Review/recenzija: Elle Kennedy: The Deal/Pogodba
First of all, I have to admit I'm sorry not to read books by Elle Kennedy before. Whyyyyy didn't I?!
I've heard about this author only after one of Croatian publishers published the first novel in her Off-Campus series. Now I'm addicted.
This review is about the first novel from the mentioned series, The Deal. There are 3 more novels in the series (The Mistake, The Score, The Goal), but those deserve their own reviews.
This review is about the first novel from the mentioned series, The Deal. There are 3 more novels in the series (The Mistake, The Score, The Goal), but those deserve their own reviews.
Hannah Wells survived some horrors, but she'd say she succeeded to live a pretty normal life ever since. Except, there were just two guys that she had liked in the past five years. One of them is her ex and the other doesn't even know she exists. She does good in school too. She's got an A in one of her exams, while almost every other student has failed the test. So, yeah, she does OK.
Garret Graham plays hockey, and he plays it good. Going professional is everything he has ever wanted. But he failed his last test and his plummeting GPA stands in his way. He needs good grades. Luckily for him, there's that girl who got the perfect grade. He'll get her to tutor him and make it everything perfect.
Except, she doesn't want to tutor him. So he's ready to make her a deal she will not be able to refuse.
I've read this novel in a single day. Sometimes I think I should reassess my priorities because, lately, my life is nothing more than filled with reading and the only pe*ises I see are those I create in my own imagination. But then I remember that that kind of penises are still better that no kind of penises, and I'm happy. I know, I need medication... ??
The point of this insane penis filled confession is that this book is so good I couldn't put it down. It's funny and relaxing. The characters are one interesting bunch, even the secondary male ones, and they already have me wondering what will their stories be about.
I won't even start about Garrett, because if I do, this post will never get published. I could go for days about him ??????
This isn't one of those novels you read and then forget about it. Elle has created beautiful characters with interesting and deep personalities, and made them fight through some serious but credible problems. This novel is full of positivism, optimism and humor. I can't wait to read the second book and meet Logan more intimately ??
What do you think about books by Elle Kennedy? Let me know in a comment section ??
Rose ??
Da, da, znam. Kasnim.
Naklada Neptun je ve� prevela i nastavak, ali ja sam tek na prvom dijelu ovog serijala. Ali smilujte se, evo, poku�avam to ispraviti.
Tra�ili ste, dobili ste. Nisam djed Mraz, a ispunjavam �elje. Molim da se to uzme u obzir i malo mi se popusti. :D
Evo je. Pogodba.
New adult roman koji je pokrenuo lavinu �enskih uzdisaja u Hrvatskoj i regiji.
Hannah Wells za sebe bi rekla da se sasvim dobro nosi sa �ivotom nakon tinejd�erske traume koju je do�ivjela. Osim �to su joj se odonda svi�ala samo dva frajera. Jedan od njih je njezin biv�i koji ju je napucao, a drugi ni ne zna da ona postoji. U tom pogledu devedeset posto djevojaka njezina uzrasta moglo bi se poistovjetiti s njome. Ali Hannah je rasturila na testu iz etike koji su gotovo svi iz njezine grupe pali. Koliko nas se sada mo�e poistovjetiti s njom? Mo�da onih deset posto kojih je ostalo od zadnjeg prebrojavanja.
Hannin �ivot uglavnom je OK, �to zna�i prosje�an i obi�an, ali zadovoljavaju�.
Garret Graham vo�a je fakultetskog tima hokeja�a na ledu i ako uskoro ne ispravi kolac koji je dobio na kolokviju iz etike, sljede�u utakmicu �e pratiti s klupe. Cura �ije ime je zami�ljao da po�inje na M zapravo se zove Hannah, on ju je upravo upoznao na izlazu iz u�ionice i glatko ga je otpilila kad ju je zamolio da mu dr�i instrukcije. Ona ima o�tar jezik i dobro dupe. Ali Garrett ima prioritete, a oni uklju�uju hokej i pozitivnu iz etike.
Garrettu ubrzo padne na pamet ideja: instrukcije u zamjenu za popularnost. Hannah zna da popularnost zna�i pa�nju onoga koji ju do sada nije primje�ivao.
Kad oboje izra�unaju isplativost svojih ciljeva, sklopljena je pogodba.
Ja sam ovaj roman pro�itala u jednom danu. Ponekad mislim da bih trebala preispitati vlastite prioritete jer mi se �ivot svodi na okretanje stranica knjige i jedini pen*s koji vidim je onaj kojeg si sama zamislim �itaju�i zgodnu stvar poput ove, ali onda se sjetim da je i takav penis bolji od nikakvog penisa, pa sam sretna. Da znam, treba me lije�iti... ??
Poanta ove moje sramote je ta da knjigu jednostavno nisam mogla spustiti. Humoristi�na je, opu�taju�a i zarazna. Likovi su me osvojili, a oni mu�ki sporedni su �ak uspjeli dobar dio pa�nje usmjeriti na sebe, iako njihov red dolazi tek u ostalim nastavcima.
O Garettu ne�u ni po�injati, jer ako po�nem, ovaj post nikad ne�e ni biti objavljen. Dakle ovo je za op�e dobro.
Ne dajte se odgovoriti od Pogodbe. Ako o�ekujete neku sladunjavu ili pak isforsanu zavrzlamu fakultetskih eskapada, tek se onda ne dajte odgovoriti od Pogodbe. Elle ni sa kojim segmentom ovog romana nije oti�la predaleko, radnja joj te�e glatko, a likovi su vjerodostojni i poistovjetivi. Sve u svemu, ovo je jedan roman koji zra�i optimizmom i pozitivizmom.
Da, postoje ru�ne pozadinske pri�e iza karakternih osobina njenih likova, ali sve ih je uklopila s mjerom i precizno��u.
�ujte, bli�i se Bo�i�. Ako �ete nekome (tko se usudi glasno izgovoriti rije� penis, ina�e stvarno nema smisla) kupovati ljubi�, kupite mu onaj koji zra�i zaigrano��u i ima taj neki veseli podton ispod svih povr�inskih zavrzlama. Ne igrajte na knjigu koja gu�i te�kom suosje�ajno��u ili patetikom u ove sretne dane. Nek' se sje�aju tog poklona s osmijehom na licu, a ne sa suzom u o�ima. Ciljajte na pozitivu jer nje i ovakvih romana nam zaista treba vi�e.
Va�a Rose ??
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