Book Review
Title: Straight A
Author: Maya Rose
Genre: Romance
Rating: ****
Review: I knew nothing about Straight A going into it other than it follows Bia and it is a teacher/student romance novel, I’m intrigued, to say the least, because in my experience these types of novels are either unrealistic or don’t have a happy ending. The opening to Straight A was interesting as it opens after Bia has been to a party and performed some sexual acts on film which are now all over the internet, but Bia doesn’t seem unhappy about it because she consented to it, although she doesn’t mention this to the school despite now having a reputation for being easy, she is anything but easy.
We learn two very interesting things about Bia, she has a brother whose she loves dearly but her father seems for some reason to despise his daughter and with her mother now dead there is no buffer between Bia and her father which may explain Bia really poor self-image and self-esteem issues. However, when she gets trapped in an elevator with a very handsome man the night of the party comes flooding back to her and how she was told she wasn’t any good and experiments on the man in the elevator with her which sparks something in Bia that was never there before. However, from the synopsis, we know that even though Bia didn’t see the man properly or get his name, this isn’t the last time the pair are going to see one another.
As we cross the ¼ mark in the novel, Bia has realised that the man she met in the elevator is now her chemistry teacher, while she is torn and wants to pretend that it never happened, she can’t deny her attraction to man but he seems rather cold towards her. Eventually, Bia and Professor Hunter talk about he says that he wants to get to know her which suits Bia just fine but her attraction to him overrides her common sense most of the time and her flipping between wanting him and pushing him away is giving me whiplash. Bia also learns that her Chemistry teacher Jacob Hunter is the CEO of Hunter Pharmaceuticals.
As we approach the halfway mark in the novel, Bia’s university friend Jane is being abused by her husband and turns to Bia for help which is all too eager to provide, and it takes her mind of Jacob Hunter. The relationship between Bia and the rest of her family is strained to say the least, and it seems to be due to her reputation and because her mother left her a huge share in the family company when she died, and her father wants it but Bia refuses to give it to him.
As we cross into the second half of the novel, I was a bit disappointed at this novel is labelled a teacher/student romance and apart from the opening scene in the elevator, nothing at all has happened between Jacob and Bia. Even after having their second encounter, Bia refuses to admit that she feels anything for Jacob not even when he shows her what pleasure really is. Despite dating other guys her own age Bia doesn’t feel a fraction of the attraction and want she feels for Jacob.
As we approach the ¾ mark in the novel, the tension between Jacob and Bia reaches breaking point when Bia is on a date with Declan and is planning to sleep with him if he wants her but when he realises that there is someone else in the picture and doesn’t want her that way Bia storms out hurt and alone. It turns out that Jacob has been keeping an eye on her and shows her for the first time that she has been his since the day in the elevator and she is now powerless to resist him, but Bia has a lot of self-esteem issues and wants more from Jacob but doesn’t think that she is worthy of them because of the way her father has treated her all her life.
As we cross into the final section of the novel, Bia and Jacob have an undefined relationship and her friendship with Jane is actually taking off despite the fact she can never remember Jane’s name and often gets it wrong. When Jacob gets sick, she shows a much softer side to her personality, but they still look to make jokes and rile the other up. There is so much going on at the end of this novel that I didn’t have a clue where I was at some points. However, the ending does leave a lot of being promised in the second book, while I didn’t get what I wanted from this novel I will be interested in reading book 2 but it isn’t insanely high on my priority list right now.
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I received this review copy from Booksprout.
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