Rules and Roses
Rules and Roses (Untouchable Book 1) Kindle Edition
by Heather Long
When it comes down to acclaim in the yearbook, my class rank would probably earn me my only entry, but probably very little else. I don’t wear cosmetics, do my hair or really give a damn about my appearance in general. I don’t need to be cool, and I’ve managed my high school career navigating all the different groups from the nerds to the jocks to the theatre kids and the band geeks.
Kicking off senior year, my only focus is to make every AP class count and keep my grades up. Shouldn’t be hard, particularly with my so-called untouchable status. Oh yeah, imagine that—I had a reputation. Hadn’t been a blip on my radar until the end of junior year when one of the girls’ dropped that little nugget on me. Apparently, the guys at school considered me the best girl to hang out with for fun or homework, but nothing else.
While I’m not looking for a date, it’s a little hard to swallow that I ranked as the best bud and tutor, but would definitely never fall into the Girl Most Likely To Get Asked Out.
Pfft. What did I care? One more year and I was off to college, so what if the numbers of female friends I used to have drifted off and I’d scored a permanent seat in the friend zone. I had subjects to study, grades to maintain, and colleges to get into. Fine, I didn’t care about the rules or status before, and I wouldn’t now.
181 class days to go, and I’ll graduate. No problem, right?
NERDY THOUGHTS
I am freaking loving this series!
It's YA but reads more like an NA when it comes to maturity and sexual content.
I struggled with the beginning though as it like the narrative was starting a quarter of the way in. However, this is done purposely by the author, and all the blanks are filled in as the story develops. This series could really use a prequel book that gives you that whole backstory to start with and then we build off from there. But TRUST ME; it’s worth wading through the confusion for the beauty of the relationships you become interested in.
The situations have such a real quality to them because... well, they are totally something you can imagine happening. The story is written in a way that you feel like you are experiencing everything with our main characters and you NEED to know everything and everyone is going to be okay.
