Review: Follow You Down

Follow You Down by LAZEEMA HAQ
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

DNF at 28%

I can always tell that I am going to DNF when the number of paragraphs I highlight increases exponentially as I read, with my highlighting becoming increasing jerky and irritable. Alas, so it was with this book. I picked it up and put it down several times but in the end I found the characters too irritating for words and I have absolutely no idea if there was supposed to be a plot.

Vesper Malik is a part-time waitress, Tristan Winthrop is a poor little rich kid. When they meet its instalust on his part. Although the characters are supposed to be mid to late twenties they read as much young. Vesper worries that Tristan will be mean to her gay friend? Really?

Vesper has secrets and doesn't want to reveal them. Tristan has family issues. Blah, blah, blah.

Then, after blowing hot and cold and not being in touch for a month Tristan arrives at Vesper's home after midnight, drunk and demanding she listen to him. He comes into her apartment uninvited, physically restrains her and refuses to let her go - at that point I tapped out. Why doesn't anyone see this behaviour is just wrong?

I liked the cover but the contents left me cold, too YA, too many "issues" thrown in, I felt like the author was trying too hard to show her liberal tendencies and it read more like ticking off a YA shopping list: silly name? Check. Rick kid with family issues? Check. Down on her luck waitress with secrets in her past? Check. Gay black friend? Check. Best friend from foster care/ children's home with (probably) a bad ending? Check.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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