Review: You gotta love Fletch
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2013
I would firstly like to thank the author Dawn for an eBook copy in exchange for my fair review.From the very first page I knew I was going to love Fletch Colson. He had me smirking by the 5th line and I knew I needed to continue. I have read books that are solely from the male point of view before and if done well I love it but if done poorly it can take me out of the story and I am aware it is a female writer. Believe me when I say- there was nothing feminine about this boy.We meet Fletch in his senior year of a private boarding school, he wants to go out on one last hurrah and with his parents' influence within the school he knows he can push the boundaries further than most.Fletch's life is made up of partying, booze and girls. One girl in particular has a hold on him and maybe even his heart. Calista and Fletch have summer hook ups and their parents have not so subtly been grooming them for marriage. Fletch has been swept up in the assumption that Calista is the one he will end up with until events unfold and he realises all is not what it seems.And then there is Ellie. Sweet, sweet Ellie is introduced as a pawn in Fletch's world. He makes a bet with his friends that he can have a platonic relationship with a female without trying to get her in bed. This is how their relationship starts out and Fletch will soon realise he needed Ellie more than he thought.Unbeknownst to Fletch he embarks on a journey of discovering who he is as a person. He has to peel back the layers of the stereotypes his parents and friends had assumed him to be.I really enjoyed this book; I read it in one sitting and finally finished it at 2:40am (totally worth it though). I loved the writing style of the author and I would describe this book an easy read. This for me means the writing flowed so well that I got lost in the story; I couldn't put it down and fell for these characters. I also loved Fletch's `voice', Dawn has a hormonal, conflicted 18 year old down to a T.Brady was the comic relief of this story- I LOVED him. He played the role of typical boisterous best friend and everyone needs one of those. Calista was a complex character, at the beginning I was rooting for her as I assumed Fletch was up to his `playboy' ways but as the story progressed my patience wore thin and my dislike for her grew. Again this is testament to Dawn's characterization and drawing these reactions from me.One of my initial thoughts after reading this book was that I wished for more of Ellie but now after digesting the story I am happy with the way things went. This book isn't primarily about romance and happily ever afters. It is about a boy on the cusp of adulthood, dealing with issues that would change him as a person.I asked Dawn when I had finished if we would hear from Fletch and his comrades again, I am not the only one to request this and I think it would be great to catch up with Fletch in the future to see where his journey took him. I'm just glad I got to witness the first one! ~Ava