Book Review: Wrecked by Shana Vanterpool

Hallie:

I am a star.
I’m not famous, before you make that mistake.
Although, I guess I kind of am. Or I will be anyway. My future was planned long before I was born.
The definition of a star is a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is an incandescent body like the sun.
I am a star. I am fixed. I am luminous only when no one is looking. I was stuck to repeat the same night every single day.
Until I met Wreck. And he showed me how alive I could feel within my cage.

Wreck:

I am a knight.
I’m not a knight in shining armor, before you start thinking I’ll save you.
I am a knight in raging darkness.
Until I met Hallie. And she showed me how to break free of my battle-torn armor.

Wrecked is the first book in the Charming Knights series by Shana Vanterpool. An exhilarating upper YA contemporary romance series set deep in the lives of Charming High’s most beloved football team. Where the limits of good and evil are pushed, desires and dreams are twisted, and readers are immersed into the lives of people who have it all. Except their freedom…

My Review: 

So this is my first time reading this author and if I’m being honest I’m not sure how I felt about this story. The blurb caught my attention and it sounded different and intense. When I started reading, things started out fine but as I continued I had some issues with the story. I’m doing my best to remain spoiler free but the hero, Wreck, had some serious issues that needed to be addressed. Wreck is supposed to come off as a teenager but at times he felt like an older man. Wreck had the world on his shoulders and he was so intense and would get mad and flip out over the tiniest things. Wreck also had stalker traits as well. No matter the reasoning it was creepy. Hallie was trapped in her own prison as well but it was wasn’t as bad as Wreck. The story-line didn’t live up to my potential. I couldn’t relate to the characters or connect to any of them. The weird thing is that even though I didn’t enjoy the book, I couldn’t stop reading. I had to see what was going to happen and I kind of felt the ending to be lackluster. So honestly I have no feelings after reading this book. I didn’t hate it but I didn’t like it. I’m just….. Please don’t let my review stop you from reading this story.