Review: Changed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2014
After an unfathomable high school existence being bullied, Kennedy “Kenz” Greene takes the opportunity after graduation to reinvent herself both physically and mentally.  She changed herself into a strong, determined young woman, committed to protecting herself from ever being hurt again like she was back in high school.When she first meets Campbell Boyd, she feels strongly attracted to him but then realizes he’s actually someone from the past she’s worked so hard to escape-though he doesn’t know it.  But the attraction between them overcomes her doubts, leading to the two becoming inseparable and many steamy scenes along the way (oh yes, definitely an 18+ read and you’ll get a lot of dirty talking with those scenes as well).  Since I don’t want to  give away too much, I’ll say that you’ll get the eventual big conflict, followed by a lot of crazy excitement before the resolution.I thought the premise for this story was great…there’s a lot of people out there that can identify with what Kenz went through, so seeing her rise above that is quite significant and will show that you don’t have to be a victim.  I personally thought the relationship between Kenz and Campbell went a bit fast-including their declarations to each other.  I really liked their group of friends, especially Young with his raunchy, funny attitude…though Maddie’s bitchy ways sometimes were annoying.Overall it was a good, quick read, though I found the writing to not flow very smoothly due to the quick chapter changes (which usually happened when the character point of view changed).  The other thing that I thought was a bit unnecessary was the amount of cursing throughout the book both spoken and in the characters’ thoughts.  It was a bit excessive and didn’t really add to the story (yes, cursing does add to stories when it is showing depth of emotion, but the level here was more than what was necessary to tell the tale).I’d really like to read the other characters’ stories, especially Young’s as he was the most fun of the group.