25 Sense
Fiction
Sparkpress
May 24, 2016
Paperback
181
Publisher via BookSparks
Claire Malone didn't mean for this to happen when she moved to New York. She just wanted to live the city life and gain experience in television writing, her dream career. It's not like she meant to reciprocate when her married boss, Sean Vared, sent her flirty e-mails. And you can't blame her for coming into the office on the weekend when Sean told her he was going to be there . . . alone. She didn't mean to sleep with him but hey, she wanted to experience the city life, so no big deal, right? Wrong. By the time Claire wakes up on her 25th birthday, she's very much in love with Sean. At work, she struggles to hold it together when he passes her desk the very desk that they used to make love on. Soon Sean has turned his affection to the show's starring actress, and Claire is devastated. Can she break away from Sean without ruining her barely started career? Will someone find out what happened? Will she ever grow up and stop making stupid mistakes? 25 Sense is about the time in a young woman's life when the world starts to view her as a responsible adult but all she feels is lost.
My review:
This would have been a much better read for me if I was younger. I've found myself reading several books lately that, while well written and interesting, just don't work for me. I'm a whole generation removed from a book about a 25 year old trying to make her way in the world. Unfortunately, this one also involves an infatuation with a married man.....another one of my pet peeves. Even though the plot didn't work for me, this was actually very well done. The part I did love was the way the chapters were headed and the bits of twitter jargon at the beginning of each. So very clever! I liked that the story focused on not giving up on making something of your life even when things seem to be getting in the way. The main character was well drawn, and the writing flowed very well. This was a quick read at under 200 pages, and I thought the ending was satisfying.
A good read for those in the age range that can relate a bit better than I did to the main character. Nicely written, clever chapter breaks, but just not my kind of plot.
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There are very few new adult (or what I think of a s NA) that hit the mark with me. I just don't identify with the characters, anymore. Have I outgrown that age of character? Maybe. There are a few I enjoy because they are more coming of age, but I'm not sure this one is calling my name. The married man infatuation is a pet peeve of mine, too.
Yeah, I'm going to agree with you. However, I will have a review up next week of Invincible Summer that I really liked. It reminded me a bit of The Ramblers, which is the only other book with that age group that I remember enjoying in the recent past.
This sounds a lot like a book I read Scared Scriptless by Alison Sweeney. Come to think of it, I gave it a 3 stars too. I don't mind the youth of the characters but the mama bear in me comes out when they make bad decisions or people try to take advantage of them.
I loved the format of the chapters, but the character just didn't do anything for me. Not a complete wash, but nothing I'd probably recommend, especially to someone older.