I always find it hard reviewing books like this. When you have a book tackling something like the darkside of college culture, naturally you're going to get fired up. Its the job of the author to tackle the subject without being exploitive.

In Sourpuss the authors, a sister duo, tread this line and I think it can be debated how well they do it. The fact that our main character starts off as a star athlete who thinks she's better than everyone else doesn't give us a very good contrast to the slimy frat boys she will encounter. This conflict opened the chance for our character to redeem herself, but again I'm not sure the authors did that justice either.

So again, I'm conflicted. I think in the end this is a love or hate book. I don't think there will be much middle ground. It's written well enough that I'd read a follow-up. I think the authors do have a good voice. However, in the end the main story is an old tired subject.

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I received an ARC of this book from the publisher. My review is unbiased

DNF'd this book at 50% it started to get really weird and I feel like the main plot ended with the girl already. I was not a fan of the fraternity storyline with the two douchebag guys being utterly garbage. I barely remember the names of the characters and the main female protagonist was very holier than you and I am the star of the track team. Not enough smut and not well written.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5

Sourpuss was a very disappointing read for me. I know I went in with huge expectations, but the story just wasn’t good. Mallory Wahl, the sourpuss, is a track star on the path to the Olympics. Unfortunately, she gets injured and to recover, she has to train with an intern from the sports medicine department whom she despises.

Now, we all know how much I love the enemies to lovers trope, so why exactly didn’t this book work for me?

Let’s review.

The cover promises a dark comedy. And dark comedy is just gallows humour–it puts topics that make us uncomfortable in a humorous light. And I love dark comedies! But Sourpuss is so not a dark comedy. It’s just dark. Sure, there are some scattered jokes, but the book is mostly just dark.

I know it’s supposed to make us think about the whole college frat party scene, but the writing doesn’t make it easy at all.

Most of this book’s faults lie in the writing. There’s a good enough story and wanting to talk about the frat scene is a great start, but the writing just doesn’t make it easy. Chapters end abruptly with scenes that aren’t addressed in the next chapter. The flow is disjointed.

And speaking of disjointed, movement is explained weirdly in this book. The phrase “took her under his arm” is used several times and I don’t have a clue what this means. It makes me think of some weird Yoga pose. I did not like the writing much and it took a big chunk off the rating scale for me.

The only redeeming quality in this book is the characters’ portrayal. Most of the characters are written well and memorable. You can’t help but root for the main characters and that’s probably the angle the author(s) should have gone with.

Sourpuss’s cover may advertise it as a dark comedy, but its blurb just writes a cheque that the book can’t cash. This is the first book by the authors (two sisters), and I really hope they take all the good parts of this book and come up with a better second novel.

This was trying so hard to be clever and on trend that it fails miserably. Everything you hate about high school with none of the charm of a 90's coming of age flick.

ARC received for an honest review.

The cover calls this a “Dark Comedy.” However, it was neither dark nor comedic. Juvenile writing, a bizarre storyline, and horrible characters combined to create a disaster. There were points in the story when I couldn’t tell to whom the actions or words were attributed. And we hopped from strange behavior to strange behavior without any motivation. It was like watching the little people from the Fix It Felix game lurch around.

This felt like a 15 year old boy was forced to write a story about college. Someone with no knowledge, limited story-telling skills, and a prurient imagination was handed a pen to stumble through their twisted take on college. It didn’t work out.

I think I’m going to take a break from requesting ARCs for a little while. Once bitten twice shy.

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I am convinced that this book was written by an 18 year old boy. It is horribly written and the characters are just pathetic. It is completely misogynistic. Of coarse the girls are either frigid and uptight or in the words of all the guys in this book " sluts that are begging for it". Disgusting book.

Sourpuss by author Merricat Mulwray is a dark humorous book that will not disappoint! The characters were great, very entertaining and well thought out. Totally recommend this book!
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of Sourpuss in exchange for an honest review.