Review: If I Stay: A quick light romantic read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
Copy provided by author for an honest review***I would rate this book a 3.35***If I stay is a book about friendship, love, and exploring and figuring what the future has in store after graduating from college. Gemma, recently dumped by her boyfriend goes out with her roommate and BFF, Brandon to get out of her slump. While at a bar, she meets Ben Lawson, a well-known famous writer and poet. Gemma and Ben have an instant attraction and connection with one another. Ben swoons Gemma with his words and poems. As Gemma, finishes her last semester of college she is hit with the realization that the guy she was infatuating and lusting for is none other than her Creative Writing Professor.The relationship of Ben and Gemma is filled with sexual tension since they both know crossing that line can jeopardize Gemma's status of graduating and Ben's job. But the attraction these two have for one another cannot be denied. They begin to care deeply for one another that goes beyond friendship. The book also goes in great detail of what every graduating college student fears: LIFE AFTER COLLEGE. Gemma fears the unknown, whether she chose the right path to major in Art, her life beyond the classroom. Her last semester of college is about her self-discovery of what she wants and whom she wants. Through her journey, she is surrounded and supported with her two best friends, Brandon and Sacha.If I Stay is a light quick romantic book with no angst and predictable HEA. I felt this book emphasized on Gemma's self discovery of who she is a person and the possibilities of what life has in store for her when she's no longer being afraid