Name: Devin Donnelly's review of Girl Abroad by Elle Kennedy
Item: Girl Abroad
Rating: 4
Author: Devin Donnelly

Elle Kennedy

New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy brings her signature angst, drama, and humor to a new standalone romance. My Oxford Year meets We Met In December, Girl Abroad finds the daughter of a retired rock star studying abroad in London and entangled in scandal and romance. When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She's ready to be free, to discover herself--but first off, to meet the girls she's rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive boys. And off-limits, with a rule against fraternizing between housemates after unwanted drama with the previous girl. Abbey has never considered herself a rulebreaker. But soon, she's lying to her father about her living situation and falling for not one, but two men she can't have: her rugby-player roommate and a broody musician with a girlfriend. Not to mention, her research for school has gotten her tangled in a deeply hidden scandal of a high nobility family, surrounding her in secrets on all sides. If there's any hope of Abbey finding love, answers, or a future in London, she'll have to decide which rules--and hearts--might be worth breaking.

Girl Abroad

Devin Donnelly

felt a lil weird reading it… a bit disappointed cos i loved the off campus series… it was just so very wattpad

✨“Fear, if I’m honest. I’ve always had this terror that I’ll run out of time to see it all. That I’m wasting my life. Like I’m being chased.”

✨“Don’t spend what little time we have making everyone else happy at your own expense. You’re the only one who will live with your regrets.”

✨“I would have waited,” Jack whispers against my lips. “As long as it took. You were always worth it.”

Mariaaa

✨“Fear, if I’m honest. I’ve always had this terror that I’ll run out of time to see it all. That I’m wasting my life. Like I’m being chased.”

✨“Don’t spend what little time we have making everyone else happy at your own expense. You’re the only one who will live with your regrets.”

✨“I would have waited,” Jack whispers against my lips. “As long as it took. You were always worth it.”

I'm putting my tldr at the beginning to save you from this: GIRL CANT DECIDE WHICH GUY TO DATE AND DRAGS YOU ALONG ON HER WHINY TIRADE FOR 400 PAGES.

My fury cannot be contained in a paragraph so here we go. 

This book spits in the face of the Bechdel test

I've never hated a character the way I hate Abbey. She's self-centered, naive and wishy-washy. 

This entire book is a case study in "boy-crazy", I feel like feminism took 10 steps back with this book. 

Honorable mentions (aka the only good things about this book): Lee & the library attendant

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I'm putting my tldr at the beginning to save you from this: GIRL CANT DECIDE WHICH GUY TO DATE AND DRAGS YOU ALONG ON HER WHINY TIRADE FOR 400 PAGES.

My fury cannot be contained in a paragraph so here we go. 

This book spits in the face of the Bechdel test

It's about 300 pages too long

I've never hated a character the way I hate Abbey. She's self-centered, naive and wishy-washy. 

This entire book is a case study in "boy-crazy", I feel like feminism took 10 steps back with this book. 

Honorable mentions (aka the only good things about this book): Lee & the library attendant

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