The Challenge Factory discussion

Angie & Ora - Off Sides

When do you want to start reading this? How do you want to read it by pages or chapters?

Tomorrow afternoon is the soonest I can start. It's only a 167 pages. If you want we could break up into two days and do 9 chapters each day or read in one. I usually read anywhere from 250-300 pages a day. I'm flexible, so whatever you feel comfortable with.

We can read it all tomorrow if you want.

sounds good.

I finished it last night. Overall I like the book.
Ryan (view spoiler)[He was in a hard position with how to deal with wanting to be with Danny and having to deal with how his circle of friends and parents would be towards her. I loved it when he came clean with Danny about wanting to protect her in addition to himself.
At least his close friends were nice to her and wanted to genuinely get to know her. (hide spoiler)]
Danny (view spoiler)[I love how she thought she could rid of Ryan by taking him to Helping Hands for their first date.
She definitely had a hard life. It was so sad about her father. With her mother dying, that was definitely harder since she wound up losing her music too. It was so sweet Ryan bought her a violin so she could play again. (hide spoiler)]
Ryan's mother (view spoiler)[ She a real piece of work. As the story progressed I hated her more. I don't think she sees that she did anything wrong with manipulating people to do what she wants. (hide spoiler)]
Angeline(view spoiler)[ I felt sorry for her when her mother invited her to lunch with Ryan and he gave her a set down twice in front of his mother. That quickly changed after she was so mean to Danny and blatantly lying to Danny with what she was doing with Ryan. I did love how he put her in her place in front of her friends. That was priceless. (hide spoiler)]
Malone (view spoiler)[I have confused feeling about him. None of them good. He is a complete jerk. I guess I am wondering why he felt he could rape Danny. Was it because she was with Ryan, and he wanted payback against him or was it he felt he had every right since he considered her a whore. If he felt it was deserved in his eyes, then it really wasn't rape. I guess I wished it was explained more for the reasons why he did what he did. (hide spoiler)]
Emily (view spoiler)[I was glad when she came clean what their mother threaten Danny with Ryan and wanted to understand his relationship with Danny.
I also loved that she got to know Danny and became friends. (hide spoiler)]

I finished this Monday but internet is acting funny and forgot to post my thoughts. (view spoiler)[These two characters Ryan's mother and Angeline I hated right off the bat. Then if you add in Emily it was an all-round hate fest. Malone was a classic asshole whose jealousy towards his teams and friends is always there. However since Danny showed great interest in Ryan, He thought it was okay to harm Danny. (hide spoiler)]