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So I’ve enjoyed Melissa’s books back in the day and I believe I had listed this series as a TBR because I liked her books. However, in a way, I think I have outgrown her writing now that I am in my mid-20s. I can’t believe I’m already this old…

Anyways, while I still found her writing style to be engaging and entertaining, I found the content of her books to be on the childish side. I didn’t connect with the characters as much as I would have liked and I found a lot of the arguments and problems to be a bit juvenile.

The three girls: Victoria, Jane and Natalya are all incredibly different and they’ve been friends forever but now they are starting high school at different places and they’re trying to overcome new friends and new places while maintaining their best friend status. Let’s just say that I found all of them to be tedious. For example, I did not like Victoria at all. I found her too timid for my liking and I thought she would have matured by the end of the second book but that wasn’t the case. She was so shy even with her friends and she let her friends take the fall when her parents found out about a certain incidence and then blamed her friends for her own mistake all because she couldn’t speak for herself. And the same thing happened with her boyfriend in the second book where her fear of speaking up caused a huge rift and she was all depressed for literally zero reason. I mean, I’m glad things worked out at the end but there was all this tension and drama nonsense.

As for the other girls, I found both Jane and Natalya to be incredibly slow but at least Natalya grew up at the end of the series. The whole thing with Jane was just crazy. She was stupid in the first book and then just even more stupid in the second book. She tried to come off as this smart girl and boy smart but in reality, she was probably the dumbest. I can’t believe the person she fell for in the first book – she was reading all these nonexistent signs and when her friend told her it probably wasn’t smart for her to like that person, she got all crazy and defensive. And then in the second book, the guy literally told her what was going on and she absolutely refused to hear it. The people around her even hinted that maybe he was right and yet again she refused to hear it. I was literally mind-boggled by it.

For Natalya, I found her annoying in the first book but at least I found her the most relatable out of the three. She was starting a new school and just wanted to have friends and she got sucked in with the popular girls by association with a certain politician’s daughter. However, she figured out at the end of the first book who exactly was more important and what kind of friends she wanted to have around her. And in the second book, with that boy drama, she made the right choice as well because she valued friendship over a boy. So, I guess, even though I didn’t particularly liked any of the three girls, I did find Natalya’s ending to be the most rewarding.

The ending was also a little disappointing – I was hoping that all of them would have a happy ending but only Victoria did. Granted, I approved Natalyas’ decision but still. And for Jane, well, in a way she got what she deserved but I think it would have been nice if she ended up with the guy I was rooting for. I felt that there was something between the two but I guess not.

Overall, this series was just okay – it was a fun summer read though.

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The Darlings in Love Melissa Kantor Books Reviews

This story was about as cute as they come. It follows three girls Victoria, Jane, and Natalya as they experience their first loves and their first heartbreaks. They are three best friends who call themselves `The Darlings' and have remained best friends even though they are not attending different schools. Each of the girls has developed her own little crush and the three boys could not be more different from each other. The chapters alternate between the three girls including each one's perspective. We also receive a little background knowledge in each chapter as far as what is going on in their lives and with their families.

Melissa Kantor really captures the idea of first love and that giddy feeling that young girls get in their stomachs after realizing that they have developed a crush. Not everyone will enjoy this book because we are dealing with fourteen year olds and at times I thought the feelings that they sometimes shared and the thoughts they were having was a little mature for a fourteen year old. Maybe if they were eighteen or nineteen it would have seemed more realistic. When I think first crush, I think sweaty palms while holding hands and being dropped off to the movies by mom and dad, not long passionate kisses in an apartment alone while your parents are out. No, I just couldn't picture this scene for a fourteen year old and take it seriously.

I loved the friendship between these girls and the fact that they called themselves `The Darlings.' I just wish that there had been more time with them together. A lot of the book is told when each girl is at her school and away from the other Darlings. They do interact a lot via text message and things to that nature, but I wanted them to have sleepovers, lunch dates, and girl's nights. I did, however, appreciate the fact that each girl had other friends outside of the Darlings. They each had their own likes and dislikes and they each had their own hobbies. It is important to not let your friends define you, and I think this message was spread well throughout the book.

Young love is a difficult thing and it doesn't always result in a happy ending. I think this book will make some readers, like myself, remember what it was like when they developed their first crush, but other readers may find this book entirely too juvenile. It all depends on your taste.

***A big thank you to the publishers at Hyperion for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review***
So I’ve enjoyed Melissa’s books back in the day and I believe I had listed this series as a TBR because I liked her books. However, in a way, I think I have outgrown her writing now that I am in my mid-20s. I can’t believe I’m already this old…

Anyways, while I still found her writing style to be engaging and entertaining, I found the content of her books to be on the childish side. I didn’t connect with the characters as much as I would have liked and I found a lot of the arguments and problems to be a bit juvenile.

The three girls Victoria, Jane and Natalya are all incredibly different and they’ve been friends forever but now they are starting high school at different places and they’re trying to overcome new friends and new places while maintaining their best friend status. Let’s just say that I found all of them to be tedious. For example, I did not like Victoria at all. I found her too timid for my liking and I thought she would have matured by the end of the second book but that wasn’t the case. She was so shy even with her friends and she let her friends take the fall when her parents found out about a certain incidence and then blamed her friends for her own mistake all because she couldn’t speak for herself. And the same thing happened with her boyfriend in the second book where her fear of speaking up caused a huge rift and she was all depressed for literally zero reason. I mean, I’m glad things worked out at the end but there was all this tension and drama nonsense.

As for the other girls, I found both Jane and Natalya to be incredibly slow but at least Natalya grew up at the end of the series. The whole thing with Jane was just crazy. She was stupid in the first book and then just even more stupid in the second book. She tried to come off as this smart girl and boy smart but in reality, she was probably the dumbest. I can’t believe the person she fell for in the first book – she was reading all these nonexistent signs and when her friend told her it probably wasn’t smart for her to like that person, she got all crazy and defensive. And then in the second book, the guy literally told her what was going on and she absolutely refused to hear it. The people around her even hinted that maybe he was right and yet again she refused to hear it. I was literally mind-boggled by it.

For Natalya, I found her annoying in the first book but at least I found her the most relatable out of the three. She was starting a new school and just wanted to have friends and she got sucked in with the popular girls by association with a certain politician’s daughter. However, she figured out at the end of the first book who exactly was more important and what kind of friends she wanted to have around her. And in the second book, with that boy drama, she made the right choice as well because she valued friendship over a boy. So, I guess, even though I didn’t particularly liked any of the three girls, I did find Natalya’s ending to be the most rewarding.

The ending was also a little disappointing – I was hoping that all of them would have a happy ending but only Victoria did. Granted, I approved Natalyas’ decision but still. And for Jane, well, in a way she got what she deserved but I think it would have been nice if she ended up with the guy I was rooting for. I felt that there was something between the two but I guess not.

Overall, this series was just okay – it was a fun summer read though.

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