"Eighteen
year-old womanizer Daniel Revelstoke leaves his native London to study at the
University of Oregon, dreaming of seducing one American girl after another. But
he soon meets a new kind of woman in classmate Julie French. Her cleverness and
resistance land Daniel in love for the first time in his life, to his deep
confusion.
However,
Julie's long-distance boyfriend and a bizarre family secret stand in Daniel's
way to winning her. Since he can't quit obsessing over her, he decides to hide
a few truths in order to draw closer to her, hoping that maybe she'll return
his love and, when she finds out his devious path, forgive him. It's a gamble,
but all's fair in love and college."
- http://www.mollyringle.com/relativelyhonest.html
- http://www.mollyringle.com/relativelyhonest.html
Stats:
- Format: ebook
- Publisher: ireadiwrite Publishing
- Release Date: September 11, 2011
- File Size: 876 KB
Favorite Quotes:
“And while ordinarily I didn’t mind
lying to help spread the rumor that I was charming, today my mind was
short-circuiting.”
“20,000 students attended the University
of Oregon at any given time. About 10,700 of them were female. Already good:
more women than men, which meant a bigger pool for me, and less competition.
Assuming as many as half were totally undesirable (which seemed a high number),
that still left 5,350 potential dates for me. Assuming that of those, another
half wouldn’t have me due to reasons like having a boyfriend, being a lesbian,
or planning to become a nun, I was still left with 2,675 possibilities.”
“JET LAG is a right bitch.”
Random things that I liked:
The
chapters weren’t very long and made for a quick read. I also like the titles of the chapters; they
were clear-cut and told you exactly what was going to go on.
Review:
Relatively Honest was a much more fun
read than I was expecting. It sounded
like an interesting story but I assumed it would be more of a mopey, dramatic
type of read. The story is told from the
viewpoint of the main character, Daniel, and highlights his thoughts and
reactions to others. Although I cannot
know for sure, I felt that the author did a good job of capturing how an 18
year old man-boy would think and respond to situations. The writing is pretty clever and the
character is actually funny.
Daniel was born and bred in England
and has always had an affinity for American girls. He is the typical charmer with a great accent
that draws the opposite sex in. His
description automatically had me picturing Robert Pattinson- so Twilight fans
you’ll love that! Because girls have
always thrown themselves at him, Daniel has never put much thought into how he
treats girls and has certainly never had the desire to stay with any of them
for too long.
Although Daniel is a womanizer and has
treated girls wrongly in the past, he is determined to turn that around with
Julie. From the beginning Daniel’s
interest in her makes him realize how his previous girlfriends felt about him
and causes a change of heart.
Daniel is attending the University of
Oregon and is roomed with a goth named Sinter.
He was a good addition and was more likable than other typical “goth”
characters seem to be. Sinter challenge
Daniel’s behavior at times but is overall a good friend. He has his own issues that he is dealing with
but it didn’t detract from the main storyline.
I do not want to give away the big
twist in the story, but I will say that I did not like it. It touches on a taboo subject and
automatically put me off. Honestly, I
was tempted to stop reading. I am not
one to give up on a book, so I pushed forward and was glad I did. The author managed to grasp my attention
again made the twist work. Don’t give
up- keep reading!
Overall
I thought that this was a fun read. It
has a little bit of everything- love, lies, secrets, friendship, and humor (the
most important ingredient in my book!).
1 comment:
Just found this--thanks, Ashley! Hee, I knew full well I was playing with subjects that wouldn't win everyone over, so I don't blame you for having doubts. It was a crazy plot idea and I'm not even sure anymore where I got it. But I'm glad it worked for you by the end! And I agree: humor is the most important ingredient in fiction as well as life. :)
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