4 stars for Sincerely, Carter... I am head over heels for Carter and Arizona! I love their friendship as kids and their relationship as it blossoms into adulthood! I actually enjoyed the childhood stories more than the more modern scenes, but that's just because they were so cute and made me laugh out loud until I cried sometimes. I can not wait to read Arizona's extended Epilogue next!! Highly recommend this one!
5 Stars for Sincerely, Arizona...OMGosh! I adored Carter and Arizona before, but now I am just so bummed their story is over! I loved Arizona's extended epilogue and am so grateful to G for writing it so we could get some closure on the whole friends-to-lovers duo! Moving, genuine, and well written, this might be my favorite Whitney G couple yet!!
2 Stars for Forget You, Ethan... I absolutely loved Carter and Arizona and their playful enemies to lovers, and I expected to feel the exact same about Ethan and Rachel because I love G's storylines and writing ability. I totally did feel the same about Ethan and loved his warm, snarky, thoughtful, loving personality even if he was "the enemy". Where I struggled with this one was Rachel. The story kept calling her "hot-headed" and "emotionally driven," but I honestly just couldn't stand her. She was whiney, selfish and self-centered, driven by pride, and extremely immature in my opinion. If things didn't go how she planned or if she didn't know all the details up front, then she threw a huge ass fit and made major life decisions and relationship destroying statements just to purposely hurt people because they had "hurt" her. She also lied on the regular about stupid shit to save face and look cooler than she was. Telling a flirty untruth because you know the other person knows and you are just poking them is one thing, like "am I the best you've ever had?..."Nah, I've had better" However, Rachel lied about anything and everything and would only tell the truth if she was caught or forgot her lie and had to confess after saying something contrary. So while I enjoyed the story idea, the Semester at Sea concept, and Ethan's part of this story and I truly adore Whitney G's world-building and character development, this heroine just wasn't for me and I feel like she brought the story down.
2Stars Forget You, Rachel...I honestly felt like this was just a continuation of how Rachel threw fits and got her way. I truly can't stand the girl and wish Ethan had a better heroine because he truly made this book worth the 2 stars and deserved so much better.
But I would KU this again just for Carter and Arizona...