Not only is Riley supposedly really pretty and really talented in acting, she's also gay, but after the school finding out about it, she becomes the school's outcast. Now this is another part of the story that I think took up a lot of the scenes. we're supposed to like him, to feel sorry for him, to cheer him, etc. I mean, it would be okay if he was kind of like the anti-hero and he gets serious repercussions for it later on, but no. It was kind of painful for me to go through his narration how he would do anything to make sure she goes according to his plans. I know it's part of the story, and he does find the error of his ways later on, but still. If you truly love her, why are you forcing her like this? It just weirded me out. no way am I going to empathize with someone who'd go through so much trouble just to control the life of the girl he supposedly loves.Īnd seriously, every time he tried to convince her she is straight, that she must be straight, and she couldn't be any other way, my blood boiled. It's a bit weird because the book made him turn out to be nicer than what he really is, as if making us like him despite his flaws, but it was just hard to do. He's demanding and wants everything to go according to how he wants it to go, making him controlling as heck, to the point of trying to manipulate the events of Riley's life to steer her towards him. I really couldn't appreciate Dez as a character. It would have been possible, yes - I've seen books that juggled a lot of stuff before and they worked, believe it or not, but this one simply lacked the execution to make it deliver. She got dumped by a boy, turned to girls, got turned down again, and is now in an identity crisis.ģ.) A local teacher has been murdered, and Riley wants to find out who did it. So, there are three main "stories" or points of interests in this book:ġ.) Dez's manipulating and blackmailing of Riley's life in an attempt to make her love him.Ģ.) Riley trying to find her own sexuality. it tried so hard to incorporate them all that they all turned into one messy slop. The characters, the web of stories and intrigue, the dilemmas of the individuals. Mystery? Romance? Psychological? About finding and accepting your sexuality? A bit of this and a bit of that? Truthfully, I don't mind reading a book about various themes, but it just bothered me how none of them was ever developed enough. What could have been an interesting and intriguing novel turned out to be a mess of many dilemmas and problems, and throughout reading it, I wasn't 100% sure what kind of book it was supposed to be. If this book could be summed up in one sentence, it would be this: it's all over the place. Mystery? Romance? Psychological? About finding and accepting your sexuality? A bit of this and a bit of that? Truthfully, I don't mind reading a book about various themes, but it just bothe When his schemes go too far, Dez's web of lies threatens to destroy both of their lives.more What she doesn't know is that Dez has been secretly directing her life, blackmailing her friends, and hoping his manipulations will make her love him. Riley turns to her best friend, budding filmmaker Desmond Brandt, for help. So Riley swears off romance and throws herself into solving the shocking murder of her favorite teacher, Ms. Life in the Heights has never been easy for seventeen-year-old Riley Frost, but when she's publicly dumped and outed at the same time, she becomes an immediate social outcast at her high school. Dun Behind-the-scenes secrets could turn deadly for Desmond and Riley. Behind-the-scenes secrets could turn deadly for Desmond and Riley.
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