Review: An emotional read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2014
Driving Layne begins with college freshman Amber leaving her family home in Texas to attend college at Oklahoma State University. Amber's goal is to live like a "normal" college student (*bells ring here). Right away the readers knows that there is a "big" antagonist in Amber's life but it does take a while for it to officially be announces. As I don't want to give away any spoilers that is all I will say. We follow Amber's journey beginning college, living with a roommate that eventually becomes her best friend, as well as peeking the interest of two very different young men and later falling in love with one.The characters were well-written and developed. I thought the author's writing developed during the book, making me fall in love with Amber and her friends. There were some editing mistakes and sometimes, I didn't always feel like there were smooth transitions between scenes, but not enough that I felt that it distracted from the over-all story.Additionally, you WILL need a box of tissues and you may feel like throwing your Kindle at the end but that just proves Ms. Porter's ability to pull the reader into the story and make the reader care for her characters.