One-sentence summary: A former chemist who was knew too much decides to leave her life of hiding to clear her name and protect an unlikely companion.
B.A.D. Girls Book Rating: 7
Our favorite thing about it: It was a fun story.
Our least favorite thing about it: A little cheesy and predictable.
Main Topics of Discussion: Characterization, love stories, chemistry, torture, plot development, planning, personalities
Our favorite quote: "Preparation felt like a magic spell sometimes. Like you could force events into the shape you wanted just by planning them thoroughly."
Notes: Overall we enjoyed this entertaining story. Yes, it was a little cheesy and predictable to say nothing of the rushed love story and questionable plausibility of the plot. However, when we told ourselves not to overthink it, it was a good story with an interesting, quick moving plot that kept us interested. Here are a few more of our thoughts:
- Some of the characters were a little too one-note for our liking. Daniel was too good. Kevin was too cocky, etc.
- We were surprised to find that the torture scenes were not too terrible to read. Either that says something about our desensitization to violence in books or they were written in such a way as to be uncomfortable…but not too much.
- It was interesting to us that excessive planning helped the main character feel safe.
- Including dogs in such a large role in the story was an interesting choice and one that we liked.
- We felt like this kind of book would make a fun movie. The plot read like a movie plot to us and we could see it translating well.
Memorable Meeting Moments: Amberly told us some exciting/devastating news about moving to China!
What We Ate: Spicy cheese and crackers for an appetizer, Caesar salad, chicken parmesan and broccolini, chocolate bar cake and ice cream for dessert.
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