Bringing down the Star

I can't remember where I first saw this book but I've had it on my wish list waiting for it to release because the blurb got my attention right away and I was excited to read it. Sadly though the book didn't work for me. The premise was interesting but the execution wasn't great for me. It felt like it should have been a YA book or at least set in High School because the fact that it was in college didn't make much sense. <br /><br />The heroine was supposedly 18 years old but she was in her last year of college, went to prom a few years ago, and had a friend five years younger than her that was preparing to take the SAT's again. To me that doesn't fit with being 18. A typical 18 year old is someone who would have just graduated high school unless she finished early, which was never said, and a friend who would be 13 and most likely in her first year of High School wouldn't be preparing to take the SAT's already? It was bugging me every time something was said that didn't fit with her being 18 and I even went back to the first page more than once to make sure I was reading it right. At the very least the heroine was no more than 19 but we're led to believe the death of her parents was very recent and she was 18 after they died when she saw a shrink. That's what we're told.<br /><br />That may be me being very nit picky but there were other things throughout the story that weren't very clear and had me regretting picking this book up. Add in the rushed ending with no closure on Tori's living situation with her Aunt, who weirdly enough we heard about but never actually saw her one page, and I was happy to finish the book and move on to something else. <br /><br />Bottom line, this book wasn't for me but I'd never discourage someone from reading something. So I'll say I do think lovers of the bully trope will enjoy the hero and may enjoy this story more than I did. 

DNF . Chapter 1 and I already see so many plot holes. The h is 18 and in her last year of college ? And she talks about living in a trailer and her parents being drug addicts but being caring enough to leave a really big life insurance . I- I have no words

ew just no

2.5

The plot evolved too quick. It wasn't even a bully romance since there was no actual bullying and just banter and sexual tension described poorly. If I go past that and focus on just the erotic part, it was an enjoyable book.

Meh… <br />I don’t understand why she kept calling him her bully… yeah he was rude but bully is a stretch. <br />Many plot holes and inconsistencies.

<strong>Honestly don’t know how I made it half way through </strong><br /><br />From the first chapter or two, I knew I was not going to like this book, but I persevered. The main heroine is just awful; she’s a ~tragic~ pick me girl that mostly just shits on other girls around her. She’s not like those ~rich bimbos~ because she shops at Goodwill and eats fast food. She is honestly so cringey it’s hard to get through. <br /><br />The leading man is okay - spoiled rich bully, pretty one dimensional but as soon as the main girl walks in he can tell she’s ~different~. The dirty talk is probably the best part of this book, but overall the spicy scenes fall flat and also tend to not make sense plot wise. <br /><br />Also, the book is RIDDLED with blatant grammatical errors. Like really obvious stuff that a good spell check program could find. Kind of embarrassing.

The right idea, but the wrong execution. <br /><br />It was like reading a draft of an idea for a story. <br />This book felt like reading a short story about Darius and Tory from the Zodiac Academy series. Like a fan fiction of their love story without the whole Zodiac Academy plot or any plot at all.<br /><br />There were a lot of inconsistencies in this book:<br />It was confusing to distinguish between high school and college.<br />How could she have insurance if her parents were irresponsible?<br />The events of her trauma did not add up.<br />There was no ending.<br />Everything happened in two months? The timeline did not add up. <br />The ages did not add up. <br />The financial storyline did not add up. <br />There were many basic editing errors. <br /><br />I have to admit that the book had the potential to be funny and entertaining. <br />I found myself laughing and giggling and looking forward for Zayn and Diona's story but it just was just not a good read. Hopefully the author can go back and make some changes to make this a book worth reading.

Rating: 3.75<br />It was kind of addictive and exciting at first, but i feel like the story was too short and the plot moved too fast.<br />But either way it's kinda good, i basically binge it because it was too short.<br />This is kind of a Wattpad story with the bully that fell in love with her at first sight, but didn't know how to act because that feeling were alien to him. And the girl that doesn't give a shit about anyone or what they think, playing hard yo get too. But both would give in to their lust woth each other.<br />Both have shitty parents that gave them both traumas and numb towards others feelings etc. But the girl still have kindness in her, but are buried deep if not needed. <br />Tropes: small town, grumpy x grumpy, rich boy x poor girl, childhood traumas, virgin girl x playboy, possessiveness

I had never seen a book on goodreads with under a 3 star rating, and I had seen this author on tiktok promoting her book and I felt bad for all the super negative reviews.. the plot holes were rough.. I mean it's weird that she's 18 and in her last year of college and she's American but says "bloody" as a swear lol you can tell the author is not familiar with America. Then it was promoted as a bully romance but was very insta-love. No joke before anything had happened they're both wondering if they're in love with the other lol the spice kinda came out of no where and was the only part I really liked in the book. Overall it's not great. There are spelling errors, missing quotation marks, plot holes that contradict each other.. I'd say skip it