Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway- Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend by Louise Rozett

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Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend is the second book in author Louise Rozett's Confessions series. You can read Janhvi's review of the first book, Confessions Of An Angry Girl right here. 

Confessions of an Angry Girl (Confessions #1)  

Release Date: 08/28/12

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Paperback/e-book

288 pages           

  Confessions of an Almost-Girlfriend (Confessions #2)

by Louise Rozett

Release Date: 06/18/13

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

by Louise Rozett

CONFESSIONS OF AN ANGRY GIRL ON GOODREADS

CONFESSIONS OF AN ALMOST-GIRLFRIEND BOOK SUMMARY:

Rose Zarelli has big plans for sophomore year—everything is going to be different. This year, she’s going to be the talented singer with the killer voice, the fabulous girl with the fashionista best friend, the brainiac who refuses to let Jamie Forta jerk her around...

...but if she’s not careful, she’s also going to be the sister who misses the signals, the daughter who can only think about her own pain, the “good girl” who finds herself in mid-scandal again (because no good deed goes unpunished) and possibly worst of all...the almost-girlfriend.

When all else fails, stop looking for love and go find yourself.

BOOK LINKS:

AMAZON / BARNES & NOBLE / GOODREADS  

                                             ABOUT AUTHOR LOUISE ROZETT: 

Louise Rozett is an author, a playwright, and a recovering performer. She made her YA debut with Confessions of an Angry Girl, published by Harlequin Teen. The next book in the series, Confessions of an Almost-Girlfriend, is due out June 2013. She lives with her 120-pound Bernese Mountain dog Lester (named after Lester Freamon from THE WIRE, of course) in one of the world's greatest literary meccas, Brooklyn...and also in sunny Los Angeles. (Being bi-coastal is fun!) Visit WEBSITE for more info.

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REVIEW:

*NOTE: We (The Readdicts) received a copy of Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend (Confessions #2) by Louise Rozett from Net Galley. We thank Louise and Net Galley for the book! 

I had read some absolutely great things about the first book in Louise Rozett's Confessions series, Confessions Of An Angry Girl. For me, the book turned to be full of teenage drama which was like watching a TV series that I didn't quite like as much as the others did. But the second book, Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend, was much better with a lot of content and many things happening. 
Rose Zarelli, the protagonist is about to start her new school year after summer break. She wants the school to meet a new Rose, Rose 2.0. After everything that happened with Rose in the first book, it is hard not to feel anything for her. I like how Rose stands up not only for others but for herself as well. I liked her more in the second book than I did in the first one. I really admired how Rose was, slowly and steadily, starting to do what she wanted to do. The memorial website she starts to honour her dad was a nice gesture.
The Confessions series has a ton of characters and I found this phenomenon very confusing in Confessions Of An Angry Girl, but in Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend, I had a strong hold on all the characters I was reading about and I even wanted to get to know them better. 

Along with a lot of changes in situations and personalities, in the second book, we get a look at the general scenarios of all the characters who matter most. Some stories were heartbreaking while others gave a new outlook on the same situation. I felt a lot while reading this book because it had a lot of emotions- something that the first book lacked. 
The huge number of secondary characters makes it difficult to write about them. Prominent among them were Jamie, who was there a lot in this book and the few romance scenes between him and Rose were well shown. I also like Jamie's best friend and Rose's friend Angelo. He's an awesome guy who is funny and sweet. Rose's family (her mom Kathleen and her brother Peter) were broken in their own way and were trying their best to get things back on track. All of Rose's friends made for great supporting characters and had a major role to play when it comes to the plot. 
I really liked how an important issue was taken up in a dramatic yet casual way by author Louise Rozett. That was what got me and made me like the book more than I thought I would. Overall, even though the book didn't exactly end abruptly or on a cliffhanger, it ended on such a note that shows there's more to come. Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend was way better than the first book and it was an emotional yet highly enjoyable read that Young Adult fans will devour. 

RATING:

GIVEAWAY:

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Review- Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend by Louise Rozett

Goodreads Summary:

Rose Zarelli has big plans for sophomore year—everything is going to be different. This year, she’s going to be the talented singer with the killer voice, the fabulous girl with the fashionista best friend, the brainiac who refuses to let Jamie Forta jerk her around...

...but if she’s not careful, she’s also going to be the sister who misses the signals, the daughter who can only think about her own pain, the “good girl” who finds herself in mid-scandal again (because no good deed goes unpunished) and possibly worst of all...the almost-girlfriend.

When all else fails, stop looking for love and go find yourself.

Confessions series:

Janhvi's review of Confessions Of An Angry Girl (Confessions #1)

REVIEW:

*NOTE: We (The Readdicts) received a copy of Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend (Confessions #2) by Louise Rozett from Net Galley. We thank Louise and Net Galley for the book! 

