Mmmmm. So I had this pegged about right. Slightly mindless but well-written high school romance novel. At least so far.
The format is pretty intriguing. Not that the flash forward to the aftermath/flash back to the incident format is entirely unique. But I Love Him has a similar plot device. But it is highly effective, giving you just enough bits and pieces of both ends of the story to keep you both hooked and guessing the whole way.
For a minute, I was worried that the whole thing with Isaac kissing Marina was going to be smoothed over way too quickly, all forgiven and forgotten 12 hours later.
...if she had thrown a drink at me, I would have deserved it.
But then, right before she's about to freak out on me, her whole face changes. She's staring at something over my shoulder, and I turn around to see what she's looking at. It's a bunch of girls. A bunch of stuck-up girls. I know it sounds f***ed (asterisks mine) up, but I can tell just by looking at them.
This is the saving grace of the entire scene. I really thought Kelsey was about to yell a little, and then all would be forgiven- and, in Isaac's defense, he was basically incoherent and not really in control of his actions, his choice to drink in the first place notwithstanding. Pilot has left the wheelhouse. But this is the pivotal moment, because it forces Kelsey to admit that she was kicked out, and to tell Isaac her entire story, from the top, in the process finally telling the reader, too.
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