Review: The Only One
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2014
***I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review***Melanie is at a frat one night when she runs into John Boy. In a loin cloth. Yowza! But never mind that because he spilled her red drink all over her outfit and now she needs to change. John Boy offers up his T-shirt and a whole lot more.John Boy doesn't date. But when he sees Melanie at his frat's party, he knew he had to live up to his reputation and get the uptight girl let loose a bit. And she's hot, so that helps too.After inserting himself into Mel's life and becoming "friends", John Boy starts to realize that he doesn't just want to "hump and dump". And one night while at his place, right before he could seal the deal, she gets one of the worst calls of her life. John Boy starts to look at Mel in a new light and realizes he wants more. A relationship. With her. But he can do that?I liked this book. It was good and written very well. Two things annoyed me about this book. One, John Boy. He was supposed to be this college frat/playboy. Yet, I found his character was very annoying. He was supposed to have turned into this real nice guy falling love with the unexpected girl, but he seemed to be trying too hard to get the girl who was all too willing to start a relationship with him. It didn't seem right to me.Two, Mel's situation. Without ruining it, all I can say is that I've been in that situation and I have never come across a doctor that didn't take the time to explain things in great detail. Up until the phone call on Christmas Eve, their interactions felt kind of cold to me. I also feel like the author made a bigger deal out of the sitatuion than necessary but then again, maybe that was the point of the book. I just think there could have been worse scenarios that could have knocked Mel down. It was an original situation for hitting rock bottom in college, I'll give the author that.But looking past those two things, this book was written very well and despite my frustrations, I continued reading with my interest more in Mel and John Boy's relationship and not the situation that caused her to "break".