Review: A YA STORY WELL WORTH READING
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 30, 2012
Willow James has her life planned out, her boyfriend of two years Dustin Rant have planned it out together. Even down to how many footsteps it takes between the dorms from each other, where they plan to go to college. So when Dustin suddenly dumps Willow two months before graduation, she is shattered. To then find out that he had been cheating with her friend behind her back is an even bigger blow.As the days pass by Willow realises how much she had changed herself for Dustin, even what she was going to major in at college. And all the friends pre-Dustin whom she had dropped. Suddenly she is beginning to realise she needs to rediscover herself. When Alex Faber who is two years older reappears she is reminded of how much she liked him, when she was fifteen, and how that ended disastrously.I cannot find any other books by this author, so I assume that this must be her first. It is an extremely well written story, with realistic characters and situations. I especially liked Willow she was bright, funny and sweet. The side characters are very well depicted as well. Including Willow's mother. The author really shows the different relationships that Willow has in this book, and how she tended sometimes to try too hard to be what others expect, instead of just being herself. That is the underlying theme to this, and something that Willow at almost eighteen has to learn. A very enjoyable read.