Mister popular and I

Mister Popular and I

French edition : Hachette Roman                  Genre : Romance

English version : ONLY ON Wattpad          Publication year : 2018  

Author : Indie A                                         Number of pages : 300

Summary

Lea Wilson is a shy and reserved teen girl. Unfortunately she is VERY unlucky, indeed her house fell down because of termites during a night. Because of this improbable incident she will move temporarily with her parents in River’s house, the son of Lea’s father friends.

River Parker is also a teen boy, but above all he is the most popular person in his highschool. But when Lea arrives in his house he does everything so that nobody knows it at their highschool.

However they are forced to live together, will they succeed in ? Maybe or maybe not …

Criticism

    For me, this book was really enjoyable to read because it was simple but interesting. The plot or may I say the plots were interesting and even if I almost knew the solutions I was surprised anyway. Indeed when we read the summary the story appears us like a cliché. Nevertheless when we read the book, the structure of a romance story is still present but there are some elements that make the originality of the book and make us think about another book genre. Besides this book is the theater of a beautiful friendship and brotherhood. I also like reading Mister Popular and I because of the numerous funny moments. For example the termites that ate Lea’s house or the ripostes of River and Lea are a good way to laugh. However I found the book moving, for me the emotions weren’t in the romance part but in the others relationships and events.

    Concerning the characters, I found them appealing and moving. They all have things to reveal and teach to us. During my reading, I found Lea friendly, she is not my favorite character but she is nice. I like her so-so because for me she is a cliché : unpopular and shy girl with good grades which starts to be open to the world only when River starts to be interested into her. I really like River because he is not corresponding to a bad boy, under his cover of popular boy he is a sensible and touching character. He really tries to act well and I like this. Moreover he is not like other boys of romance book, I find him more “conventional”. In conclusion for the characters, I found them all benevolent and intelligent (they don’t take silly decisions, even Georgianna) each other, they all seemed to be good people.

Final conclusion

To conclude, if I had to sum up the book in one word, it would be “frechness” because we can read it without headache and the different plots bring a new breath to the romance genre. Besides the author’s way with words was quite simple (in french) so it was easy to read and I spent a good time with Lea and River.

So are you going to read it ?

Other information

THE BOOK IS NOT EDITED IN ENGLISH !!!!! It’s only available in English on Wattpad. It’s the original version so there are more details than the French version.

The song

Do you love me, The Contours. This song makes me think about Mister Popular and I because the rhythm is light like the romance and some lyrics represent well the situation between Lea and River at the beginning of the story.

My note : 7,5/10

Characters : 1,5/2             My taste : 2/2

Story : 3/4                       Originality : 1/2