The Fragile Ordinary by Samantha Young - Starting June 29th 2018

[Beatrice]

I am Comet Caldwell.

And I sort of, kind of, absolutely hate my name.

People expect extraordinary things from a girl named Comet. That she’ll be effortlessly cool and light up a room the way a comet blazes across the sky.

But from the shyness that makes her book-character friends more appealing than real people to the parents whose indifference hurts more than an open wound, Comet has never wanted to be the center of attention. She can’t wait to graduate from her high school in Edinburgh, Scotland, where the only place she ever feels truly herself is on her anonymous poetry blog. But surely that will change once she leaves to attend university somewhere far, far away.

When new student Tobias King blazes in from America and shakes up the school, Comet thinks she’s got the bad boy figured out. Until they’re thrown together for a class assignment and begin to form an unlikely connection. Everything shifts in Comet’s ordinary world. Tobias has a dark past and runs with a tough crowd—and none of them are happy about his interest in Comet. Targeted by bullies and thrown into the spotlight, Comet and Tobias can go their separate ways…or take a risk on something extraordinary.

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Started!

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Sorry if I was too early, I need to read this soon for a blog tour. 😅

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Chapter 1 - 5 (view spoiler)[Comet was such a relatable character. Socially awkward. A poet. A lover of books with an eccentric clothing style. She was a geek and her friends often misunderstood her weirdness. I wish her parents are more attentive to her. She's a lonely girl who expresses her feelings through poems. No wonder she's antisocial

I kinda hate Steph for being tactless. She seems plastic and sometimes she needs to tone down her words on Comet.

Tobias King intrigued me omg... I notice he refused to read a line from a classic book.. Is he just acting like a rebel or is it possible he's dyslexic? 🤔 (hide spoiler)]

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Chapter 6 - 7 (view spoiler)[ Comet blushes all the time whenever Tobias is around lol. This is gonna be fun now they're working on an assignment. I'm ruling out Tobias being dyslexic. (hide spoiler)]

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Chapter 8 - 10 (view spoiler)[ I think Steph was turning Vicki against Comet.. smh. It's possible Vicki was tired making an effort on Comet to socialize more. Sometimes these two ladies don't understand Comet's loneliness.

I am liking Tobias and Comet's conversation. They're cute together but I think Comet should stop crying because of jealousy. I know it hurts to see your crush flirting with someone else but it doesn't give you a right to be jealous. You're not dating yet and those flirtations meant nothing... (hide spoiler)]

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How is it? Is it good? I’ll will read it as soon as it’s been released.

[Beatrice]

khungkhing wrote: "How is it? Is it good? I’ll will read it as soon as it’s been released."

I am enjoying it so far! The premise is good. 💙

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Chapter 11 - 16 (view spoiler)[ Tobias and Comet's relationship are going well. These two are understand each other and I love how honest they are. They're slowly breaking out of the shell. I wish Stevie realizes that he's taking the wrong path and destroying himself further. His family needs him. (hide spoiler)]

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Chapter 17 - 21 (view spoiler)[ Was bullying the focus in this book? Bullying shouldn't be tolerated but it was a class act for these two characters. Glad they confronted them when it's out of the line. (hide spoiler)]