Book Review: Never Have I Ever: Wanted My Brother's Rival
Never Have I Ever (Book 4) by Willow Dixon
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“Why is the one person I hate the only guy I can’t stop thinking about?”
West, my older brother’s high school rival. The rich kid who has it all. The guy who disappeared six years ago and destroyed my brother’s life.
I thought West and I were friends. I trusted him, but he showed me I was nothing more to him than a means to an end.
Being twenty and in my last year of college isn’t easy. Neither is being a virgin. I’ve never been normal or felt like I fit in, and I don’t feel what I’m supposed to.
My online job has given me the perfect way to solve my virginity problem, but then the last person I ever wanted to see again shows up on my doorstep. Not only has West learned what I do for a living, he’s essentially my landlord.
I hate him. So why can’t I stay away from him? Why is he the only person I’ve ever felt a connection with, who makes me feel like there’s something in me worth wanting?
Source: Goodreads (2023)
Read This for the Characters
That sub-header can be read both ways, as in both in past and present tense. And as in, I read this book for the characters while also recommending you to read this book for the characters. Going into this fourth book, I already knew I was going to find the storyline mediocre. I am not exactly familiar with Dixon's writing because I only dabbled with the Never Have I Ever series. However, based on what I've received from the books in this series, Dixon's very good at creating extremely lovable characters. As for the plots, they are rather hits or misses.
Never Have I Ever: Wanted my Brother's Rival is my least favourite of the series. The writing felt the worst too. I have always loved Eli, since the first time he appeared in book one and honestly, West is okay, not interesting but not bad too. I was actually enjoying this book in the beginning but somewhere after the auction scene and the conversation regarding the auction between our two main characters, I lost interest and only read to finish the book. The pacing was too fast after that, which is hella weird because I am an advocate for fast paced books. The plot is the biggest problem here, it was so boring. The banter between Eli and West was fun until after that scene I was just talking about. And the conversations, not boring but not interesting as well. In other words, this book was average in everything.
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5)
P.S.: I liked Eli way more when reading about him through the other boys' point of views.
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If you saw this on Instagram. Hi.
I fixed some stuff. It's still very imperfect. I'll live with it.
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i passed my college session and have every right to mentally unstable for them 🧪
(maybe the next i should draw danbert in all the doctor shows au. although, tbh, herbert as a dr house sounds scary)
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