Queen B’s Decree: I have made a promise to myself over the last year that I won’t force myself to continue reading a book I’m not enjoying. After a certain page or percentage, if I feel I’ve given it a fair chance and I’m still not enthralled, I’m going to move on and let it go.
That happened with Crushing It.
So much potential! We had our gamer girl Sierra who attends an open mic night of humiliation where she reads through an old college journal. The entry she reads is about repopulating the earth with her comms class and which boy she adored and shockingly, he is the next contestant at this open mic night and they “reconnect.” Sounds good, right?
No.
First, there are tons of red flags surrounding this guy. Does Sierra pay attention to them? No. Her naivete and gullibility are hard to swallow. Plus there is going to be this weird love triangle happening between douche boy and sweet boy and I almost feel like I can predict what will happen. It just feels like a bad teen movie from the 90’s.
And I hated Sierra’s outfits and style.
And so life moves on. #didnotfinish
Book: Crushing It by Lorelei Parker
Series: standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Hotness: honestly I didn’t get far enough to find out
Plot Devices/Tropes: stubbornly naive heroine