Kindle Paperback
⭐ out of 5
If you've read any of my other recent book reviews, you'll know that I start them all off in the same way and that is by saying that every book I read and review starts off with the full heart-load of 5 stars and that I'm always hopeful that they'll all still be firmly stuck in place by the time I close the back cover. You'll also know that I'm not shy about taking off stars, usually for copyright or trademark infringement but if there's a magic little sentence then that star stays firmly in place. I also always give my reasons for taking off stars, they don't just disappear for no reason.
Let's get going shall we?
I love reading and learning about other cultures and I'm hoping I'll come out of the other side of this book a better person cos right now I have to admit that I don't know what an Eid is or even how to pronounce it! I'm guessing that it's a date because of the cover and this is a children's book, but I'm hoping I'll find out for sure as I read this book.
I'm also a romantic at heart, but comedy is a toughie for me... most comedic books, especially rom-coms don't usually even start a smile... will this book be any different? I really hope so!
Oh dear, a trademark infringement already... I'll give the authors the benefit of the doubt, but one more mention of a trademarked or copyrighted anything and the first star is coming off.
I don't know anything about Ms Barnes but I already care and understand after a single chapter. Will this book have me in tears rather than laughter?
Oh dear, there's a swear at the start of the second chapter that really isn't appropriate for such a young audience so the first star is coming off already unfortunately.
And now there's a well-known singer so the wobbly star has officially fallen... that's two stars lost in 2 pages - will they be the only ones?
And another even worse swear on the next page that is really only suitable for older teens rather than the younger teens that this book is aimed at... this book started off amazingly well and I could honestly see me enjoying every word, but not any more. Will I get to 25% without losing another star?
And another swear two paragraphs later... how on earth did this book get published?!
In the space of only three pages, this book has gone from "great going!" to "I give up already" because there's another trademark mentioned. It was a fantastic first chapter but I'm quickly losing hope of regaining that sense of being desperate to keep reading unfortunately.
Now children who are still at school are able to legally drive! Maybe I'm out of touch with America, but over here in the UK that's illegal until you've got at least your provisional driving license! That's another star gone now! After only two chapters I'm already down to 2 stars so there's only one possible one left to lose before I stop reading waaay before the end of the book!
I've made it through 6% of the book so far this afternoon and I've already had to take 3 stars off... will I make it to 10% without taking off the last one?
Apparently there's 6 hours and 45 minutes left in the book so it seems like a good opportunity to finish for the night and get stuck in again tomorrow. Thankfully that chapter was considerably better than the previous ones so maybe the authors were both having bad days when they wrote them?
Chapter 6 was OK to good-ish so hopefully I'm over the not-so-good bits now. Gonna aim for another chapter before lunch and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it'll leave me feeling more positive than negative about the book.
Thaaat's more like it! This book definitely has it's good points so the bad ones can almost be put to one side. I've got 6 hours and 8 minutes left in the book apparently so I'm gonna aim for one more as I've read two in just under an hour so I'm hoping I'll've read another one in plenty of time.
Just finished reading the third chapter of the morning and I think I get where the comedy bit of this rom-com is supposed to be, but it's a bit gentle for me and I haven't even started to smile yet.
Just finished Act 1... does that mean that I'm a third of the way through the book or something? The authors are well into the characters lives now which makes for better reading I reckon.
And there goes the final star for copyright usage. Only 36% of the way through and I'm giving up unfortunately.
