Mason

Spoilers

I wanted to like this... I really did.

I've been wanting to read this series for a while now, it's come highly recommended by quite a few people in my book groups...but I have no idea why.

The plot was terrible.
The writing was terrible.
I literally felt like the entire thing was written by a 12 year old.

This book is about Mason's life. His cheating father, his mother who lived with it until Mason's father decided to love someone else, his brother who is spiralling out of control, and Mason figuring out how to protect him. It all sounds good...in theory.

There is A LOT of angst. A LOT of drama. A lot of pointless conversations. I feel like this book served no real purpose.

Bullying, inappropriate comments from teachers, dialogue that's unrealistic. These boys need a slap upside the head. In the beginning I though that maybe Logan was a small 8 year old, not a 15 year old... The way the characters acted lacked maturity and responsibility was unbelievable.

As if that wasn't enough... the amount of underage drinking and sex had me rolling. I totally understand, I was a teenager once... Hormones, peer pressure, all of it, I understand. However, this was completely blown out... Probably would have been suited for new adult and not YA.

The amount of time jumps in the book were so hard to follow... At the end I though only a year passed, but apparently it had been “years”. I couldn't follow the story.

This was the first book I've read by Tijan, and it will likely be the last. I was looking forward to Fallen Crest High because it was so highly recommended, yeah...not looking forward to it now.