Timmy's Review of John Goode's "What About Everything?", Book 9 in the Foster High Series!

Hi y’all! I’ve missed you guys! Ok! I’m back with a review that makes me happy to write! Do you know why? BECAUSE the book is from John Goode! Anyone who follows my reviews knows I love everything Goode! The Foster High Books are among my very fave books written, and John Goode is in my top 5 fave authors. So YAYAY!

This book has a few things that I want to talk about. First, as always Mr. Goode has written an awesome book, with awesome characters. None of the characters are new, so if you have been following the series you will know all the peeps! If not, go read the other books! One of the things I love best about Mr. Goode’s books is that the characters are so real! They are funny and full of heart, and a bit messed up! There is not a full-on HEA in this book, but there is REAL LIFE! I like that! That is not to say his characters don’t have HEA or HUNB (Happy Until Next Book), but they feel so real! They are messed up, they do stupid things, they say funny inappropriate things, and they cry! Most of all, they love. I truly love reading a love story about normal messed up people!

Now, I have a few problems with it. They’re all minor, but the most minor one—I need to whine a bit—is that every time we change point of view, the first two words start as CAPS. OMG! Stop that, Mr. Goode! Every time we changed, it took my brain a few seconds to realize I didn’t need to start the sentence yelling in my head! Like… HI, HOW are you today? Kk, so no more please and thank you. :)

Next, I think I was too young to get the plot. Let me tell you, you will probably NEVER hear that from me again! I’m forever saying that kids can read adult books, and understand what they are saying and doing. But not this time, this book confused me. I got the gist of what was going on and I totally followed the story, but Matt and Tyler confused the heck outta me because there was all this drama! I know conflict helps make a good story, but seriously? Adults are so hard to figure out sometimes!

I hate giving spoilers, so I can’t explain in detail, but I’ma just say Matt came off as a bit bratty. I don’t think that was what was intended because everyone in the book agreed with him, so I’ma guess it is just me. Please feel free to come back here and explain why I’m wrong after you read it, because I’m not sure I would have worked so hard to keep someone who wasn’t grateful for what I had to offer him. I got the idea that what Matt really wanted was Prince Charming and he felt he was cheated somehow. Now, Tyler apparently agreed because he made it right in the end. But I want to say, you shouldn’t go into a relationship (friends or lovers) thinking you need to fix or change the other person so you can have your Prince Charming. Again, I may be a bit young for the drama plot here. I think everyone can better themselves, but no one should better you. That’s your job.

So, as I was rereading this, I think that is kinda what happened in the end, but again I’m not positive. Because there was waaaay too much drama here. Y’all? Please do not tell me I need to be this dramatic when I’m an adult!

I give this Book 4 Marbles. Sex is off-page, but there is some swearing. I want all of you to go get it and read it because I like it and that’s how we keep our fave authors writing books! And because I want y’all to come back and tell me what you think of the plot. PLEASE! I need help here! The drama was too much! ~Timmy

What About Everything? is available 

at Dreamspinner/Harmony Ink Press, Amazon,

Google Play, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble and ARe/OmniLit

Find John Goode on his Harmony Ink Author Page, Goodreads, his Goodreads blog, 

on Facebook, on Twitter @FosterHigh, and on Tumblr

About What About Everything?

When an accident ruins Matt’s parents’ anniversary party, Tyler and Matt decide a vacation is in order, and they book a gay Disney cruise with Robbie and Sebastian. It’ll be the perfect place to relax and do some much-needed soul-searching. A couple of years have passed since they met, but Tyler and Matt are no closer to getting married. They must take a long, hard look at their relationship and decide if they’re happy with the way things are, or if they want more—and if they can find the courage to take the next step. A difficult choice is made even harder when two people they thought they’d left behind show up to complicate the issue and turn the whole cruise upside down.

What About Everything? is available 

at Dreamspinner/Harmony Ink Press, Amazon,

Google Play, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble and ARe/OmniLit

To Wish for Impossible Things 

(a lost tale from The Tales from Foster High) 

Dreamspinner/Harmony Ink Press

Dear God 

(a lost chapter from The End of Innocence)

Dreamspinner/Harmony Ink Press

Find John Goode on his Harmony Ink Author Page, Goodreads, his Goodreads blog, 

on Facebook, on Twitter @FosterHigh, and on Tumblr