Kimberly Montague - Accidental Texting: Finding Love Despite the Spotlight

Warning! Spoilers ahead (though they're not really big)

When I start reading a book at 11:30 at night, it's usually because something about the synopsis has really caught my attention and it might therefore be worth it to stay up till 4 or 5 in the morning reading a big chunk of it. Unfortunately, this was not one of those books. I did stay up pretty late reading it, but only because I was hoping that it would get better. Not the case, my friends. To start off, Morgan drove me bat-shit crazy. 

Can you say drama queen? Because Morgan tops the charts for being a capital D-R-A-M-A Drama Queen. She reacted over EVERYTHING! It drove me insane and after the second time I just started rolling my eyes and seriously wanting to slap her. As a character, she made no progress whatsoever with her hang ups and fears, especially the whole Sean-has-a-shit-ton-of-money thing. If it was me, I'd just be like, "that's cool, it gives you security and you won't ever have to worry about being poor". But Morgan...she went insane whenever Sean spent any kind of money! Yea he would go a little over the top when it came to buying things and I would have liked him to be a little more reserved about spending his money, but come on! Am I missing something? Was she supposed to be bipolar? Graaaaarrrrrr!!!

And don't even get me started on her insecurities. NOBODY can be that insecure. She questioned everything! And I HATE it when the main female is all "He's out of my league. What can he possibly see in me? I'm just little ol' me, not really worth much. He must not be serious about me". AAAARRRRRHHHHH!!!!! *tears hair out*. 

And Sean...Ok, I loved him. I thought he was an amazing man and really cared for Morgan. What did bother me a lot was that for a guy that says Morgan is it for him and can't live without her, he didn't seem to suffer that much when she left him after Morgan saw him kissing Michelle. Sure, his friends said he was a wreck after, but since I didn't see it, it didn't convince me that he really was sorry for kissing Michelle. It should have been a bigger deal to him than it seemed to be.

Also, it was way too long of a read and could have been cut shorter. What bugs me about books like these is that instead of there being one big problem that the main characters have to resolve, there were many (and I mean MANY) small problems that they had to solve. It makes it seem like the author doesn't have enough imagination to create a problem that builds up throughout the book, and further, that she can't write a full length novel (although this is more near-bursting than full) unless she writes small problems that each take 30 or 40 pages to resolve. 

And the sex! That was really disappointing. I love me some sexy time but this book was just so vague about it that I had to go back and reread some paragraphs to understand what was happening.

Even though I say all this, it was still a likable read, but definitely nowhere near my top 10, 20, or 50 favorite books of all time.

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Lena