Sawyer Roarke was my best friend.
Growing up, our families were inseparable. We spent summers vacationing at the beach. In the school yard, it was us against the world. Then puberty hit, and we skated the thin line of staying buddies, or becoming more.
Until I accidentally found the pros and cons list he made about whether or not to date me. And there were definitely more bullet points on the no side. Acting out of rage and hurt, I embarrassed him in the most public way possible. Now, we’re enemies.
We’ve spent the last two years tearing each other to pieces. Everyone knows that Blair and Sawyer hate the ground the other walks on, and unfortunately, I got the unpopular end of the stick while he became Mr. Prom King.
Until senior year starts, and I’m tired of running scared. For the first time ever, I stand up to the golden boy with the whip-smart tongue. As the challenges and dares pick up speed, hearts start to fall and feelings get entangled. Despite my initial discovery, I wonder if being caught by each other wouldn’t be so bad.
Except Sawyer has no idea what I found all those years ago. And if the truth comes out about why I pitted us against each other, not only will he add one more con to his list … but he can add my broken heart as well.
FOES & CONS is such a cute high school friends to enemies to lovers story full of angst and everything I remember about being that age. I enjoyed so many parts: the tension, the background story, the characters; I had a lot of fun reading it. Sawyer and Blair have undeniable chemistry even when they’re busy hating one another. I think that hate/chemistry could have been explored deeper, maybe including some scenes from in those 2 years their hate grew. At the same time though I’m happy to have skipped that because they were downright mean to one another, like most teens in high school can be. They pick on each other’s insecurities and bring it to a whole new, unnecessary level of ugly sometimes.
That being said, it’s not perfect. Some things I didn’t love was how it’s mentioned how close Sawyer is with Blair’s father and Blair with Sawyer’s mom but I feel like the relationships were extremely underdeveloped for how “close” the characters were supposed to be. Also Blair’s mom seemed like an unnecessary addition. I would have rather her be absent completely and use that space to have other relationships explored. I also felt the story didn't have that much going on. I mean that everything was resolved so quickly and where the beginning was really built up and tense and great, the rest kind of lacked. I had butterflies in the beginning, then after the halfway point I was like "well that was too easy." I was waiting for the other shoe to drop and when it didn't I found myself disappointed.
It’s very cute, it’s a fun, easy and quick read. If you like reading high school drama and the friends to enemies to lovers genre then this book will be for you!
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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