Unteachable Book Reviews

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Loved it!. Beautifully written. Held me captive from the very beginning. Author's writing style is so unique; one of the best NA books I've ever read. Maise and Evan are simply ELECTRIFYING. 👏🏼

Well written & relatable. I had an experience just like this book. I was 17, he was 31 in Florida. We ran into each other again 3 years later strangely thousands of miles away in Hawaii’s Still the same connection. Haven’t seen him since. I’m 44 now and wonder how he is. Age is truly just a number. The impression he left me is still there, but he gave me up thinking he wasn’t being fair to me and that I deserved more. I was happy with him, he just couldn’t understand that because he could only focus on our age difference.

Problematic plot, prose overpowered the story. Review originally posted on Reading Books Like a Boss The beautiful imagery combined with Leah Raeder's striking prose in Unteachable was so alluring to me. However, for me the writing was not enough to hold the story together. I felt like the story lacked a strong plot and relied heavily on sexual attraction. Maisie is an eighteen-year old high school student looking for love in all the wrong places. Her mother is a drug dealer and prostitutes herself in order to pay for her own drug addiction and her dad is out of the picture. Maisie only has one person on whom she can depend—herself. Her emotional fragility was so clear and well-developed. She makes no apologies about her sexual escapades and prides herself on her freedom to choose her sexual partners. Many of those she chooses to sleep with are much older than her. It seems to me that she yearns for the love she doesn't get at home. And that fact made me so sad for her. Early on in the story Masie meets Evan, a thirty-two year old man, at a local carnival and they spend a passionate night with each other. Their attraction and chemistry is instant and are immediately drawn to one another. Both are shocked when Maisie walks into her theater class to find that Evan is her teacher. Unable to stay away from each other, both begin a heated affair that Maisie must keep secret from everyone, including her friend, who begins to suspect something is going on. I had a few issues with this book. Evan and Maisie have sex a lot. I didn't really understand their attraction to one another (outside of the obvious physical attraction) because their relationship so sexually based. I needed more there. I am not a prude and don't mind sex in my books, but I wanted there to be more of a focus on their relationship. It felt too insta-lusty and I never really fell for them like I was supposed to. The relationship that I was rooting for was between Maise and her friend. I loved how his mother took Maise under wing, knowing what Maise was going through. At one point Evan admits that Maise is age is what drew him to her at first. To be honest, that creeped me out a little bit. I've read books where the characters have a huge age difference, but the author makes it work in some way. The fact that Evan liked her because she was young was a little weird and vice versa (Maisie liking Evan because he is older). Raeder can write, there's no question, but her writing often overpowered the story for me. The flowery prose, though beautiful, was almost too much. * I received this audiobook from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 2 stars

So Good. I've never read anything by this author before...was just looking for something to pass a lazy day with. Unteachable blew me away. Sometimes writers, in an effort to be descriptive, break moments down and throw in wordy prose to a point where I start scanning rather than reading. Every word/sentence written in this book is crafted so beautifully and is so essential to the story. I will be reading anything I can get my hands on by this author.

