BOOK REPORT
I See You by Tina Mag
Number of pages: 102
Release year 2017
Next in the Belonging series: I Need You
Author’s biography
Augustina Mogomotsi, better known as Tina Mag, is a South African author and publisher. She loves reading and writing books; however, she plans on getting her doctorate in Mathematical Sciences. She often encourages her readers with phrases like ‘’The sky is not the limit, it’s the starting point’’.
Story’s summary
I See You follows 18-year-old Melissa Hue as she finishes her senior year of high school, where she will have to face lots of new and hard challenges. Mel, along with her best friend Jules, is considered by the social hierarchy as a nerd, including her long-lasting crush Maddox.
When things don’t go as planned with Maddox and he treats her like trash, she joins the billionaire and most wanted bachelor in the city, Xavier Ward. Together, they plan to act as a fake couple in order to avenge Maddox and Xavier’s ex-girlfriend, Candice.
As the story unfolds, Mel and Xavier’s feelings evolve into real ones and end up falling for each other, becoming each other’s rocks during the many obstacles they encounter in the way, such as: discovering that Jules and Mel are identical twins and fighting for Xavier’s inheritance.
Characters’ traits
Melissa: She is thin and tall, with blue eyes and honey blond hair. She is introverted, smart, curious and stubborn.
Xavier: He has a big and fit complexion, blue-gray eyes, and brown hair. He’s athletic, gentle and charismatic.
Jules: She is thin and tall, with light brown eyes and honey blond hair. She is extroverted, glamorous and confident.
Recommendation
While and after reading I See You we concluded that this book is not one that we would recommend for many reasons. For instance, it has a lot of clichés, like the nerdy girl and the popular guy, fake relationship, millionaire boy and unexpected pregnancy, which make it really difficult for us as readers to not expect certain things during the reading. Another reason would be the fact that a handful of storylines happen just because and one after the other, without any pause or justification behind them, which makes the story’s plot very weak and contradictory, especially with the characters’ arcs.
In addition to this, there are a lot of cringe moments that make you want to stop reading, since it becomes so unserious.
Finally, during the reading we found a lot of orthographic errors that often confused us and that we perceived as basic grammar.
In conclusion, we wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone.
By Isabella Botero & Carolina León,
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