Overall: 4/5
Plots and Themes: 4/5
Characters: 4/5
Writing Style: 4/5
Attention Grabbing: 5/5
Too Easy by Jamie Bennett follows the story of Blake and Ryan. Blake who has been traumatized beyond all logical reason, Ryan just doing his best to figure it all out.
When Blake arrives in the small northern Michigan town she was supposed to move into with her long-term boyfriend, she's basically given up. Everything has gone wrong for her, she doesn't have any friends and she doesn't know what she's doing with her life. When she meets Ryan, their unconventional friendship quickly takes root. They both have their hang ups but they help each other through them and end up becoming a fairly cohesive pair.
Trauma is easily overdone in these sorts of the books to the point where it no longer feels real. But this is the sort of book where it fits, despite how dramatic it felt I was still on board 100%. Like the last book I read by Jamie Bennett, the protagonist sort of felt autism-coded but I think we're also supposed to just understand that she has had very limited socialization or any sort of access to educational or psychological support. So I allow it. I generally still liked it and liked the characters, it's a quick read but fun and easily addictive.
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