Review: A Poignant Tale of Star-Crossed Lovers
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2013
Although the plot might sound familiar - rich girl falls for bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks - Lori Garrett provides such a poignant tale that it avoids the pitfalls of tired and retreaded love stories.  I enjoyed reading this tale and wished it was longer, I really wanted to know these characters better. Not sure why, out of all the titles the author could have gone with, she choose "Trick?"  A play on the name of the bar the hero owns or meaning of life? This is a well written debut by this author with no noticeable typos.Each chapter alternates between the Heroine (Harlow, a pampered daddy's girl type) and the Hero (Gunner, the essential good looking bad boy with tattoos and very bad a$$ attitude) and I appreciated being able to see how each character felt and it added to their story.  It takes place in the present but they flash back to their summer of first and only love that happened three years ago.  Gunner and Harlow are deeply in love - he has her name tattooed on his wrist, not that this in itself means permanent but the gesture is swoon worthy - but Gunner thinks Harlow deserves better is is trying to do the right thing.The angst and passions of Gunner and Harlow come to life vividly with Lori Garrett's words and the money and time spent reading them was worth it.  The author has a related book entitled "Risk" coming out that features Harlow's best friend Daisy and I plan to buy it.