Sofia Lazaridou's Reviews > Rock Me

The blurb made this book sound like a good idea when I first read it (see what I did here?), but I didn't exactly love it. I was all in for seeing Mari get revenge on the person who bullied her and then having her see how much Cole has changed and end up falling in love with him. I wasn't all in for her stupid reaction to that leaked video. Before that I liked Mari. She seemed strong and she had a good head on her shoulders. Then she jumped to stupid conclusions about that video and I just lost any warm feelings I had about her. Her reasoning made zero sense. It was a damn shame. I even forgave her for jumping so soon into a relationship with her former bully and getting a bird for him. Why would she do that so soon after being with him? Anyway, I was able to forgive Cole for been a bully in high school for two reasons. A) He wasn't truly a mean person, he was just hanging around the bad crowd and b) he has become a great man who actually tries to stop the bullies. He has learned from his mistakes and I liked that about him. He is a good person.

The book is the first in a new series and the rest of the books are going to be about the other members of Jaded Ivory. I want to read the next books and I hope to see a better-paced book. This one had some bumps and for me, it needed some work, but overall it was good.