Better+off+Friends

Better off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg 2014 Romance SLJ gr 6-10; Booklist gr 7-10 Recommended by Barrington Public Library

Link to the NHU PAC entry [|here]

Comments:

This was a very slow book. The minimal plot consists of a few year's worth of high school, focusing on Levi and Macallan's relationship moving from best childhood friends to romantic friends, not without the usual mis-communication, jealousy, etc. Chapters are interspersed with mini-chapters of the two MCs commenting on the development of their relationship, which slows an already slow book. It's like reading a transcript of a reality show where the actors are commenting on stuff that the audience just watched. I doubt readers (beyond a handful of starry-eyed, very young girls) will be able to slog through the excessive introspection. Pass! - Yvette/Merrimack