It's called The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines and yeah, it was good. It's about a love triangle (because YA fiction never has one of those) in a small town and the usual "should I go for the perfect boy but I don't love him who I'm dating or the bad boy who I want with all my heart." And despite it's "new adult" label it's surprisingly has a lack of s*x scenes. Oh and to top it off, the lead "Ashton" is the daughter of a minister/vicar.
It is enjoyable. It is definitely more enjoyable than I expected as I fell out the the romance genre when I read 14 days later a year ago (did you know I am the second most disliked review on the amazon kindle edition because I insulted all of its readers?).
I liked the backdrop to the novel but I didn't love the characters. I just didn't connect to them and my empathy with the characters is essential to how much I enjoy the book. I found that Ashton was not particularly likeable because she wasn't very "honourable" in her loyalty to her boyfriend. Beau controlled himself a bit more so thumbs up for Beau. Sawyer was a bit of a douche in the third quartile of the book but otherwise I liked the characters. They were just a little bit too exaggerated for my liking as I'm a huge fan of subtlety.
There was a plot twist I didn't guess (and it's the big one) so four for you Abbi Glines you go Abbi Glines! It was entertaining and made the relationships interesting which is what a lot of romantic fiction lacks. I liked that.
Overall I gave this 3 stars. It was good. It wasn't my kind of book but that didn't stop me from enjoying reading it. If you love New Adult or YA definitely read it.
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