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A review by kewlshort1
Keep on Loving You by Erika Kelly
4.0
Fin is definitely NOT #WorldsWorstBoyfriend
This book had me waffling between love and not love. Fin and Callie were childhood sweethearts who had an epic crash and burn six years ago when Fin waited until moments before they were to leave for NYC for college to let Callie know he wasn’t going and was going off with his brothers. Devastated, she left without him. Then she saw him tagged on social media by multiple women, and blocked him completely out of her life. Six years go by, and they’re finally in the same place together for her brothers wedding. Callie brings her snooty Upper East Side boyfriend, while Fin makes it clear at the rehearsal dinner that he is still in love with Callie. The man-bracelet wearing snob dumps Callie in true jerk fashion, and Callie finds herself not only without a boyfriend, but kicked out of their apartment, and now with no fellowship as his family is on the board. Meanwhile, Fin finds he has become an internet sensation as a meme declaring him undeservedly the #WorldWorstBoyfriend. While he’s committed to winning back his girl, she’s desperate to win back the fellowship and uses the media frenzy from his meme as her opportunity.
Things I loved:
- how much Fin loved Callie. He was head over heels for that girl. For six years, he chased his adventure and his brothers, but never so much as kissed another girl. “In my mind, we never broke up.” It was refreshing to see a non manwh0re lead. He really thought if he gave her time, she’d come home and they’d be fine.
- I loved how the town folk came together to help Callie out. Lots of awesome community and supportive characters. Everyone became so invested in her project.
- Callie standing up to the snob’s mother and laying out the truth. Mic. Drop.
Things I didn’t like:
- lack of communication? I’m not sure really. I get that their breakup happened when they were still mostly babies themselves. But six years later and it was like this merry go round of the same situation. Also- six years? Really. He waited six years to make a move. Maybe because she has just finished school? Not sure. I also felt like I had to keep remind of myself that they were still only 23 years old, so their immaturity wasn’t too far fetched.
- I felt like her family was sort of crappy at times. Her mom and her brother both told her harshly to grow up already, and her brother was pretty crappy about her helping with his son while he was on his honeymoon. It seemed out of place and unnecessary. Supposedly she had mostly cut them all out of her life too, so it wasn’t as if they were tired of dealing with her drama over her heartbreak. Not if they hardly ever saw her. And if it was more of a “get over it already because we are tired of being cut out over it” they could have been less jerky about it or actually said something along those lines. It was odd.
- not gonna lie, Callie’s obsession with he fellowship annoyed me. Yes, it was definitely wrong for her to be cut out of the opportunity because of her ex’s family. I could definitely see wanting some retribution for that. But in reality, she would have found herself working alongside that jerky ex and his family. She went on and on about how it was going to take ten years for her to get experience, and she really thought dealing with them that long was plausible? Yikes. Calling them out on their shenanigans and then moving on herself with a much better option. She would have moments where she realized she was sad about missing her family and not even knowing her nephew, then went right back to saying she needed to be in New York for 10 more years. It wasn’t even really a job she enjoyed, so it was frustrating.
- while it’s sad that her sports career is over, I would have liked to see some blowback over the whole #WorldsWorstBoyfriend thing. She literally went on talk shows and led the public to believe Fin abandoned her. That was crappy.
Overall, the writing was great. The story was good. I liked that Fin finally had a necessary discussion with his brothers, and got his head on straight. These two were definitely meant to be together, and I’m glad they finally made it work.
This book had me waffling between love and not love. Fin and Callie were childhood sweethearts who had an epic crash and burn six years ago when Fin waited until moments before they were to leave for NYC for college to let Callie know he wasn’t going and was going off with his brothers. Devastated, she left without him. Then she saw him tagged on social media by multiple women, and blocked him completely out of her life. Six years go by, and they’re finally in the same place together for her brothers wedding. Callie brings her snooty Upper East Side boyfriend, while Fin makes it clear at the rehearsal dinner that he is still in love with Callie. The man-bracelet wearing snob dumps Callie in true jerk fashion, and Callie finds herself not only without a boyfriend, but kicked out of their apartment, and now with no fellowship as his family is on the board. Meanwhile, Fin finds he has become an internet sensation as a meme declaring him undeservedly the #WorldWorstBoyfriend. While he’s committed to winning back his girl, she’s desperate to win back the fellowship and uses the media frenzy from his meme as her opportunity.
Things I loved:
- how much Fin loved Callie. He was head over heels for that girl. For six years, he chased his adventure and his brothers, but never so much as kissed another girl. “In my mind, we never broke up.” It was refreshing to see a non manwh0re lead. He really thought if he gave her time, she’d come home and they’d be fine.
- I loved how the town folk came together to help Callie out. Lots of awesome community and supportive characters. Everyone became so invested in her project.
- Callie standing up to the snob’s mother and laying out the truth. Mic. Drop.
Things I didn’t like:
- lack of communication? I’m not sure really. I get that their breakup happened when they were still mostly babies themselves. But six years later and it was like this merry go round of the same situation. Also- six years? Really. He waited six years to make a move. Maybe because she has just finished school? Not sure. I also felt like I had to keep remind of myself that they were still only 23 years old, so their immaturity wasn’t too far fetched.
- I felt like her family was sort of crappy at times. Her mom and her brother both told her harshly to grow up already, and her brother was pretty crappy about her helping with his son while he was on his honeymoon. It seemed out of place and unnecessary. Supposedly she had mostly cut them all out of her life too, so it wasn’t as if they were tired of dealing with her drama over her heartbreak. Not if they hardly ever saw her. And if it was more of a “get over it already because we are tired of being cut out over it” they could have been less jerky about it or actually said something along those lines. It was odd.
- not gonna lie, Callie’s obsession with he fellowship annoyed me. Yes, it was definitely wrong for her to be cut out of the opportunity because of her ex’s family. I could definitely see wanting some retribution for that. But in reality, she would have found herself working alongside that jerky ex and his family. She went on and on about how it was going to take ten years for her to get experience, and she really thought dealing with them that long was plausible? Yikes. Calling them out on their shenanigans and then moving on herself with a much better option. She would have moments where she realized she was sad about missing her family and not even knowing her nephew, then went right back to saying she needed to be in New York for 10 more years. It wasn’t even really a job she enjoyed, so it was frustrating.
- while it’s sad that her sports career is over, I would have liked to see some blowback over the whole #WorldsWorstBoyfriend thing. She literally went on talk shows and led the public to believe Fin abandoned her. That was crappy.
Overall, the writing was great. The story was good. I liked that Fin finally had a necessary discussion with his brothers, and got his head on straight. These two were definitely meant to be together, and I’m glad they finally made it work.