The Bookish Island's Book Review:
No Love Allowed by Kate Evangelista
Are there spoilers?
I don't really think so.
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This is one of the books I read after the passing of Hurricane Maria here in Puerto Rico. With no water, electricity or internet I took to reading my books.
I decided to not do this for the books I've read on 2018. But it has been 4 months since Hurricane Maria. And I'm happy to announce that now we have water, and electricity.
Title - No Love AllowedBy - Kate Evangelista
Publication - April 19th 2016 by Swoon Reads
Copy - Paperback, 256 pages
Genre - Young Adult, Cotemporary, Romance
It's all fun and parties until someone falls in love in this modern fairy tale from author Kate Evangelista.
Caleb desperately needs a fake girlfriend. Either he attends a series of parties for his father’s law firm with a pretty girl on his arm, or he gets shipped off to Yale to start a future he’s not ready for and isn’t sure he wants. And sadly, the last unattached girl in his social circle has just made the grievous mistake of falling in love with him. Fortunately, Didi, recently fired waitress and aspiring painter, is open to new experiences. As the summer ticks by in a whirl of lavish parties, there’s only one rule: They must not fall in love!
The Rating:
My Review:
For me its much easier to divide reviews in parts. I don't know if it has anything to do with my English or that it just looks cleaner and aesthetically pleasing. Like the way I used to do it last year. But I stopped doing it that way to easily write a quick review and post it. So I'm going to go back to the 2017 version but much smaller. Using 4 questions.
Who is it by?
No Love Allowed is by the author Kate Evangelista. I haven't read any of her other books but I can already tell I like her writing. It was easy to follow so I could understand what was going on in the story without getting confused. Which for me I a big thing since I often get lost when I read a book I don't understand. So Kate wins big points in my book.
What is it about?
No Love Allowed is threw story of Caleb who is the son to this big and serious lawyer who has his own law firm. And how in order for his father to let him go freely to Europe he has to get a solid girlfriend to parade around him in the parties his father throws. That's when Didi comes in. Didi is the daughter of a single mother and its just the two of them against the world sort of situation. Also they are poor and have multiple jobs. On top of that Didi also has Bipolar Disorder and has to keep that in check by taking her meds and not being around impulsive situations.
Right, so. Then she's working at a country club as a server/waitress and is serving at the table Caleb and his "girlfriend" are sitting. Also he is breaking up with. Except they were never girlfriend/boyfriend cause he doesn't believe in love. On top of that Didi's not in a great mood so she accidentally pours her drinks on the girl. Didi looses her job and Caleb dives in(literally) and gives her the opportunity to be his fake girlfriend. She agrees
Why did I read it?
I had been given the opportunity to read this book before. But as always I didn't get very far. I just read 10 pages of it. Still I liked it enough to get myself a copy and read the whole thing.
I think what attracted me to this book was the whole fake girlfriend aspect of the story. I had previously read Kasie West's The Fill-In Boyfriend which has a similar theme and liked it a lot so I thought I would like this book too. And I did.
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Did I like it?
Caleb was such a rich kid, asshole with daddy issues. And I hated him trough most of the book except in the very, very end.
Started this book on December 29, 2018.
I finished reading this book on January 1, 2018.
For me its much easier to divide reviews in parts. I don't know if it has anything to do with my English or that it just looks cleaner and aesthetically pleasing. Like the way I used to do it last year. But I stopped doing it that way to easily write a quick review and post it. So I'm going to go back to the 2017 version but much smaller. Using 4 questions.
Who is it by?
No Love Allowed is by the author Kate Evangelista. I haven't read any of her other books but I can already tell I like her writing. It was easy to follow so I could understand what was going on in the story without getting confused. Which for me I a big thing since I often get lost when I read a book I don't understand. So Kate wins big points in my book.
What is it about?
No Love Allowed is threw story of Caleb who is the son to this big and serious lawyer who has his own law firm. And how in order for his father to let him go freely to Europe he has to get a solid girlfriend to parade around him in the parties his father throws. That's when Didi comes in. Didi is the daughter of a single mother and its just the two of them against the world sort of situation. Also they are poor and have multiple jobs. On top of that Didi also has Bipolar Disorder and has to keep that in check by taking her meds and not being around impulsive situations.
Right, so. Then she's working at a country club as a server/waitress and is serving at the table Caleb and his "girlfriend" are sitting. Also he is breaking up with. Except they were never girlfriend/boyfriend cause he doesn't believe in love. On top of that Didi's not in a great mood so she accidentally pours her drinks on the girl. Didi looses her job and Caleb dives in(literally) and gives her the opportunity to be his fake girlfriend. She agrees
Why did I read it?
I had been given the opportunity to read this book before. But as always I didn't get very far. I just read 10 pages of it. Still I liked it enough to get myself a copy and read the whole thing.
I think what attracted me to this book was the whole fake girlfriend aspect of the story. I had previously read Kasie West's The Fill-In Boyfriend which has a similar theme and liked it a lot so I thought I would like this book too. And I did.
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Did I like it?
I liked it. Not only was Didi's mental health written well but I loved that Caleb didn't just turn around and run. He loved her regardless and even wanted to help her out. There was also Didi's artistic nature that I adored. Because I get her obsessive nature when it comes to her paintings. She was driven by it and I get like that too. I obsess.
Caleb was such a rich kid, asshole with daddy issues. And I hated him trough most of the book except in the very, very end.
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