Playing Through Every Choices Book, In Order (Part 29: The Freshman 3)

Hey! Today, we finish up our freshman year at Hartfeld!

Next time, we go on a road trip to pass the time during the summer before sophomore year, in one of the shortest books in Choices history to be a part of a main series!

Link to previous reviews: https://www.reddit.com/user/stresseatingdog/comments/sj3s3m/all_choices_reviews_megapost/

SPOILER WARNING, AS ALWAYS!

The Freshman, Book 3

M/C: Stella

Final LI: Zig

Favorite Chapter: Chapter 17

Favorite Character(s): Zack, Becca, Madison, Amara, Darren, Zig

Least Favorite Character(s): James, Yasmin, Natasha, Sebastian

Overall Rating: 5/10

Review:

This book does a tad bit better than the previous two, so that’s something I suppose. Once again, M/C is treated like actual garbage by her so-called “friends”, and especially the three main LI’s. James is so annoying in this book, just like the previous two. Like, I don’t even want to be friends with him. Why is the game acting like I chose to be friends with him or something? Kaitlyn’s blow-up after the concert was so uncalled for. Like, Zig was just defending me! I coulda gotten hurt or something! Chris’s whole president thing is so boring, I wanted to die. Becca is so nice in this book - it’s wonderful getting to see a different side of her, and the kind of obvious clues that she has a crush on M/C are adorable. Tyler is meh once again. Abbie is annoying in the first half, but gets better after she stops raging at Kaitlyn. Zack is entertaining as usual, and he and Brandon are so cute (totally not jinxing it, am I?). Honestly, this book may have patched up a little with the characters, but it's kind of boring in return. However, I still liked this book better than the first two. Will Book 4 outdo the previous three? We’ll see (though it is a very low bar…)

Also, Zig is so awesome! I literally love him so much, and I gladly dumped Chris just to get with Zig lol. Honestly, his little outburst at you is actually understandable compared to any of the other LI’s outbursts. However, one thing about Zig does make me sad, and I’ll talk more about it in Book 4. Other than Zig, this book was only slightly better than the first two, still with glaring, notable flaws. Still, credit where credit is due for being actually decent.