She whined, pleaded and became a bitch when times were tough, just like we all would. She loved the color pink and wasn't afraid of what others thought of that. Don't get me wrong-Riley was a really realistic character. Our main girl is Riley, a "perfect" daughter. The hell, girl? I get that she felt like she had to "repay" him, but why through a method that will hurt others? Holy hell, so basically the heroine was trying to break the relationship between her brother and his girlfriend, just so the guy who saved her can have a chance with said girlfriend. Imagine my surprise when I realized "the girl he couldn't get over" was the heroine's brother's girlfriend. So I thought the synopsis meant that the guy had a crush on a popular girl he'll never have, since I totally forgot the events that went on in book one. I really wanted to love this book, since the premise was something I enjoyed reading about.
After giving it a few more hours of thought, I realized that there were much more things that were bad than good, to my dismay. A few minutes after reading it, I decided that it was just an okay book-not bad, not great. Now, I'm very conflicted about my thoughts on Played. I read and enjoyed Hooked a year ago, so of course I was ecstatic when I was approved to read and review Played.
***Copy of the book was provided by publisher, Harlequin Teen, via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*** With only couple of things that bothered me, but didn't mess up with how much I enjoyed reading this book, Played is a perfect choice for upcoming warm days. Liz Fichera made a perfect mix of emotions, angst, unexpected twists, misunderstandings, revelations and "goose bumps" moments. Perfect and summery and heart-melting and adorable. A boy and a girl who normally wouldn't hang out are forced to spend time together, one of them suggest "evil-mastermind-plan", they do a lot of other things, they bond - we swoon and cheer. Thinking about it now, I believe that fans of The Boys Next Door will adore this novel. Played can be described as romantic comedy, a lot like those written by Jennifer Echols. Girls, meet your next book crush! All of you who read first book, you do remember Sam Tracy? Big guy who only looks scary, but actually is a real sweetheart? Well, this is his story. (Aman won't agree with me about that one, so you can read why she didn't finish it on Enticed by Books - just in case you need "second opinion").
But now I am really glad that I did because otherwise I'd miss something worth reading. I was not the biggest fan, so you can understand my hesitance to pick up a sequel. Last year I read Hooked, story about girl named Fred who plays golf and popular boy Ryan who took his sweet time to finally make his own decisions. I am so happy that I decided to read this.
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