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Good (Too Good, #1)

S. Walden

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Aug 31, 2013 Judy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: funny, high-school, student-teacher, disturbing, teary-eyed

Let me start by saying that I LOVE a forbidden teacher/student romance!!

Cadence was good. She's a loving daughter, sister and friend. She's innocent and naive. She attends church, youth group and believes in God. (this book does not preach to you, but religion/God is heavily referenced throughout the book)
Then one day, one bad decision was all it took to turn her into a very bad girl.
After returning from Juvie, she is ostracized. Her parents have taken every liberty from her, as well as their tr Let me start by saying that I LOVE a forbidden teacher/student romance!!

Cadence was good. She's a loving daughter, sister and friend. She's innocent and naive. She attends church, youth group and believes in God. (this book does not preach to you, but religion/God is heavily referenced throughout the book)
Then one day, one bad decision was all it took to turn her into a very bad girl.
After returning from Juvie, she is ostracized. Her parents have taken every liberty from her, as well as their trust, respect and in some ways, their love. Her friends are no longer speaking to her. Her fellow classmates tease and taunt her.
The only shining light is her teacher, Mark Connelly.

The age difference!!
When they met, she was a couple months shy of 18. Meaning, still 17 and he was 28. Is that wrong? I'm not sure how I feel. My husband and I are 6 years apart and I was 17 when we started dating. I'm on the fence about the age difference.

This book elicited many emotions from me. From the beginning, I felt so sorry for Cadence. She was so sad and alone. I can't imagine having to go thru all the terrible pranks and harsh words from her fellow classmates.
At the same time, it was pretty darn funny. Most of the time it was Cadence's thinking that was pretty sarcastic, not to mention her friend Avery that had me laughing out loud.
Avery was just plain hilarious!

Then comes Mark Connelly.
At times he seemed so young and cool. I forgot how old he was and everything was sweet and romantic. Then something would happen or in something he would say, made me cringe and think OMG he is an almost 30 year old man!!

My emotions were changing from page to page. Their relationship is fine, sweet, innocent. Then the next page it felt wrong and dirty.

There are also moments that make you angry. At one point I was pissed and completely shocked! I couldn't believe the things that I was reading.

The ending left me wanting more. It seemed to abruptly just end! What happens now?? I need to know more.
Also, Mark was quite a mystery. There really wasn't much information or details about him and his life before Cadence. I know he's hiding secrets and I want to find out what they are! ...more

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