I really enjoyed this book- there were literal lol moments, the characters were enjoyable and it was well written. It’s not the smuttiest thing out there, but it has its moments. I generally like Elle Kennedy’s books, and I’ll definitely read the next one, but I do have a few issues.

Potential spoilers-
My biggest complaint was the ending- it didn’t feel like there was one. Because there wasn’t. Like I don’t need some huge HEA epilogue, but a little wrap up would be nice. The book ended s...

I really enjoyed this book- there were literal lol moments, the characters were enjoyable and it was well written. It’s not the smuttiest thing out there, but it has its moments. I generally like Elle Kennedy’s books, and I’ll definitely read the next one, but I do have a few issues.

Potential spoilers-
My biggest complaint was the ending- it didn’t feel like there was one. Because there wasn’t. Like I don’t need some huge HEA epilogue, but a little wrap up would be nice. The book ended so abruptly I seriously thought it was missing a chapter. The characters get back together the last two pages- which duh, they always do. I wanted a little follow up on their businesses. And naming a golden retriever
‘Daisy’. Ugh.

it took me 3 weeks to get through this book. THREE FUCKING WEEKS, let that sink in. have y’all read ‘After’ by Anna Todd? did you love it and just want more? well look no further! good girl complex is.. the exact.. same.. thing. a literal replica of that storyline. I’m not gonna lie, I got to 60% of this book and then I skimmed the rest of it. it was so predictable, not for one second did I wonder where the story was gonna go. I didn’t connect or like any of the characters. Cooper was okay, b...

it took me 3 weeks to get through this book. THREE FUCKING WEEKS, let that sink in. have y’all read ‘After’ by Anna Todd? did you love it and just want more? well look no further! good girl complex is.. the exact.. same.. thing. a literal replica of that storyline. I’m not gonna lie, I got to 60% of this book and then I skimmed the rest of it. it was so predictable, not for one second did I wonder where the story was gonna go. I didn’t connect or like any of the characters. Cooper was okay, but Mackenzie.. sos. the glorification of cheating trope is not my favorite, and this book had a lot of that. anyway, I really tried to love this, but I wanted more than just good girl meets bad boy, she’s rich & he isn’t, opposites attract, blah blah blah. the ending felt a bit rushed & there was no epilogue, overall I was very disappointed :/

Fair warning, this review will be full of spoilers so if you plan on reading this, I would tread carefully. But, you should also read this so you don't waste your time with this monstrosity 🥰 This will also be one of my messiest review yet

The one lesson I learned from this was to actually listen to other people when they tell you to avoid a book

This book is absolutely disgusting. I’ve spent the last 2 days I read this book trying to figure what the Cooper’s (H) personality is besi...

Fair warning, this review will be full of spoilers so if you plan on reading this, I would tread carefully. But, you should also read this so you don't waste your time with this monstrosity 🥰 This will also be one of my messiest review yet

The one lesson I learned from this was to actually listen to other people when they tell you to avoid a book

This book is absolutely disgusting. I’ve spent the last 2 days I read this book trying to figure what the Cooper’s (H) personality is besides being absolute piece of shit. Mac (h) begins emotionally cheating on her boyfriend, Preston, of 4 years after meeting the hero ONCE and begins physically cheating on him 1/3 of the way through the book.

Preston is not a good guy, at all, but to the heroine, he’s a good guy that she doesn’t feel chemistry with. Does he cheat on her and treat people like shit because others aren’t rich like him? Absolutely, but does that make it okay for her to cheat on him??? No.

It’s not even just this…she has the audacity to talk about his cheating in a negative way. Baby girl you cheated on him too💀

Cooper was fired from his job because of her boyfriend so to get back at him, Cooper’s friends and him make a bet. He’ll get the heroine to fall for him, break up with her boyfriend and rub it in her bf’s face😒 wtf is this? Wattpad?

The justification they have for manipulating and being cruel to the heroine is she’s just a “clone”😒 It’s the hypocrisy that these people show that is laughable. They act like they’re dirt poor and because of that they’re allowed to treat people like shit. How about everyone just shows each other some fucking respect.

“She’s a person, you know.”
“No, she’s a clone.”

