The Fill-in
Boyfriend by Kasie West is a
young adult contemporary. It is about young Gia, student body president, the
girl with everything under control, until her long-distance boyfriend breaks up
with her in the parking lot of her senior prom. With her friends growing doubts
about the existence of this boyfriend, she talks a stranger dropping off his
sister into pretending to be her boyfriend in order to meet her friends. This
sets into motion a series of events that will change her life.
I gave this book 3 out
of 5 stars. It was okay, but just that. I was kind of disappointed that I
didn’t like it more. The writing style was still really strong and fun to read.
The plot was fast paced and smooth. I found her characters to be well developed
(as I have come to expect from her) and did feel fairly invested in them.
My big issue with this
story is the plot itself. It was entirely made up of teen drama. I understand
the story is about teenagers, so expect a bit of that, but not as the driving
force and main storyline. The story set up sounded so interesting and full of
potential, but I was quite disappointed in her spin. Furthermore, the setup of
many young people making immature decisions and mistakes wouldn’t have felt as
bad if more people than the main character suffered consequences for them. But
she was the only one who really suffered for her bad choices, even though she
regretted them and was trying to make amends. All of that together just
irritated me and diminished my pleasure in the book. My last issue was that the
ending was really abrupt (as in, wait what?).
Overall, I don’t
regret reading this book, but it definitely did not rise to my expectations.
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