Review: Have you ever had THAT crush?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2014
"The only thing that got me through those dark times were the letters. The letters from the woman that could possibly be the love of my life, and I have no idea who she is. The letters that turned me into a man who looked at things from a new perspective......They consumed me. Made me fall in love with her...My Letter Girl."Have you ever had THAT crush? You know, that crush on the one guy you know you could never have?! He was the popular guy that everyone loved and girls swooned over. I know I have had that same experience.Leighton Parks is a lot like all of us girls that had that crush. Her heart belonged to Luca Ferro. He was the star baseball player and all around good guy. Not to mention gorgeous and Italian;) Leighton wasn't exactly in the "in" crowd. She more or less blended into the walls. After being humiliated in the hallway at school one day, Luca came to her rescue. She saw the real person he was that day and knew she needed to tell him...but how?"But let's be serious, he doesn't even know someone like me exists.""The way I feel right now, I don't think there could be another who could lead my heart away from Luca."That's when she started the letters. She wrote Luca letters and told him of her feelings and dreams of him. Gave him encouragement and understanding when she knew he needed it. And poetry!! OH, THE POETRY!!! (I'm a lover of the written word)Luca lived for these letters. He was anxious to see that white envelope in his locker and then in his mail as he went to college. Then, in his senior year of college, the letters stopped.Leighton decided that she needed to grow up and move on from Luca. She got a whole new makeover and changed her lifestyle. She was broken out of her shell and she never looked back.Until fate, yet again, stepped in.After an awful breakup with a scuzzball,and I mean scuzzball, Leighton decides that she needs to take some time off. She heads back home since her high school reunion is coming up and she figures that she can visit her family and friends and forget about things. She needed somewhere to live and who just happened to have a place for rent? You guessed it...Luca."She has this pull and I can't understand it. It's confusing the s*** out of me, and I can't shake the familiarity of it all at the same time."Living right next to each other is proving to be more difficult than they realized. The attraction is so strong that they can't deny it any longer. Holy Hotness!!!! Let's just say you'll need to fan yourself! wowza!! They become addicted to each other, but Leighton knew she had to tell Luca that she was the one who wrote him the letters.The worst part of the whole situation is that the letters aren't the only secret that Leighton is keeping from Luca. This secret could destroy everything that they have together. When she's ready to finally tell him, it blows up in her face. The person that is the cause of it is Val Kelly. OMG!!! I hate that girl. She's that former popular girl that still thinks she has every guy wrapped around her nasty little finger. Because she is jealous of Leighton and Luca's new relationship, she decides to break them in the worst way. (seriously, I hate Val!!)"When you have a great love, the greatest of ones and something tries to destroy it, if that love is strong enough, it will knock down anything that is in it's path."So, I ask again... Have you ever had THAT crush? And what would you do if all those dreams of being with that person came true? What would you do if your life was turned upside down? Would you fight for it?"I am your letter girl since the first stroke of my pen.""Good...It's always nice to have a face to go along with a name."**Highly recommend this book. It takes you back to high school and those feelings you get with seeing your crush. You root for these characters and you relate to them. I remember writing my crush a letter and slipping it into his backpack when he wasn't looking. I never signed it and I still wonder what he thought about my feelings and if he even wondered who I was. This book gives you a look into that situation. Who knows? Maybe those letters you wrote made a difference to that person.Thanks again, MR Joseph!!!! The Reunion Series was amazing!!!