Review: What do you tell a 'Good Girl' whose fallen for the baddest 'Bad Boy' of all????
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 17, 2012
Rayna Janke is an outsider in her town, a few days away from graduating high school. When she gets a late night phone call from Brady Remington, a `bad boy' she's had a crush on for ages, it starts a chain of events that threaten to turn her life upside down. Between keeping Brady out of the trouble he seems to attract as easy as the women falling for his roguish charms, perfect body and handsome looks, she starts to find out harsh secrets about her own life. Is she the girl meant to share a lifetime with Brady, or just another notch on his well scratched bedpost?Tijan has written a modern romance novel, with nods to Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story, with an adorable, but unconfident wallflower and the man described as the king of the town. For most of the book, I absolutely hated Brady Remington. He reminded me of a guy in high school who seemed to have everything - looks, girls, and the swagger of a douchebag. By the end of the novel, I changed my mind - an impressive feat in itself. Rayna is the girl you never notice until it's too late. The girl you take for granted until she slips through your fingers and makes some other guy a happy man - if only she could believe that. The characters are fleshed out perfectly, the dialogue is the best I've seen, and the realism in the book makes it a joy to read. A good novel, told in first person, and makes you feel like you're standing beside the characters as they deal with, start, and solve their various troubles. Four stars.Tijan has also written Davy Harwood and Falcon Crest High. I plan to read both based on this extraordinary young writer's novel.