Review: High School Love
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
I tried to find out as much as could about this book before I read it but sadly I could find much which is sad because it’s a really good book. I found myself feel all kinds of emotions while reading at one point I even stop reading because Cole had me so damn frustrated by the way he treat Bri. But I pulled myself together and finished because I had to remember the characters are based out of high school and they do go through peer issues.Bri and Cole meet during the summer at the beach and they end up having this super strong connection. Cole wants more from Bri but she is not ready for a relationship just yet and wants to take things slow. They promise to stay friends after the summer ends neither one of them knowing that they will actually end up at the same high school.Bri over hears Cole talk to his loser friend Trey about 2 cousins he meet at the beach over the summer and how he had them both. And this is when she sees the other side to Cole and wants nothing to do with him.I loved Bri from the very beginning this girl was strong and didn't back down from anybody and had no problem standing up for herself and I loved that. I just wished that Cole had some of her courage. But she did hold herself back when it came to admitting her feelings for Cole towards the end. The one thing that I truly hated was her home life. It wasn't that her dad Conner and Stepmom Summer abuse her they just were not there when they should have been. And I think that it just had been addressed a little bit harder than what it was. You knew by reading her dad loved her and would be there for her. But she needed a motherly figure and I just found it awful that she didn't have that. She was always made to feel like she was on the outside looking in and never really a part of the family and that sucked for her. And that cousin of hers I was so glad when she told Carly about herself couldn't stand her.Cole,Cole,Cole how I was so happy when he finally got some kind of  backbone and spoke up for himself and realized that those ppl he called friends were far from it. Cole didn’t know how to just be himself and who he was with he was a different person. Around his dad he was the son that played football because he dad wanted him to even though he wanted to play basketball. Around his friends he was the snob and rude to everyone else. He was only himself around Bri but only when they were not around his "friends". He wanted her he really did but he just didn’t know how to stand up to the ppl in school and just be himself.No matter what they went through you could feel the love and friendship while reading the book I was so glad this wasn't an instant love kind of thing don't get me wrong they wanted each other but things were taking slow. They allowed a friendship to grow and from that they learned to love each. After reading the last chapter I can see there being a book 2 I still think there is still more to tell from their story. This is couple you need to know if they got married. Did they have kids? Did Bri's relationship with her parents get better? Did Cole ever get to do anything with his art?