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Call It What You Want

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Be kind to yourself. We are all human, we all make mistakes and it is okay to let go of that and move forward. the other day, i took a break from reading this to go run some errands. and as i was in the produce section, looking at the bananas, all i could think was 'maegan and rob better live happily ever after or, so help me, someone will hear about it.' if a book that prompts that kind of angst doesnt deserve five stars, then i dont know what does. Maegan was a truly lovable heroine. Yes she had done a mistake. But one mistake does not define who you are or your whole future. She was burdened with many secrets. Others secrets. Stressed as she did not know what to do with them. Should she tell someone to help. Should she just keep her mouth shut because they were not her secrets? Slogging through just focusing on keeping her head down all she wants is to make it through each school day without too much embarrassment.

Even though he interned at his father's office, Rob swears he had no knowledge of the illegal activities. Rob is a social pariah. After his dad was found embezzling money - most of which came from his neighbours savings, he tries to kill himself. Rob and his mum are left dealing with the aftermath, where no one will speak to him at school. This book makes you think, question your rights and wrongs, clench your fists and hit against the walls, curse heavily, ache for the characters, cry for the unfairness but finally smile because karma always does its work impeccably. The family relationships and friendships were handled well, in my opinion, and I even thought it was well rounded out…I’m never tough on these situations, though. So long as there is a conflict, characters fighting-both together and separately-to figure out a solution, a resolution to said conflict, and a general mending and moving forward of severed relationships in result to the conflict, I’m happy. And I don’t need the dwelling on it, either, which is where people get mad. They want to hear more, see more, expect more…but it’s YA and relationships are messy-especially with family-people are just too harsh. But to each their own. When they are paired together for a calculus project, neither Rob nor Maegan are happy about it. They were never friends before their lives fell apart and certainly don't want to be now.They start seeing each other because of a calculus homework, and they grow close too fast to be honest (also because calculus was almost never the reason they met), but their relationship was great. First of all, Rob talked freely with Meagan about their relationship. I don’t understand why YA characters are so fixated with waiting for the other one to text first the day after the first kiss, but here it didn’t happen. As i said before, i liked this. But it needs an editor!!! Please!!!!😭 The amount of spelling mistakes was unnerving. Kissing between a boy and girl. References to sex. In one scene, a boy and girl take off their shirts while kissing. Maegan and Rob are both just trying to keep their heads down and make it through the school year after two scandals change their lives. Maegan, the A+ student, is branded as a cheater after getting caught cheating on the SAT's, causing her and hundreds of others to have their results considered invalid. Rob, the ex-lacrosse superstar, is now known as the thief who helped his father embezzle money from families in their town. And to make matters worse his fathers failed suicide attempt has left Rob's father in a vegetative state that requires constant care from Rob and his mother. Right off the bat we have A LOT going for this story...and yet that isn't even the half of it. Call It What You Want is literally a Lifetime movie on steroids and I was here for every second of it. Over on Rob's side we have his ex-best friend bullying him and trying to humiliate him in front of the school, even though Rob is innocent. While trying to keep his head down Rob makes an unlikely friend, Owen, who comes from a struggling family...all thanks to Rob's father. Rob and Owen then begin a rather dangerous game of playing "robin hood" by trying to help out those who have less but taking from the well off families who won't miss whatever is taken from them. This puts Rob in a position of finding out that maybe there is more to what happened with his father than Rob originally knew. Did you think I was kidding when I said a Lifetime movie on steroids?

After once being the most popular boy in high school, Rob is now stripped to his bare essentials: no more lacrosse and partying. His goals are to get good grades and hope for a scholarship. It irks him that his father was his biggest supporter in his lacrosse scholarship aspirations and came to every game. They had a loving relationship and Rob never wanted to disappoint his father. But, in the end, his father cheated all of his investors out of millions, and Rob has been tainted by the scandal. No one believes he wasn't aware of his father's scam. Yay for a new Brigid Kemmerer book! I loved both LETTERS TO THE LOST and MORE THAN WE CAN TELL, so as soon as I heard about CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT, I wanted to read it. I love how they both grew as people, they are both flawed, both caught up in their own issues. They are given a chance to see things from other perspectives. I loved all the characters - especially Owen, the only person who chooses to give Rob the time of day. Plus he is hilarious 💖Wow, I actually had no intention of writing so much, but the book is just that good! Call It What You Want is a heartfelt and beautifully written story about friendship, overcoming adversity, and making amends. I know Kemmerer’s fans are going to love it, but I’d highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a moving read.

