Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park

Flat-Out Love

by Jessica Park

To college freshman Julie Seagle the emotionally scrambled members of the Watkins family of Boston add up to something that ... well ... doesn't quite add up. Only the funny, gorgeous, smart oldest brother Finn is emotionally available--but only online? Not until Julie forces a buried secret to the surface, eliciting a dramatic confrontation that threatens to tear the fragile Watkins family apart, does she get her answer.

College freshman Julie Seagle tries to sort out her confusing feelings for Finn, who she only knows through Facebook and Matt, Finn's brother. The plot contains profanity.

Reviewed by Joséphine on

3 of 5 stars

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Audiobook rating: 3.5 stars
Book rating: 3 stars

Initial thoughts: Well, Flat-Out Love was something. The resolution was twisted and yet I kinda expected it by the time I reached about a third of the book. Personally, I thought Matt was a disturbing character but in light of all that had happened, the plot and the characters did fit together. Some parts went rather slow but listening to the audiobook at 3x speed helped me pull through in the end. My favourite character was definitely Celeste. She obviously suffered from some kind of post-traumatic stress disorder and her family had no idea how to deal. I liked seeing how she slowly opened up and got better with Julie (the MC) around.

On a side note, Flat-Out Love is a perfectly good standalone book. It doesn't need the two companion novels about Matt and Celeste. With that, here's to adding to my uncompleted series count because I'm downright certain that I won't read the other two books in the series.

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