Perfect Chemistry by Simone Eckles

This book was recommended to me by a friend in which who's taste I no longer trust. 

This story stated out okay, it wasn't great and it wasn't bad. I thought it was gonna get better as I read along. Long story short, it got worse. 

One of the main details of this story was the fact that Alex was Mexican and he was in a gang. That made me really exited because I too am Mexican and I enjoy reading other peoples portrayal of the Mexican culture. Not only was this portrayal more inaccurate than accurate, the parts that were accurate were hyperbolized. The slang, for example, was used in a somewhat correct context but it was so exaggerated that it made me uncomfortable. I kept imagining one of my three year old cousins picking up on the slang around them and trying to interpret them into their own life. That didn't bother me too much, it just disappointed me a little. There were also a few spelling mistakes for the Spanish, for example: 

That didn't bother me too much either, nobody's perfect I guess. 

I did hate the characters though. I hated every single one of them. Yes even Isa and Seirrra, and Doug, ALL OF THEM. They were all the annoying kind of annoying that doesn't only make you annoyed but makes you mad. I wanted to punch all of them in the face. 

I want to say there's more to this book and there's more I wanna talk about, but there isn't. This book was as shallow as Brittany's personality. 

Overall I would not recommend this book. I give it a two out of five stars because I like the concept of this book, and I had some potential that deserves to be rewarded.