Review: Ending begs for more . . .
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2012
Passion and Pain is the first in a series of books about a group of teenagers with a passion for performance arts and their first steps in the world of love, lust and alcohol. Leading with Elena, her best friend Sebastian and the loyal set of friends she makes at her new school you are swept along on her journey as she tries to juggle true love and her determination to succeed at school. The book has a great balance of both the performance arts side of things, and the high school drama that propels the plot along.It is refreshing to be given characters that value their virginity and know the importance of hard work and Elena and her friends certainly tick all the boxes here. Her sworn enemy, Letitia is feisty and manipulative from the word go, but it is a shame you don't get more of a backstory to her evil nature as it feels like there is something more there. Perhaps that is something that will be developed in the sequel, Bittersweet, which is out in 2013. The ending of Passion and Pain certainly begs for more, as Sebastian surely can't keep his dirty little secret from Elena for long.Reviewed by Elizabeth Wright on behalf of BestChickLit.com