Review: Young First Love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 30, 2013
Story Rating ~ 4 StarsHero Rating ~ 5 StarsHeroine Rating ~ 5 StarsRomance Rating ~ 4 StarsHeat Level ~ 3 StarsEnding ~ 4.5 Stars and to be continuedOverall Rating ~ 5 StarsOMG! I did not expect to love this quick short story about a first young love and it surprised the heck out of me. I thought the story line was really good, but what really AMAZED me was how much I loved the characters of Jess and Jack.The beginning tells us about the heroine and it was interesting getting to know her. At 18, Jess is at college and she's very smart. She does not have many friends and has NEVER had a boyfriend. When summer vacation is upon her, her older brother Reid invites her to go on an extended trip to Australia with him.Jack is a 20 year old drifter, and has been constantly moving around. He is tired of meaningless sex, especially since his last encounter at the annual Onakie B&S; Ball, where people consume lots of alcohol and hook up with strangers. He’s been working at the Cooweer Homestead Cattle station as a cook where he is happy for now. When he gets back to work after the ball, he vows to change his ways, and won't hook up with nameless woman anymore.When Jess and Reid arrive at the cattle station all the people who work there are lined up to meet and greet their guests. From their first glance I could feel the attraction these two had for each other. Jack’s first thoughts are to stay away from her thinking she’s too good for a loser like him. Jess on the other hand, is tired of being miss prim and proper. She decides she wants Jack and goes about trying to get him.Every time they got together the sexy banter between them just rolled off their tongues. Jack wanted Jess bad, but he kept his distance while Jess did everything she could to get Jack to have sex with her.When their time together is finally at an end, I found myself crying and not wanting these two to just drift apart. Then I turned the page, the story was over, Jess is going back to America and leaving Jack behind. At this point, I’m crying REALLY hard but also I’m happy, because I just found out that there is another book called BRASH and it’s about the sizzling reunion of Jess and Jack. I IMMEADIATELY ran to my computer and bought BRASH. There is NO WAY I could possibly go another day without finding out what happens next for these two.I highly recommend this story to those of you who love a heartfelt story of first love. I also want to warn you that if you do read this book and love it as much as I do, that you too will be running to get BRASH, because BEFORE was THAT GOOD!