Not Okay Cupid

Review will be posted Jan 15 Not Okay Cupid is about Hazel and Felix. Although, not at first. Hazel and Jay have been high school sweethearts forever, they are going to go to colleges near by each other to easy transition their high school romance into a college romance and after that they'll get married and start a family! It's perfect! That is until at lunch time Hazel sees Jay flirting with... HER BEST FRIEND!?

Enter Felix, Hazel's best friend's brother. The two hatch up a revenge plan that has Hazel fake-dating Felix in order to make Jay and Kimmy jealous. But it seems that Felix has actually had feelings for Hazel since they were kids! Does Hazel feel the same about him or is she convinced he is a Man-Beep?

This book alternated chapters between Hazel's perspective and Felix's, so throughout you could tell that each were beginning to like each other for real, but weren't saying anything to each other in order to finish up their revenge plan. But throughout the whole book I found myself wanting to scream at them "JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER! TELL EACH OTHER HOW YOU REALLY FEEL!" which made it a bit frustrating to read through at times. I can't tell you how it ends and if I am happy with what happened or not... you'll just have to read it yourself to figure that out.

This was a quick read and the events in the book only spanned about a weeks worth of time - though it seemed to be a lot longer than that. It started with Hazel getting excited for the Valentine's Day dance... and then realizing she no longer had a date, or did she? And it ends just after the dance. But I guess a week when you're in high school dealing with all sorts of love drama - it can seem like it's a lot longer than a week!

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review. I was not otherwise compensated.

A short, entertaining YA read about a revenge plan that's surprisingly hatched by the male party in question - a.k.a the big time player of La Playa who hates cheaters - for his sister's best friend. The story is unusual enough for me to want to know more, even if the first person voices of the H/hr don't seem sufficiently distinct for both Hazel's and Felix's different personalities. There's the typical teenage storm-in-a-teacup moments which did seem a little too distant for me - or have I grown that old? - and while these issues aren't terribly relatable anymore, I could sort of enjoy myself enough to think back on those 'good' ol' days when going out with the 'right' person meant everything.

Very cute story of young love and the need for revenge. When her best friend steals her boyfriend, Hazel takes on the player of La Playa to help her exact some revenge. The only problem...that player is none other than her EX-best friend's brother.

Heidi R. Kling does a great job telling the story of this Valentine's day adventure in high school. Each chapter is a different point of view and you feel the emotions between Hazel and Felix and what its like when revenge turns into love.