I get wanting to bully your bully, I support that. But, for them to put an innocent person in the middle of this revenge plot...that's so childish

Cooper tells Mac that her boyfriend has been cheating on her the whole 2 years that he was away for college. So she slaps him….huh??!! What gives you the right to slap someone that is telling YOUR BOYFRIEND IS CHEATING ON YOU 5 seconds after making out with Cooper???

Well Cooper and Mac don’t talk to each other for a while after that. When Mac goes to dinner with her boyfriend and her parents, she gets pissed by the way they treat her like dirt. Because of that, she FINALLY questions her bf about his possible infidelity, which he admits.

Here’s where I can’t take this anymore. After breaking up with her boyfriend OF 4 YEARS, she goes to Cooper’s house and they have sex for the first time. How this girl realized that she never loved her boyfriend and is already fucking her side piece who she BARELY knows, all in ONE HOUR, I will never know. Not only this...but the sex scene is 🤣

“You gonna come again?” he whispers in my ear.
“Maybe.”
“Try.”

Cooper eventually starts having doubts about the bet, which is supposed to make it “okay” since he feels bad. I'm sure you’re expecting him to just come clean to Mac about it…NOPE. He allows his friends and brother to degrade a girl he likes by calling her a clone and laugh behind her back. He then LIES about the bet to her face multiple times and even gets his friends to back up his story.

“Out with it,” she orders.
“With what?”
Even as I stonewall her, I wonder if this is the moment I should come clean. Admit I had less than honorable intentions at first, but that things changed after we met.
She’d understand. Maybe even get a kick out of it. We’d have a good laugh and it’d become a funny story we tell at parties.

Despite her cheating, Mac is probably the best character in the book. Cooper is probably the worst because he THINKS he's better than everyone else. Mac got a call from two of Cooper’s friends after a hole tore through their roof during a hurricane. Mac drives out, climbs on the roof and is able to repair the hole temparily. When Cooper finds out that she did that she literally starts condescending her like she’s a child which was giving me 🚩🚩

“Hey, it’s fine. I’m fine. They needed help so I offered to come over. It was my decision.”
“I don’t give a shit whose dumbass idea it was. You shoulda known better,” he tells me with a condescending tone, not unlike the one I heard from Preston when I showed him the hotel.

Mac forgets that she has no clothes on besides her bra and underwear so when she stands up to defend herself…

“Oh my God, I did not almost get struck by lightning. You’re being ridiculous right now.” Indignant, I plant my hands on my hips, forgetting about the blanket wrapped around me.
It falls to the wet carpet, leaving me in nothing but a black sports bra and neon-pink bikini panties.

Am I the only one cringing? Then Cooper takes her home and fucks her because Mac likes to allow herself to be treated like a doormat. Maybe I'm just being picky at this point, but yanno what...sometimes it's necessary

Cooper also makes Mac feel like shit because she’s wealthy. When his mom steals all his life savings from him, Mac offers to replace it because well, she has the money. I understand some people don’t like to feel like charity cases…but Cooper just goes off on her.

“How many different ways do I have to say it?” he shouts at me. “I don’t want your goddamn money. Do you even grasp how infantilizing it is to have your girlfriend constantly following you around with her purse open?”

He then proceeds to degrade her by calling her a 'clone'…SHE’S LITERALLY YOUR GIRLFRIEND WTF. Her intentions are pure. In no way was she trying to degrade him or show off by offering to give him money.

Mac eventually finds out about the bet at 91% and they make up at the end of the book. This book just felt like After by Anna Todd. The bet trope has been done…we’re all over it. It wasn’t even a good trope to begin with so can we please never use it again.

The twist and turns this book had had me on the edge of my seat. I’ve stayed up reading this book after the kids went to bed so I could finish. It’s SO good!

The twist and turns this book had had me on the edge of my seat. I’ve stayed up reading this book after the kids went to bed so I could finish. It’s SO good!

this was bad. outer banks with none of the charm. i hate when a romantic relationship is built on a lie and i especially hate when said romantic relationship is chemistry-less.

this was bad. outer banks with none of the charm. i hate when a romantic relationship is built on a lie and i especially hate when said romantic relationship is chemistry-less.