was more of the insta-love variety so it lacked
depth. This didn’t bother me so much from Jessie’s perspective, but it
irritated me to no end coming from Claire.
A part of me wonders if the intensity stems from her trying to make
contact with something more stimulating then Forbes, or her being a
virgin. (Though from her constant mischievous behavior you wouldn't know she's a virgin.) The ending made the insta-love
worth it. A part of me was like “of
course!” But another part of me had to
smile at the ending. That was the odd
thing about this book, I was pulled into
the story and at the end had a warm feeling.
But I am not gung-ho over this book and that may be because I was hoping
for a darker ending. Regardless, it was an overall enjoyable experience.
Recommendation: YA
Romance fans will enjoy this. Though my
feelings are mixed, I still think it’s worth checking out.
What’s Next? Shallow
3 Stars ***
Starr K
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