I tried giving this book a chance. I really did. But for some reason I just couldn't get into it.

For starters, there were way too many characters to keep track. And the character descriptors were bad, making it even more difficult to differentiate between who is who. Except for the main characters, all the rest blurred into one another and it seriously inhibited every other aspect of the story.

While reading (the chapters that I did) I wavered between giving this book two or three stars. I contemplated three stars because the writing style was good, the story attempted to be quirky and humorous and there were Harry Potter references (I'm a sucker for Harry Potter references!), but I felt the plot dragged and held little to no excitement. The humour seemed forced and this time not even Harry Potter references could save it. Books in dual point of views are usually great, but in this case it made it even more difficult to follow the meagre plot and keep track of the characters from both lives, many of whom overlapped which made it even more confusing. Besides a few uniquely named characters, the character names were quite generic making it even harder to distinguish between them.

I gave up reading this book because it just wasn't bringing me the joy I desired. I expected cheesy romance and endearing characters, but it ended up just being a mundane story of two college freshmen whose lives occasionally intertwine. This story would maybe be better as a tv series, instead of a novel. As a book I felt it lacked a purpose. I found myself often thinking: what is the point?

I'm not one to usually give negative reviews, and I'm sure others might find this book enjoyable, but I felt it was imperative that I be honest and authentic. This is the second book I've read by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison and it turns out I'm just not a fan of their work.