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~ Review 109 : Mismatched by @Kamila_DeRico ~

Book Information
Name : Mismatched
Author: Kamila_DeRico
Genre : Enemies to Lovers, New Adult Romance
Chapters: 10+2 Epilogue

Reviewed by Kanye_Ariel

A. N. A. L. Y. S. I. S

Characters:

Sage is portrayed as a bold, confident, intelligent and wealthy queen bee. She is someone that everyone wants to be around.

However, despite all the outward appearances she has to keep up, that dreadful fear of everything falling apart still lingers at the back of her heart. All that glittered wasn't truly gold.

Caleb, on the other hand, was not your typical school nerd. He wasn't even the magnet of every bully in the vicinity. The strange thing was that his nerdiness didn't apply to his education, because he was failing every subject.

I would prefer to call him a wallflower than a nerd. He wasn't scrawny and lanky, he rather took care of his body.

Writing Style:

The writing style is in first person pov with most of the attention on the main character and their world view from their lenses.

The voices of the characters are quite characteristic to each person. You can tell who is talking from their dialogue and use of words.

Spellings and Vocabulary:

Spelling has little to no errors. Sentence structure and grammar usage is simple and easy to understand.

Paragraphing for the narration and dialogues can be broken down a bit more. Each dialogue can have its own paragraph and the action it carries.

Punctuation is well done.

E. V. A. L. U. A. T. I. O. N

Overall Impression:

It is interesting that the book opens up with the perspective of the more vocal person as opposed to the less vocal one. However, looking at it one way, it makes sense. But what is more interesting is that it ends with the perspective of a minor character which is rarely seen.

But might I say, the romance is very well described. I can feel myself in sage's place. I mean a cute boy, with blue eyes and awkward...

Noelle, my girl, the best girl, I really like her personality of supporting and seeing the good in sage. She is very introspective and observant.

Recommendation:

However, there are certain gestures that feel like the main character reads too much into the point that it feels the character is the author. (How can I explain this? Let me give an example)

"...Brenda rushed out after me, but she couldn't hide the smile that threatened to slip..."

Brenda came after you, there is no way logically Sage could see that smile except she is the author of the book. I would rephrase the sentence to make it like she assumes or can imagine that Brenda would smile or enjoy such a situation.

There are instances where the dialogue of one person speaking is broken into two, that makes it seem like it is two people talking.