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1.5-perhaps-am-too-dumb-to-get-it-stars.
0.5 for the story and the writing. It was just all over the place.
1 star for the awfully sweet romance.
0.5 for the story and the writing. It was just all over the place.
1 star for the awfully sweet romance.

3.5 stars
This might just be the single most contrived story I've ever read. It's roots in Fangirl make it so. Yet it manages through all of the pains Rainbow Rowell takes (wink, wink, wink, nudge, nudge) to show that it is most assuredly not a piece of Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy slash fic to become an amusing little tale in it's own right, and of it's own type, independent of it's ties. Believe me, I was as surprised as anyone to find that my knowing smirk had become a genuine grin. The balanci ...more
This might just be the single most contrived story I've ever read. It's roots in Fangirl make it so. Yet it manages through all of the pains Rainbow Rowell takes (wink, wink, wink, nudge, nudge) to show that it is most assuredly not a piece of Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy slash fic to become an amusing little tale in it's own right, and of it's own type, independent of it's ties. Believe me, I was as surprised as anyone to find that my knowing smirk had become a genuine grin. The balanci ...more

Am I missing something? Because I don't get it!
Yes, I know I've never read Fangirls and no, I didn't know that I should have read that first.
One of the most predictable reads since We were liars.
Boy picks on boy and guess why??? He has a crush. Omg!
Can you say the word cliché with me?
And wait.... what is this??? Is that a happy ending I see. Fetch me my barf bag.
I can't go on and say that I hated this, it just wasn't anywhere near a favorite and not one that I would reread again. Everyone ke ...more
Yes, I know I've never read Fangirls and no, I didn't know that I should have read that first.
One of the most predictable reads since We were liars.
Boy picks on boy and guess why??? He has a crush. Omg!
Can you say the word cliché with me?
And wait.... what is this??? Is that a happy ending I see. Fetch me my barf bag.
I can't go on and say that I hated this, it just wasn't anywhere near a favorite and not one that I would reread again. Everyone ke ...more

6 out of 5 holy crapppppppoo

THIS BOOK WAS WHAT DARRY HARRY POTTER SHIPPERS WOULD HAVE LOVED!!!!
I love the way Rainbow Rowell writes with such rawness. One example of this is (view spoiler)
Everything about this book screams Harry Potter without trying to, and i would say that this is the best element of the book.
In terms of characters.... obviously Baz, i mean COME ON, QUEER VAMPIRE?????? Great Characterization for all except Agatha. I feel like, at a certain point in the book, ...more
I love the way Rainbow Rowell writes with such rawness. One example of this is (view spoiler)
Everything about this book screams Harry Potter without trying to, and i would say that this is the best element of the book.
In terms of characters.... obviously Baz, i mean COME ON, QUEER VAMPIRE?????? Great Characterization for all except Agatha. I feel like, at a certain point in the book, ...more


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