Review: PERFECTLY CHAOTIC - LOVED IT
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2013
I fell in love with this book almost from the start and with Della. The author does a super great job of writing Della's story. From the mother who is only worried about appearances with her high society friend, to downward spiral that she is on after one bad night and a mother's urgency to cover everything up.Della definitely goes through some really difficult times using alcohol and guys to try and make a painful past disappear. But no matter what she does that void is still here. Things between her mother are at a breaking point, girls she thought were once her best friends are no longer there and the one person who is part of that void is there when she really doesn't need him to be.Finally enough is enough and she is shipped off to try and get her life back together. New rules are set for Della and a new life is started. And it's not long before Della really does start to make a new life for her but you know there is always that one person who loves to see others fail. But try as she may, it doesn't work and what Della once hid from everyone she finally lets out and learns that those who really care accept her and her past for what they are a past.My heart ached many times for Della throughout this book. I was laughing one minute, to wiping away tears the next. She really does have a go of it but eventually and with the least likely of guys Della learns to love and be loved. Della comes face to face with Nash a guy from her past growing up during the summers at her grandparents' home. And Nash is no longer that kid she used to have slumber party's with. Her two new roommates Zoey and Callie show Della what true friends are. And then there is Justin, tattoos, lip ring, but sexy Justin. Yep and first impressions is how Della started, I guess that is pretty much how society has taught most to be.It isn't long before Justin and Della start seeing each other, first slowly then regularly and what a passion they share with each other. When they meet each other's families for the first time Della is really worried her mother has come and knowing her past with her mom she is worried just what her mother may do or say when she meets Justin. But to her surprise Justin win's everyone's approval even her hardnosed grandfather. And his family takes to her.But why is it that when everything seems to be going right something has to happen. Sadly trust is broken and things unravel for Della and that downward spiral seems to be slowly starting again, or is it. Her friends are there for her, even her mom seems to have a change of attitude and of course her childhood friend Nash is there for her. Just as Della is slowly starting to restart her life, she realizes what she thought at one time might be nice isn't meant to be and when she is ready to let it out she is confronted with the same thing.I couldn't put this book down, it was so good and I loved how the author left the book open for the next part of Della's life. And I will secretly say I am so rooting for that certain someone I so think they deserve that chance.......I can't wait to read what happens with Della in book 2 in the Imperfect Perfection Series.