Review: 4 & 1/2 Stars from Kota for Kota's Book Kollection
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
K.A Robinson has nailed this story.  Alexandria (Lexi) is so in love with Joel that she will do anything and be anyone for him.  She is 5 years his junior but his love for her is enough for her to lose herself in him.  Joel is a man who has come from a troubled family life and is doing the best he can with his situation.  Just because he sells drugs doesn’t me he isn’t the best at it.  Lexi and Joel and inseparable and that means that Lexi will do anything for him.Lexi’s behaviour and acting out cause her parents, or her mum to take matters in to her own hands, and when she busts Lexi dealing, the fall out is not what Lexi expected.  Sending Lexi to "bumf**k Egypt" – aka West Virginia and a fate worse than death.  Lexi won’t leave Joel, not willingly.Life in West Virginia at her grandparents farm is not something that Lexi is keen on – its all about hard work and discipline.  Luckily, Lexi meets Landon who is happy to guide her along.  Their relationship develops as they become friends and Landon forces Lexi to have thoughts that she is not comfortable with.A chain of events lead Lexi to realise that maybe what she had with Joel was not what she thought it was.  And… then bam – life changes drastically for Lexi.This story was engaging, while the story has been told before – you know the one where the bad boy changes the good girl, she gets sent away and has an epiphany that life was not all it was cracked up to be.  Only in this story – the epiphany comes on a number of fronts, but mainly when Lexi returns home.The emotions in this story really drew you in – the relationships were deep and intense, the connections believeable.  The sadness that engulfs you has you desperate for something good to pull you out.  The messages about the importance of living life for yourself and not others is so important for adolescents today and it was so well delivered.  This story pulled no punches and Ms Robinson delivered it seamlessly.I would have loved to have read Landon’s perspective, but Lexi’s was compelling nonetheless.  4.5 hearts – it was so close to perfect….