99 Days (99 Days Series, #1)

by Katie Cotugno

It's difficult to like a book when you can't understand the main character's decisions and actions. 

In the beginning, I could empathise with the main character, Molly. She makes a mistake and ends up getting bullied and ostracized by everyone in her small town. Everyone makes mistakes and I felt for Molly after witnessing how much it affects her life. I did not expect Molly to make the exact same mistake over and over again and when things came crashing down around her, I stopped feeling sorry for her. However, I started liking Molly a little more when she started owning her shit. Molly is also a terrible friend. Not only does she go MIA on her best friend, she also ruins what could have been an amazing friendship with Tess, Patrick's girlfriend. 

I hate Patrick. Hypocritical people really annoy me and Patrick is one of the worst hypocrites. He slut-shames Molly after she 'cheats' on him. He then cheats on his girlfriend with Molly and still slut-shames and insults Molly. I can't even deal. 

99 Days deals with a controversial topic, cheating. I try to avoid books that have cheating in it because I don't think that there's anything that can make hurting people and playing with their feelings okay and 99 Days made me want to avoid books with cheating even more. 

I expected 99 Days to deal with slut-shaming and double standards and while there are subtle hints and dialogue about double standards, it isn't explored in depth. All the slut-shaming just ended up making me mad. 

I appreciate that the characters are real, flawed and unlikable, but there are so many elements in 99 Days that just don't work for me