Review: Debbie's 4 Star Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2014
** DEBBIE'S 4 STAR REVIEW **Nevaeh Evans life drastically changes after her mother is institutionalized because she suffers early –onset Alzheimer’s and her fathers unexpected death . She moves in with her Aunt and cousin Livvie. The plan is to lay low but when she starts school that plan changes. Nev doesn’t feel like she deserves to be happy after what happened the night her father dies.Nev’s aunt pushes her to join Ex-Factor cheerleading squad and even though she would rather just sulk in her own misery she goes along and joins.“For Livvie. For Aunt Trish. They’d allowed me to invade their lives, their home. They’d graciously taken me in when my grandmother could no longer care for me. I owed them big time, and would soldier through my impending cheer tryouts with or without a mouth full of vomit.”Eli who happens to be her new best friends man is constantly hitting on Nev. Nev wants nothing to do with Eli. She sees past his panty-dropping persona and sees him for the low life, man-whore that he is.“Tigers didn’t change their stripes, and neither did man-whoring teenage boys.”After Nev bumps into Bodie Scott, literally and he realizes she is not friends with the school snob, they soon realize they understand the pain the other one has suffered. Bodie shows Nev that she deserves to be happy even though she made mistakes.“Bodie Scott had some type of invisible tractor beam that had reeled me in, and I was powerless against its pull.”“Bodie lived with a daily reminder of his mistake, and unlike me, who fell apart at the mere mention of anything bad, Bodie held himself together, went about his daily life, and continued living. That kind of strength was remarkable. And a total turn on.”This book has it all. Nev (the broken girl) Callie ( head of the mean girls) Eli ( man-whore who doesn’t respect girls) Bodie( former bad boy ) If you are looking for a book with lots of teenage drama and self discovery this is the book for you. This book had a lot going on but it flowed really well and kept me wondering what was going to happen next. Some plot twists and has a great underlying message.