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A review by evarano
Bad Girl Reputation by Elle Kennedy
4.0
Bad Girl Reputation is the follow up to Good Girl Complex, a book which I absolutely adored. BGR follows Evan, Cooper's twin, who's been in love with Gen (Genevieve) since he was young. Their off again on again relationship was extremely hot, but equally extremely cold, especially when Gen up and moved away without notice a year ago. Left wondering what went wrong, Evan quickly reconciles with Gen when she's in town for her mother's funeral. Upon finding out that Gen is sticking around for awhile, Evan vows to win Gen back, but both of them know they can be as bad for each as good.
I did like this, it wasn't even as close to as good at GGC unfortunately. I was so excited to receive the ARC for this! The story is written in a similar fashion, but I really missed the inclusion of the town, of their friends more and of Cooper and Mac. All that was present, but not enough, it definitely missed that aspect. Because this was a second chance romance, it did become a bit repetitive, we're bad for each other, but no one makes me feel this way, over and over again all throughout the story. While there was a connection between Gen and Evan, for me the story really lacked the build up, they just keep going back to each other over and over, then separating, going back, it really lacked that tension. I liked the supporting plot, and the character development through the story, especially Evan's relationship with Riley. I wish we got to see more of Gen and Mac's relationship. I just wish for more all around, more story, more development, more of Evan and Gen in the past, etc. I think the story would have benefitted a lot if it was longer and a tad more similar to GGC. All in all, it was good, it kept me interested! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free preview in exchange for an honest review.
I did like this, it wasn't even as close to as good at GGC unfortunately. I was so excited to receive the ARC for this! The story is written in a similar fashion, but I really missed the inclusion of the town, of their friends more and of Cooper and Mac. All that was present, but not enough, it definitely missed that aspect. Because this was a second chance romance, it did become a bit repetitive, we're bad for each other, but no one makes me feel this way, over and over again all throughout the story. While there was a connection between Gen and Evan, for me the story really lacked the build up, they just keep going back to each other over and over, then separating, going back, it really lacked that tension. I liked the supporting plot, and the character development through the story, especially Evan's relationship with Riley. I wish we got to see more of Gen and Mac's relationship. I just wish for more all around, more story, more development, more of Evan and Gen in the past, etc. I think the story would have benefitted a lot if it was longer and a tad more similar to GGC. All in all, it was good, it kept me interested! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free preview in exchange for an honest review.