So I gave this story 4 stars. And this is why. It lost a star with me because of the prologue. I could have almost forgiven it, however having to read it over again in near the end of the book, threw me off. I hate when authors that do that shit. Prologue is supposed to be the backstory, or the lead up to the story. Not a big chunk of what the middle of the book is. I mean maybe for some deranged reason other authors do this, but it has never made sense to me. I personally wouldn't do it either. It frustrates us. Get that through your head to all the authors that think that this is the right practice. It's not.

Moving on to the good stuff. I figured it out right away. As soon as Logan decided to tell everybody he didn't want them to sit down with his brother, I knew there was some sort of multiple personality going on. Do I believe in the soul thing? No. I don't. I do believe in multiple personalities. And I do believe in trauma. And put those together and they kind of suck.

And I also knew why the bad guy went after Bick. I mean hello, remember in the cafeteria when he said he couldn't ask anyone to dance because the person he wanted to ask was already going with someone else? Right before that he was talking about the dance. So obviously he wanted to go with somebody at that table. And it doesn't take a freaking genius to figure out who it was.

And seriously she must have been blind as a freaking bat. I could tell the guy liked her even before it was mentioned at the end of the book. I mean come on are you blind?

I am happy with the ending. I'm happy that you know who didn't die. I don't know if I believe that it's all like happy ending for him. As in being in his own body. And I really wish there was more about Harper and Bick.

All in all it was a cute story. I mean I don't know. I liked it but at the same time that prologue really threw me off.

I would maybe check out more of the author's books. However if I open the book and there's a prologue talking about something that's going to happen anyway, I'm just going to skip that all together. And every time in any of their books I see that prologue being something that's going to happen, that I'm going to be forced to read again, then I'm going to drop a star. ( )

I would call this a guilty pleasure book. Why? Because it’s not the most greatest read out there but you read it anyway because something about it just draws you to continue reading. Whether it be characters, or the cheesy plot albeit ridiculous as it may be.

This is supposed to be a modern day retelling of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I see some similarities although the way it’s explained (the soul thing) is a bit of a stretch. At least with Jekyll/Hyde he had something concrete and explanatory (eg; the serum that gets him to change personalities).

The book itself is filled with oodles of cliches so it’s not for everyone. It may induce eye rolls and may have some readers frustrated and quit reading altogether. Why did I keep reading? It’s a very simple plot and there’s not much when it comes to twists and turns, there’s a bit of a creepy and chilly factor which was actually pretty well done and I stuck with it. Despite the plot being as it is, the writing was pretty good and I enjoyed it.

A couple of things however. I’m not sure what Madison really had to do with the story. She’s just your average mean girl but doesn’t really add to the plot (except for being a previous romance. Woopie) so to me, this was just unnecessary filler moments in the novel.

Harper isn’t really that likable and there were moments where she goes off the deep end into the realm of stupidity. I do admit though, she’s got good chemistry with Logan and the writing that conveys their feelings towards each other is well done. Logan seems to be a great boyfriend if it wasn’t for that fatal flaw. Harper does tend to have some annoying qualities to herself - being a forgiving doormat for one, and lacking common sense in particular stages of the story (seriously? You’re going to break into a house and you say: “hello?” can we say first one to die in a horror movie here?)

Although this book has quite a few flaws, I couldn’t help but enjoy reading it. It’s a very quick read and it’s like you’re watching a B movie but you enjoyed it despite the many cliches and things you normally wouldn’t watch. There’s just something about it that makes you want to continue reading it. I’m not going to recommend this one, but if you’re up for a quick read to get back into the reading groove, why not? ( )

Though I didn't like the title or the cover, I thought a YA revisit to Jekyll and Hyde would be interesting. I love the original story, and the idea of overcoming your demons. But this new version didn't have those resonating themes that made The Strange Case a classic. Instead, Dangerous Boy is very shallow, and only skims the surface of Jekyll and Hyde.

I guess I'll start with what I did like. Aaaand, we're done.

Any suspense that could have been found in these pages was lost when the publishers decided to put 'A modern-day retelling of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with a chilling twist' in the blurb. That took away all the mystery of the twin's that the only thing I was left trying to figure out is why Harper would want to stay with her jerk of a boyfriend, and also why her friends even liked her.

That's right, I didn't even like the characters (well, I did like Bick, but that's it.) Harper was your typical afraid of everything, meek, not even attractive teenage girl. She's not adventurous or outgoing or even pretty, but yet again she snagged the resident hottie. Of course, the beautiful popular girl hates her and as such she is written as a caricature mean girl -- and she didn't even seem real, honestly, more like a mean girl from 5th grade. Finally, you have Logan who is a lying douche-jerk who constantly makes Harper do things she doesn't want to do and repeatedly puts her life in danger. There is also Harper's dad who is conveniently absent, and her outgoing adventurous life-of-the-party mother who died in a rock climbing accident that left its mark on Harper for life. Finally, we have Harper's three best friends who's names I can't remember. They are fun and love to live life and be in the middle of things, so I don't really understand why they like Harper. She's boring.

Also, there was this 'fears list' that Harper mentally kept, including off-roading 4-wheeling, swimming, I think. And more. And more. And more. So when Logan finds out about the list he's determined to break her out of her shell and have her face her fears. Which is nice, except that every time he does, Harper almost dies. And also Harper's best friends have been begging her to try some of the same things with no success, but in swoops a pretty boy and she does anything he wants. What a fantastic message to send.


There were a couple of horror elements I liked, like the dead birds and the handprints and of course the scenes where Harper was in danger -- the action and adrenaline were pumping. But in all I thought that Dangerous Boy was a poorly executed retelling of Jekyll and Hyde. It could have been done better. ( )

I was trying to decide whether or not I should give this 2 stars or 1 star, as you can tell, I decided to be nice and go with 2 stars. Why do people insist on making their female main characters such idiots? A lot of the crap that happened would have easily been avoided if Harper had just talked to someone about what was going on. There was someone taping roses to her locker with things attached. The first few had notes, the next one had a picture of her with her eyes blacked out, and the third one was a picture of her taken with a long-shot lense. Basically, she was being stalked, but instead of talking to anyone about it, she decided that she didn't need help and that everything was fine. ( )

I was trying to decide whether or not I should give this 2 stars or 1 star, as you can tell, I decided to be nice and go with 2 stars. Why do people insist on making their female main characters such idiots? A lot of the crap that happened would have easily been avoided if Harper had just talked to someone about what was going on. There was someone taping roses to her locker with things attached. The first few had notes, the next one had a picture of her with her eyes blacked out, and the third one was a picture of her taken with a long-shot lense. Basically, she was being stalked, but instead of talking to anyone about it, she decided that she didn't need help and that everything was fine. ( )