coral reviewed The Bet by Rachel Van Dyken
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3 stars
I wanted a formulaic romance, and I had this on my Kindle after buying it on sale some time ago. It was, indeed, a formulaic romance: girl is amazing-looking but has low self esteem and some kind of emotional baggage/history to overcome. Boy 1 is amazing-looking, too; he seems like "the nice one" but is really a big jerk, and it seems like he will get the girl. Boy 2 is his even more amazing-looking brother, has darker hair, seems like "the mean one"; but he and the girl develop chemistry through hijinks.
There's a sex scene.
Then more hijinks.
Then a happy ending that was telegraphed from page one.
But, this is a three-star review, because the book went through the formula pretty well. I didn't always like the characters (they all seemed immature and each had at least one totally unbelievable hangup, like the hunter who is afraid …
I wanted a formulaic romance, and I had this on my Kindle after buying it on sale some time ago. It was, indeed, a formulaic romance: girl is amazing-looking but has low self esteem and some kind of emotional baggage/history to overcome. Boy 1 is amazing-looking, too; he seems like "the nice one" but is really a big jerk, and it seems like he will get the girl. Boy 2 is his even more amazing-looking brother, has darker hair, seems like "the mean one"; but he and the girl develop chemistry through hijinks.
There's a sex scene.
Then more hijinks.
Then a happy ending that was telegraphed from page one.
But, this is a three-star review, because the book went through the formula pretty well. I didn't always like the characters (they all seemed immature and each had at least one totally unbelievable hangup, like the hunter who is afraid of bears, even on TV), but I did laugh when I was supposed to and generally have a good time reading it.
My $1-2 were well spent.