Tiffani's Reviews > The Thing About the Truth

Well, I'm kind of... disapppointed in this one.

Sure, it's a cute, quick read, but it's kind of superficial. It was fun, but there are too many open ends, problems left unsolved. Their relationship went way too fast, too. One minute, they're all about hating on each other, and suddenly they're kissing. Next, they suddenly know things about each other, can read each other like they've known each other for ages and then they start 'loving' each other which is just strange.

Isaac is supposed to be this major playboy and has never loved a girl before, but we see nothing of his playboy-ism in this book, LB just says it is so and goes staight to changing him into a one-woman-man.

I would also have liked to see the outcome of Chloe's relationship. I thought that maybe she and Marshall would get together since Kelsey once pointed out that they were flirting, and because the Dave-thing didn't work out. Why would she spend that much time on writing about Dave-Chloe-Marsh and just leave it like she did? Unless she's planning on writing a book where they will be te main charachters.

Another thing that bothering me, like the Chloe-romance thing, is the daddy-issues. Both Kelseys as Isaacs. Barnholdt just put is out there that Senator Brandano is fake and an ass and that there are some major issues between him and his wife and son and just leave it like that. Same with Kelsey's parents. Her dad thinks of her as this huge disappointment and he doesn't like Isaac at ALL (without reason) and that's just it. No futher explainations, no problems being solved.

And Kelsey is kind of screwed up. I get that she got her heart broken (though she wouldn't have gotten over is so fast is that was really the truth), but why get all emotional with no reason and lie about losing your virginity? The virtinity has NOTHING to do with anything.

And that's another thing, I really liked the build-up and the suspense of 'Before' and 'The aftermath' and it turns out that all the drama is about one little lie? Really?

AND at first Isaac's all 'oh no i can never forgive her and she's the first girl i loves so i won't ever get over it, i just don't get why you'd lie' and literally five minutes later he all 'oh well, whatever, i get why you lied, it's all forgiven and forgotten i love you'.


Like I said, quite the disappointment.