To pick off from where we left off last week, I'll be telling you guys some of my least favorite love triangles. Now this was pretty hard to narrow down because I don't like most love triangles that I read about but I did narrow it down for you guys so let's get started.
#5 Blue is For Nightmares by Laurie Farira Stolartz
I can't remember exactly if I already talked about this series as a whole or if it was just the first book but either way I didn't like it much. Specifically because of the romance in the series. Here's why; it is so freaking juvenile, it hurts. The girls involved are so petty and don't seem to care about the guy on a deeper level. It all seems on the surface or "He's so hot, let me date him." It's so annoying that I couldn't take it seriously. The guy was also just a very generic character. We didn't know much about him or his backstory and I felt that just took away form the experience. And the way this love triangle plays out just doesn't make much sense. It felt like the author was just adding books to keep the series going not because the there was an over all plot in the books and the love triangle was just a tool to keep it going.
#4 Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith
The issue that I have with this love triangle is that it is so corny. Elena is very poetic but in a love sick kind of way. She is so infatuated with Stephen that it's kind of sad. She can't picture herself without him even though they've only known each other for a couple weeks. She claims to love him before they're even going out! And then Deamon is a bit of a creep in my opinion. He also makes the love triangle seem very forced. In fact, all of the romance in this series seems, to some extent, forced. I find it very difficult to get into these books and I think that's a big reason as to why.
#3 Crewel by Jennifer Albin
I just didn't care about this love triangle. Not at all. And I think that's an issue. Part of the reason for a love triangle, at least in my opinion, is to evoke some type of emotion from the reader. And I got nothing from this book. I didn't really care about who the main character ended up with. I didn't really have an opinion on either of the guys. Feeling lukewarm about something that is suppose to get you to feel something is bad because it means that the author didn't do a good job, and I hate saying that but I don't care about this love triangle.
#2 Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Let's get one thing straight right away, I don't like Twilight as it is. Hate away. But the love triangle that wasn't much of a love triangle as it is, wasn't that great. I felt like Bella was just using the two guys as she needed them. She used them, knowing just how much it hurt either one of them. She told Jacob that they were friends and she had him as a big part of her life even though she know it was killing him inside. Bella just kept on putting herself first and it didn't really show how much she cared about them. Actions speak louder than words.
#1 Shatter Me by Tahera Maffi
I would like to start out by saying that I really enjoyed this series but I did not like the love triangle, which just so happened to be the main driving force of all three books. The main reason is just that Juliette threw away the guy she didn't choose like he was nothing. Like everything they had didn't matter. In the end, she cut him out of her life so easily, and granted, he wasn't completely innocent either but in the end he was pinned as the bad guy while Juliette was seen as the victim. The way the whole series ended just wasn't satisfying to me and the love triangle was a big part of it.
Those were my bottom five love triangles I have ever read. Let me know if you agree or disagree. I know some people may be mad about the last two but I stand by opinion. If I didn't like them, I didn't like them. I wish I did but oh,well. Sorry this post is a bit rushed but it's been a long weekend for me. I also hope that everyone in Paris is okay. I'm truly heartbroken by this event and I just don't know what to make of it but I do know that I country is hurting right now and all we can do is just stand by them as friends and help those who were impacted. I'm thinking about you guys. See you next week.
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