I had read some absolutely great things about the first book in Louise Rozett's Confessions series, Confessions Of An Angry Girl. For me, the book turned to be full of teenage drama which was like watching a TV series that I didn't quite like as much as the others did. But the second book, Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend, was much better with a lot of content and many things happening. 
Rose Zarelli, the protagonist is about to start her new school year after summer break. She wants the school to meet a new Rose, Rose 2.0. After everything that happened with Rose in the first book, it is hard not to feel anything for her. I like how Rose stands up not only for others but for herself as well. I liked her more in the second book than I did in the first one. I really admired how Rose was, slowly and steadily, starting to do what she wanted to do. The memorial website she starts to honour her dad was a nice gesture.
The Confessions series has a ton of characters and I found this phenomenon very confusing in Confessions Of An Angry Girl, but in Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend, I had a strong hold on all the characters I was reading about and I even wanted to get to know them better. 

Along with a lot of changes in situations and personalities, in the second book, we get a look at the general scenarios of all the characters who matter most. Some stories were heartbreaking while others gave a new outlook on the same situation. I felt a lot while reading this book because it had a lot of emotions- something that the first book lacked. 
The huge number of secondary characters makes it difficult to write about them. Prominent among them were Jamie, who was there a lot in this book and the few romance scenes between him and Rose were well shown. I also like Jamie's best friend and Rose's friend Angelo. He's an awesome guy who is funny and sweet. Rose's family (her mom Kathleen and her brother Peter) were broken in their own way and were trying their best to get things back on track. All of Rose's friends made for great supporting characters and had a major role to play when it comes to the plot. 
I really liked how an important issue was taken up in a dramatic yet casual way by author Louise Rozett. That was what got me and made me like the book more than I thought I would. Overall, even though the book didn't exactly end abruptly or on a cliffhanger, it ended on such a note that shows there's more to come. Confessions Of An Almost-Girlfriend was way better than the first book and it was an emotional yet highly enjoyable read that Young Adult fans will devour. 

RATING:

Review- Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett

Summary-

Rose Zarelli, self-proclaimed word geek and angry girl, has some confessions to make…

1. I'm livid all the time. Why? My dad died. My mom barely talks. My brother abandoned us. I think I'm allowed to be irate, don't you?

2. I make people furious regularly. Want an example? I kissed Jamie Forta, a badass guy who might be dating a cheerleader. She is nowenraged and out for blood. Mine.

3. High school might as well be Mars. My best friend has been replaced by an alien, and I see red all the time. (Mars is red and "seeing red" means being angry—get it?)

Here are some other vocab words that describe my life: Inadequate. Insufferable. Intolerable.

(Don't know what they mean? Look them up yourself.)

(Sorry. That was rude.)

Review-

Confessions of an Angry Girl looked like a really interesting read when I first came upon it. The story about a girl who has anger issues sounded unique and I wanted to understand her reasons behind it. The book didn't turn out to be super amazing or anything for me but it was a good read. There were some things I liked about it but there were some I didn't. I'm somewhere in between here.

Rose Zarelli, is our protagonist. She's just lost her father a few months back. Her brother has left for college leaving her all alone with her mother who is pretty much absent emotionally. I liked Rose. She had her set of reasons behind her issues. I really felt her pain and sadness when she spoke of her Dad and how she missed him. Rose was how I expect a fourteen year old to be but she was a little too young for me to relate completely with.

I really enjoyed Rose's relationship with her brother Peter. I would have liked to see more back story into his character and why he was angry at their father. Rose's best friend Tracy actually annoyed me. She was pretty typical. Wanting to do anything to gain popularity. The whole high school drama shown was a bit cliched and I don't know, I was just expecting more from it.

Then we have Jamie. He's Rose's love interest. He's older than Rose and all sorts of forbidden. He has the whole mysterious thing going on around him but I never really warmed up to him. He never really stood up for Rose when she was being bullied and tortured by his so called girlfriend Regina. He just seemed to pop up at times and confuse the hell outta Rose. But I did love Angelo. He was an awesome character and somehow reminded me of Kenji from Unravel Me. You can't help but love him.

Confessions of an Angry Girl was not a bad read. It was just a bit typical for me. It looked like the same high school drama repeating itself over and over again. There were a ton of characters shown, some shallow, some not and some in between. The whole book goes from Rose's point of view and I enjoyed being in her head. But I did not like how she was mean to Robert when there was no real reason behind it. The book ends on a cliffhanger and some what abruptly. I am expecting more from the next book which will hopefully improve the story line and the characters. But still, if you like younger YA books you could give this one a try.


*Note: This book was provided by the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review via Netgalley. We thank them.