*ARC recieved from NetGalley*
Rating: 3/5 Stars
Recommend: like the first, probably not.
Synopsis: Charlie Castle is an expert archer and a fierce warrior—in her favorite video game, anyway. But college life was a program she couldn't quite master. To land a cybertech job without a degree, she's entering a "hackfest" over spring break—where she also hopes to meet the sweet gamer who's been flirting with her online. Instead, she runs into the hot guy who walked away years ago, and can't fight the desire that comes rushing back.
Jonah Best has never gotten over Charlie, whose kisses were always as deliciously creative as her coding. But now that they're face to face again, he doesn't know how to admit that her online admirer is really him—or how to convince her that he's offering her a job for her incredible skills, not her sex appeal. Can Jonah cut through their communication glitches and persuade Charlie that the next level up for them should be forever?
Review: This book, like the first (reviewed here) was just not that good. I did enjoy this one slightly more than i enjoyed the first, which is why this one got 3 stars instead of 2.5. This book takes place during the same spring break the first one did, but this one follows Charlie, one of Layla's best friends. Charlie is a computer hacker who spends most of her free time playing a RPG called The Order of Resskaar, where she has a not so slight crush in a fellow player named Win. Jonah taught Charlie everything he knew about hacking and after getting sent back home to Chicago (he ran away without a word three years prior) to attend a Con for work, he and Charlie reconnect and both start to remember why they loved each other. Like the first book, this one was also around the 130 page mark, which made it seem rushed and basically unfinished, with an abrupt ending . At least this one has a pre-established relationship so that made the fastness of it slightly better, and i mean slightly. Charlie was better than Layla but miles but she was still flat and lifeless on the page, and Jonah was just creepy with the whole Win thing, i could not get past that. No connection was felt to any of these characters and that's quite upsetting because i thought this one was going to be miles better. To be honest, if they approve me i'll still read the third one because I've gone this far, i might as well finish the trilogy.
What I Liked: The RPG/Hacking setting was really interesting, also the fact that the story is set at a Con. That's about it.
What I Didn't Like: Jonah being Win, that creeped me out beyond belief. How fast Charlie fell back into bed with Jonah, if i was her i would be PISSED but she's just like, okay wanna have sex? like no, not realistic sorry. The lack of detail was just so hard to swallow, especially considering Charlie and Jonah had this deep romance, this story would have been the perfect use of a flashback, but nope, it was completely underdeveloped unfortunately. Also, why didn't Charlie question the fact that "Win" was going to pay for her registration and let her stay in her room, that is beyond creepy, especially considering she's never even seen what he really looks like... Charlie, are you an idiot? The fact that she made this so short, this had the potential to be a really great book, but she skipped the details and it ended up being novella length, if this was the size of a normal novel i think it would have been much better than it actually turned out to be.
What I Liked: The RPG/Hacking setting was really interesting, also the fact that the story is set at a Con. That's about it.
What I Didn't Like: Jonah being Win, that creeped me out beyond belief. How fast Charlie fell back into bed with Jonah, if i was her i would be PISSED but she's just like, okay wanna have sex? like no, not realistic sorry. The lack of detail was just so hard to swallow, especially considering Charlie and Jonah had this deep romance, this story would have been the perfect use of a flashback, but nope, it was completely underdeveloped unfortunately. Also, why didn't Charlie question the fact that "Win" was going to pay for her registration and let her stay in her room, that is beyond creepy, especially considering she's never even seen what he really looks like... Charlie, are you an idiot? The fact that she made this so short, this had the potential to be a really great book, but she skipped the details and it ended up being novella length, if this was the size of a normal novel i think it would have been much better than it actually turned out to be.
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