2 out of 4 stars
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If you wanted to lose weight when you were a teenager, and you found a magic shake that could do that immediately, you’d take it, right? Maybe you’d take it in such a hurry you wouldn’t notice if you added an ingredient that wasn’t supposed to be there. I don’t blame Freddie from Invisible Me by H.M. Irwing for that night when she added her father’s research concoctions to her weight loss shake. To her surprise, Freddie lost weight but gained something else, invisibility.
When Freddie becomes invisible, she stays a whole year without seeing her best friend, Kyle. The only person she talks to is her father. On her eighteenth birthday, she goes to visit Kyle. However, she finds Edwin. Edwin is Kyle’s cousin and her crush. She wanted to lose weight to impress Edwin. Edwin notices her when she starts bleeding from a wound that she gets running away. She ends up telling Edwin the truth first. Later she tells Kyle the truth. Edwin offers Freddie a job in his company. Things between them get steamy when Edwin starts to make moves on Freddie. They end up falling in love. Freddie is so fearless and loving that she commits corporate espionage for Edwin. You’ll want to read about how she does it.
I have to say that I was disappointed that Edwin was Freddie’s love interest. I think Kyle was more suited for the role. Edwin did not even know Freddie before she bumped into him yet they have such a serious and committed relationship in a concise time. For a book that’s 133 pages long, their relationship was unrealistic. I understand that relationships can start as fast as Edwin’s and Freddie’s, but it’s unrealistic for it to lead to marriage in such a short period. Freddie had more chemistry with Kyle than she had with Edwin which made the whole story feel unrealistic. Some of the reactions in this story also didn’t sound realistic. For example, if you found out that apparently, your best friend has been invisible the past one year, wouldn’t you be a little freaked out? I think the way Kyle and Edwin react to the news that Freddie is invisible is unrealistic. If they lived in a world where such things are common, I would have understood their reaction. However, Freddie is the only invisible person in the book which leaves me with questions about Kyle’s and Edwin’s calm reactions.
I found some typos in the book. They were annoying and disrupted my flow of reading. Some examples are "then" instead of "than" and "starting" instead of "staring" among others. There are also missing commas. I appreciate that the book is a fast read.
I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars. It has an exciting storyline, but the errors and unrealistic ideas make it less enjoyable. I recommend professional editing for this book. I recommend this book to romance lovers. It has mature content which is why I wouldn’t recommend it to readers who are aged under 18 years.
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Invisible Me
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