Review: Until Friday Night by Abbi Glines
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Rating: 3/5
This
story follows Maggie Carleton and West Ashby. Maggie is mute by choice after
witnessing her father murder her mother two years before the story begins. Maggie
moves in with her Aunt, Uncle and football playing Cousin and beings a new
school at the beginning of the book. Her cousin is best friends with West. West
is a typical Abbi Glines male lead: cocky, popular, and insanely good looking,
but he is battling the grief that comes with watching his father slowly die of
cancer.
The characters followed Abi Glines formula: Take one
sweet, innocent angel with a troubled past and a bad boy hero who mistreats
girls with some problems of his own. They are both of course wanted by everyone
in the school. All the girls (who are portrayed as sluts and awful people to
only make the heroine seem more innocent) want to be with West. All the guys of
course want innocent Maggie. The story wasn't anything unique but was entertaining none the less - although I felt that the relationship dynamic between the characters was superficial and arguments seemed to only be there to move the plot forward.
All in all, this was an ok contemporary read, scarily readable and perfect novel to get you out of a reading slump because it is so darn short. I listened to this as an audiobook, and it was less than 6 hours long. If you are an Abbi Glines fan I’m sure you will love this.
All in all, this was an ok contemporary read, scarily readable and perfect novel to get you out of a reading slump because it is so darn short. I listened to this as an audiobook, and it was less than 6 hours long. If you are an Abbi Glines fan I’m sure you will love this.
This is the first book in The Field Party series. The
next book Under the Lights follows the story of Brady (Maggie’s cousin) and is
released August 23rd 2015
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