The Cad and the Co-Ed

12:00 am 4 September 2017

There was a lot going on in this. I feel like some conflicts were even ignored in the end? Maybe I wasn't reading carefully....hmmm.

My main problem with this is I wanted to smack Eilish straight in the forehead. I may be fed up with the "poor little rich kids from cold homes" characters. I guess I struggle not when people are too vulnerable, but when they aren't vulnerable enough. And I guess I didn't understand why Eilish wouldn't be. If she trusts her cousin, Sean, to the extent she says she does, then what the hell? Who continues to push away a sturdy guy after months and then chooses the moment he finally FINALLY shows a tiny bit of doubt to flip out and realize she's in love. No sorry. If I were Eilish, it'd be a bit of a struggle not to fall for the sturdy (and dirty) guy who clearly adores my child. It'd be difficult not to trust him. He's not a reformed party boy-he's a recovering alcoholic and her mindset doesn't seem to catch up to this fact.

I can't put my finger out what was missing other than the lack of a believable POV of the heroine IMO-I love tough but vulnerable heroines. They tend to be my favorite. The authors didn't pull that off in this one. Ultimately, I feel like everyone truly wants to be happy and much of this was a level of self-defeating that just didn't sit with me.

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