When a partnered project comes up and no one wants to partner with either of them, Rob and Meaghan are forced to work together. Brigid Kemmerer is able to seamlessly intertwine both Rob’s and Maegan’s storylines together. It’s always something that I’ve liked about her writing and she has done it again in Call It What You Want.The audience is able to tell who with are with any time and that makes reading the novel so much easier. When Rob and Maegan are paired together for a calculus project, they’re both reluctant to let anyone through the walls they’ve built. But when Maegan learns of Rob’s plan to fix the damage caused by his father, it could ruin more than their fragile new friendship… I loved that their relationship did not feel “forced” but unraveled naturally. Both feel lonely and need someone to talk to. How the mighty have fallen as Rob would probably never paid attention to Maegan “before”! His downfall helped make him a better person. He was not a bully or bad but his predicament helped open his eyes to what is truly important in others. And that’s certainly not the size of their wallet. He got a huge dose of reality.And if your parents have committed a crime are you guilty by association? Were there signs you did not see? Could you have prevented it? Does it fall on your shoulders to compensate the families who have been wronged? And does it make them bad parents? Are you still allowed to love them? To admire some of their facets? Maegan: *throwing her shirt into a hot tub* WHO CARES ABOUT GOING SLOW I'M GOING TO HAVE "PG-13 FANTASIES" (<---actual quote from book) Connected by a Calculus project and their dads (Maegan’s cop father was first on the scene when Rob’s dad shot himself), the two outcasts strike up an unlikely friendship, and more. Alongside their romance and the gripping twists, I loved the moving camaraderie between Rob and Owen, whose single mom was thrown into crippling financial hardship by Rob’s dad. Readers looking for a different sort of coming-of-age story or teen protagonists grappling with complex situations will fall in love with this romance-tinged novel -- starred review - Booklist

Maegan and Rob share an undeniable physical and emotional attraction almost from the start, and Rob is the textbook gentleman when it comes to making sure that Maegan's boundaries aren't crossed whenever things get hot and heavy between them. (Applause, applause!) The relationship between Maegan and Rob has many ups and downs. There are a lot of stones to step over between the two of them. And then let their home lives and preconceived thoughts of one another really take over. But I loved that throughout Call It What You Wantthey really got to know each other. They are very different people at first and it was great seeing them interact with one another. They really brought out the best in one another. Maegan and Rob were so innocent with one another and gosh it made this book so good. Brigid Kemmerer is just fantastic at writing these relationships. Readers will find it easy to fall into Rev and Emma's lives as romance hovers between them and they confront the violence of their past and present - Publishers Weekly I really hoped to see more of Bas and Marco together. I assume there is going to be another season, though, for two reasons. First, the way it ended insinuated things weren't over. Second, there were scenes in the trailers for the series that didn't show up in the actual series. Scenes where Bas and Marco were more than friends. In this series, they didn't really bond until the final episode. So, they, of course, weren't at a point where they would be making out. I look forward to seeing more of them. They have such amazing potential. Explores the ideas of carving identity out of pain and the way perception colours expectations - BCCB

LoveReading4Kids Says

Now before you think that this story is solely based on two people finding comfort in one another, let's talk the rest of the story. Everyone knows some secrets are heavy to bear when they concern your loved ones and the only thing you’d like is help them. This book is going to fly off the shelves to all teens, but it will hold special interest for those looking for a tear-jerking romance, and serious readers of realistic fiction - VOYA PDF / EPUB File Name: 302308_Call_It_What_You_Want_1Ppdf_-_chrish.pdf, 302308_Call_It_What_You_Want_1Ppdf_-_chrish.epub

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