AudioBook Review: Stars: Overall: 4 Narration: 4 Story: 4. AudioBook Review: Stars: Overall: 4 Narration: 4 Story: 4 I knew going in that this book, Unteachable, had great buzz. Raves for Leah Raeder’s writing and her ability to hold on to the honest portrayals of situations that are controversial and more often found in headlines with the appropriate amount of censure and judgment. And yes, the relationship at the center of this story is uncomfortable, but uniquely honest and developed with emotion and the insight of remove, even as you can’t help but empathize with the protagonist. Maise has had an interesting life: her mother is desperately in need of rehab and Maise has been more parent than child for most of her eighteen years. With the attitude born from her ability to fend for herself, yet not quite adult enough to make the best decisions, her life is ready to take a turn for the different. Now out of high school and preparing to enter film school in the fall, she is just biding her time until she heads off to pursue her own dreams. A quick encounter at the fair results in a hot hook-up, and leaves Maise conflicted about her own no-strings, no attachments policy. There was a connection with Evan that she can’t seem to forget, opening the door that contains her “what if things were different” thoughts in a safe place. Like Pandora’s Box, the questions are released and grab her at the most inconvenient times. When she finally starts on her own journey and follows her dreams, who should be teaching her film class but Evan: the one night man from the fair. Here the two explore the connection despite the forbidden (or frowned upon) nature of the relationship. Students should not date teachers, nor vice versa. Neither is an actor, and their connection and inability to mask the attraction between them draws attention and rumors, and oh what a roller coaster ride the story becomes. The issues of power and lack thereof, the discrepancy in their ages and maturity levels, and the questions of honesty between them, even as they are dishonest with everyone else in their lives becomes paramount. Unmasking the lies that we tell ourselves, let alone others, about our relationships, and how people will often fill the needs of others, in real or imagined ways. The excitement added from something being forbidden, and what happens when that label is removed, can the relationship stand as solidly in the light of day. Series of questions and conundrums that are present but unasked for the most part, as we travel with Maise navigating her new life. Secondary characters are well developed, Wesley is the first real friend in Maise’s life and his input and interactions with her are wonderful and insightful. The unveiling of the relationship, replete with blackmail, drugs and lies are devastating to Maise, her worries about the relationship’s staying power is in question. Wesley is the one person who sees both the emotional and psychological toll the relationship has taken on her, and his steadfast support is set up to be longer lasting than any kerfuffle or upheaval. Narration in this story is provided by Grace Grant, and she has a knack of portraying the ‘slightly broken and lost’ characters to perfection. There is a curious mix of steely determination and tentative youth that surround Maise, and the portrayal enhances that feeling as Grant pulls out the emotional subtext that is up to the reader to discover as they read without overplaying or dancing into melodrama. This is a young girl, despite her experience, and she thinks and dreams as all young girls do, learning her way into adulthood with mistakes and missteps. Grant places the adult one moment, scared child the next elements into her performance, never missing a step, while telling the story as written. Other characters are added with nuanced variations in pitch and delivery, and the story is one to sit back and enjoy, allowing the words to capture your emotions and heart. A story that attacks a difficult subject with grace and talent, Leah Raeder has not removed the shocking moments, but presented them in ways that helps the reader to understand why Maise is in the situation, and what sort of toll it will take on her life going forward. I received an AudioBook copy of the title from Simon and Schuster Audio for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

Loved this one!!. Don't miss this - best NA book I've read yet!

Such an awesome book. This book was amazing. So entertaining. Usually it drives me nuts when the two main characters are able to keep a relationship steady, not because I'm a negative person, but because it provides no conflict and gets boring. I found this story exhilarating. The main characters could keep their relationship alive and steady and still be interesting enough to hold the reader's attention. Maise is such a confident, sexy character and while she has the ability to rub you the wrong way, for the most part I absolutely loved her and couldn't wait for what she would say next. The relationships she had with all her supporting characters were so complex and addictive, I wanted to be a part of the drama. Bravo and well done. I want to read more from this author. Her description is true and blunt and the approach to this book, while unoriginal, provided for an intoxicating journey into the brain of a young girl with daddy issues and a whole lot of passion.

Unteachable. Didn't enjoy this book😒

If you're looking for something to get the pulses racing.... Received a copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Wowza! That was one hell of a read. I mean this in the best way possible: UNTEACHABLE is not for the faint of heart. I don't think there's really one genre that it fits into. It felt a lot more erotica than New Adult due to the sheer number of love scenes. Not that I'm complaining. But... I have to admit it was slightly overwhelming at times. That being said, this book was fascinating and incredibly well written. A lot of people have approached the teacher-student relationship and it's felt contrived or forced. Not for one second did I not want these two to find a way to be together. I was totally into every bit of this story. I particularly appreciated Leah Raeder's nods to film tropes and styles. She paints a vivid picture-in the best way possible. If you're looking for something to get the pulses racing, but still make you feel like a giddy teenager falling in love for all the wrong reasons... Get into it! The ending was perfect, by the way. Again it could've been an eye-roller. But it was like the perfect little button. I may have swooned a bit...

Best book I've read in a long time. “Beautiful work, Ms. Raeder, you have a true passion for this. Hold on to it, cultivate it, and it’ll take you far.”

Happy. I loved it

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Couldn’t read past chapter 7. The book is really good but it wouldn’t let me read past chapter 7, very disappointing I don’t know if it’s a problem with my app/device or just the book itself

Loved it!. I've had this book in my sample folder for a while. I wish I'd have read it much sooner. If the future works of Leah Raeder are anything like Unteachable, she's about to make the list if some of my favourites. Books that stay with you for a long time after you're done. Ones you want read again. I can only think of a couple super talented ladies that weave their words as beautifully and powerfully as this author. I'm thinking CD Reiss. I'm thinking A. Torre. I loved every sentence and every word. A damaged girl. A boy with a past. A story told before? Perhaps. Not like this though. I can't even describe it. Like a vibrant painting. I loved every minute of Maise and Evan. To read in acknowledgements that Leah Raeder was turned down by publishers kinda blows my mind. There's same pretty average stuff out there in NA world. Not this book by a long shot. Highly recommended.