Over You by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus

Source: Edelweiss

Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Format: eBook
Page: 304

After the grand explosion of her relationship, seventeen-year-old Max Scott developed what every girl in the history of the world has been waiting for: a way to get over being dumped. Now Max is the go-to guru for heartbroken high-school girls all over NYC. But when her ex unexpectedly shows up in her neighborhood, Max’s carefully controlled world starts to unravel. With her clients’ hearts hanging in the balance, Max will have to do the seemingly impossible: get over him once and for all.

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Ever since I saw this book on HarperTeen’s website, I’ve been dying to read it. So when I finally got it and read it right away, I’m sad to say it was a disappointment.

I really wanted to enjoy this book. The plot of this book is great, it was the main thing that appealed to me in the first place, but it’s kind of a disappointment when it was the only thing that was good in the whole 300 pages. The other thing I liked other than the plot was Taylor and Bridget’s relationship. I found it cute and sweet.

Max is the inventor of Ex. Inc., which is a company that help girls get over their ex quickly. My first problem from this book started from her. I found Max to be annoying, immature. I could not relate/connect with her whatsoever, and for me, it really hard to like the book if I don’t like the main character.

I like multiple POVs, and this book was written in third person with three POV (Max, Ben and Taylor).  However, with this book I was easily confused when there was a change in the POV. I had to reread a paragraph to figure out whose POV it was, which brought down the rating down even more.

All in all, the writing, the characters, and everything about this book except the plot were flat for me. I just wasn’t connected with the book at all. I wish I did, but I didn’t. 

Rating: 2/5