Review: AWESOME!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2014
I have gotten to be a ridiculously huge fan of SE Hall’s books over the past couple of months.  I started with Emerge, the first in her Evolve Series, and have been hooked.  Her writing is witty, emotional, and angsty.  All the things I love!  Pretty Instinct had all of these in spades.  I didn’t know what the heck this book was about going from the very short synopsis, but HOLLA, I was blown away.Lizzie is a young girl with a ton of responsibilities.  Caring for her brother and band mates is a full time job.  She loves it but she isn’t free.  She isn’t living for herself and following her dreams.  She is simply living for others and harbouring resentment for a past that no one can change, until she meets Cannon Blackwell, a snarky guitar playing hottie, at a rest area.Cannon and Lizzie’s chemistry is off the charts right from the beginning.  I really did love Lizzie’s character.  She is sarcastic, hilarious, a hard a$$, and a really giving person all at the same time.  She just made my heart smile.“You are not in charge, Cannon Blackwell.  You do not eat my p*&%$ or pay my bills, so you don’t get a say.”Cannon does manage to tare down some of Lizzie’s walls with his pure sweetness and lyrical words.  He is a true romantic and makes his feelings known from the very beginning even if Lizzie is crazy stubborn.“Trust me with your pain, Lizzie, please.  Trust me with your anger, confusion, resentment, fear, and all those feelings of powerlessness.  Give it all to me.  I will carry it, you, and us to the other side.”Seriously, Cannon was my favorite character.  So swoon worthy and gentlemanly one second, and forceful and alpha-dirty the next.God, this book really was just perfect.  It made me laugh, cry, and cheer for my favorites.  It is a story about forgiving and moving on.  About love and family.Amie