More Than This

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By: Jay McLean
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
Series: More Than (#1)
Summary: When Mikayla imagined her prom night, she envisioned a fairy-tale evening full of romance. So when betrayal and tragedy come in quick succession, Mikayla is completely destroyed. Suddenly, everything she loved and everyone she relied on are tragically, irrevocably gone. Jake, a handsome boy she just met, happens to witness her loss. With no one to turn to, Mikayla is forced to depend on this near stranger and his family, and he in turn is determined to take care of her. But Mikayla―thrust into adulthood with no one to guide her―is desperate to contain her grief and hide what she considers to be her weakness. Mikayla and Jake both want more, but despite their growing closeness and intense chemistry, she tries to keep her distance and protect her heart. As he does everything in his power to win her trust, Mikayla must choose between remaining alone and safe or letting love in. Revised This edition of More Than This includes editorial revisions.



Review: In the past four years, Mikayla has dated her high school boyfriend. During her prom, she discovers her best friend has been hitting him on the side for the past two years. She gets swept away to another prom that night by Jake, the sexy boy from another school with a hero complex. What a terrible night, huh? Haha! You have seen nothing yet. After their magical evening, Jake accompanies Mikayla back home only to find that her entire family has been murdered, and it has set her house on fire, leaving her homeless. Once again, Jake saves the day and takes her home to be with his family to begin an extremely unhealthy, insta-love relationship.

It took all my willpower not to DNF this book. The story is one of the most unrealistic I’ve ever read!

The characters seemed like cardboard cutouts attempting to convince me they were in a relationship. She moves into Jake’s family’s home after that and they start a new life together (remember that they met the night before and now he is apparently ‘her home’). I have never read such a frustratingly boring insta love slow burn.

The book is completely over-the-top, so I cannot recommend it to others. Despite my best efforts, I just couldn’t get into this book. Every scene made me groan inwardly and roll my eyes. It’s awful. Overall, I wasn’t a fan of this book. All of it made little sense to me.