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Nadine in NY Jones
hahah the first page of GR reviews includes SEVENTEEN one star reviews! So, I'm keeping expectations low. Sometimes, that leads to a pleasant surprise ...

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Chapter 1: girl hero has bad boy foisted upon her as her 10th grade biology partner . Let's all say "Officially Trite" together, shall we?

Chapter 6: potential love triangle is forming! My eyes are rolling so hard in my head, it's hard to focus on the words.

Next thing I know I've devoured half the book like, yes, like the COTTON CANDY that i
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Erin (NY)
Mar 06, 2010 rated it liked it
I have been meaning to read this book for a while, because it has been sitting on my shelf. I am tackling the series now, that all the books are out. I heard a few not so stellar reviews, but I was actually quite pleased. It is not a great book, but better than I expected. The most annoying thing about this book was the romance between Nora and Patch. I mean, come on, Nora, what in the word drew you to Patch? It is not at all believable! Every instinct in you (or me as a reader) said run, run fa ...more
Juliane
I really like it! :) I think it has potential to be even better but I enjoyed it.
I surely will read part II of the series :)
Rebekah
I read this in one day and thought it was an enjoyable and inoffensive little YA PNR novel. Much better than a lot of the more popular series out there! The main character is a little too dumb to live and the meet-cute (i.e. mysterious lab partner) was the same as Twilight, and I figured out almost immediately who the "bad guys" were, but it was an interesting and different concept and not as sexist as a lot of the more popular series. ...more
Ashley
Nov 20, 2009 rated it really liked it
This was a great book. First half of the book was a slow build up. The second half was better, more action. I loved the ending.
Anna
May 19, 2010 rated it liked it
A nicely written story,
Tracyene
Dec 17, 2009 marked it as to-read
Anisa
Jan 10, 2010 marked it as to-read
Amy Rosa
Feb 03, 2010 marked it as to-read
Nanosynergy
Feb 19, 2010 marked it as to-read
Jessica
Mar 18, 2010 rated it liked it
Denise
Apr 28, 2010 rated it it was ok
Snowtulip
Jul 30, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: par-rom
Keith
Aug 16, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jen
Aug 28, 2010 marked it as to-read
SandyC
Sep 22, 2010 marked it as to-read
Kimberly
Oct 21, 2010 marked it as to-read
Stephanie
Aug 09, 2011 marked it as to-read
Soelo
Apr 30, 2013 marked it as to-read-series-new
Shelves: audio
Kristi
Jul 22, 2014 marked it as to-read
Katy
Jan 16, 2016 marked it as to-read
Scott Flicker
Jan 04, 2018 marked it as to-read
Amanda R
May 27, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shabz
Oct 05, 2020 rated it did not like it
Tiffany
Jun 22, 2021 marked it as to-read
Grace
Jun 18, 2023 marked it as to-read
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