Name: Wanted
Rating: 3.368421052631579 (19 reviews)
ISBN: 9781452615523

Kelly Elliott

Nelson Hobbs

Arika Rapson

Wanted

Verbally abused by her mother for years, 18 year old Ellie Johnson always believed she would never be loved or wanted by anyone. The last thing Ellie expected was to fall in love with Gunner Mathews, her brothers best friend.

Missy Zuber 

Loved the storyline but the romance and main characters were too "perfect" at times.

Another issue was the constant dropping of the f-bomb. Now I myself curse a lot but everybody was cursing a bit too much at times. Plus the heroine and her friends are underage but can get into a bar to drink. How? I don't recall them even having fake IDs.

Ari and Jeff were annoying at times with the constant bickering.

The book's editing seriously was lacking. Was the author rushed to get it published?

The other thing that annoyed me was how Gunner and Jeff would tear up at the drop of a damn hat. Seriously, do guys really get that emotional over the littlest things like these two did?

Allison Garrett

This review is biased because Wanted was one of the first romance books I read when I was much younger and I remember falling in love with it. Reading it all this time later, there are so many flaws in the writing and the characters, but I can’t bash what my younger self thought at the time. 
	Pros: 
•	You get what you get- This book is exactly as advertised. It’s a sweet innocent country romance where everything ends up as it should. Ellie, the main character, was emotionally abused and so has a hard time believing that anyone wants her. 
•	Sweet- As far as romances go it is sugary sweet. It is an enjoyable and fairly quick read. 

Cons: 
•	Ellie’s innocence- While it is cute in some places, in other times it seems somewhat concerning this girl is at least eighteen and she has no idea about anything. She also seems to bounce back from emotionally traumatic events pretty quickly. 
•	Drama- I love a romance drama, but some of the events such as Ellie’s mother yelling at her seemed to take it a bit too far. 
•	Slut shaming- There was a lot of slut shaming in this book. I didn’t realize it as much when I was younger, but not everyone is saving themselves for “their one true love of their life” and not everyone finds that at 18. 
•	Ari and Jeff- This book is supposed to be about Ellie and Gunner, but I would say a good 75% of the actual conflict/interest surrounds Ari and Jeff. Which I have read their book and I liked it, but I would’ve rather had some action surrounding the main couple. However, that would’ve required Gunner’s character to be tarnished just a smidge and he is too much of a white knight for that. 

It feels like I just totally trashed this book, which like I said before doesn’t really feel fair to me. When I was younger, I thought it was the cutest and most romantic thing I’d ever read. I don’t know if that makes me a cynic now or just someone accustomed to more spicy/mature romances. 3.5/5 stars.

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