Review: My favorite by Magan
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2013
I have read one other book by Magan Vernon. While I really liked The Only Exception, it does not compare to how much I loved The Only One.My first impression of John Boy was: douche; my second: sexy douche. But then I started to get to know him better and saw a side of him that took me by surprise. He was there for Melanie while she got the dreaded call and he stood by her side through everything she went through. By the end of the book, I was totally in love with John Boy.I liked Melanie. She was a strong character, differently from the female leads I’ve read lately. After she spends time with John, she realizes that there’s more to him than what people see. This evolved into a beautiful friendship as well as something more that neither of them wanted to put a label on. And the call she received broke my heart and made me feel for her.I loved the Harry Potter references which gave John Boy a geeky side to him apart from his frat boy image. He made my heart melt every time he revealed more about himself, things that no one else had gotten a glimpse of.One of my favorite secondary characters was her sister Valerie. She is a hoot and heard that she is getting her own book so I can’t wait to read it!Two things that I love about Magan’s writing is that she doesn’t throw some uneccesary angst or misunderstandings into the story and I find that her characters feel real which makes it easier for me to relate to them.I highlighted a lot while reading this book and these are some of my favorite quotes:“No guy had ever made me feel like he did. No one ever made me feel like I was more than some geek with a penchant for fantasy books”“This may have started out as just flirting, but it got real the minute you cared more about the meaning behind my tattoos than just the body they were inked on."“Sometimes you don’t need a title to show that you care about someone”Overall, I LOVED this book and will definitely read others by Magan Vernon.