Review: LOVE LOVE LOVE This Series - Livie and Ashton are Absolutely Amazing!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2013
5+++ "Jell-O Thief" "Irish" "Livie Girl" "Freedom" Kisses!!!!OMG OMG OMG! Are you FREAKING kidding me. You've got to be. I loved TTB...loved it...and I was thinking, wow...it's going to take a lot to top those emotions that you get with Kacey and Trent. HA! In my face. Big time. This book surprised me in all the best ways possible - if you think you know what to expect...you don't, so just hang on. Oh my angsty goodness, I had no idea I was going to get as swept off my feet with this book as I did...but wow...okay...focus Lisa, you can do this.So One Tiny Lie is Livie Cleary's story (if you haven't read Ten Tiny Breaths...stop the presses immediately, read it ASAP and then hop on One Tiny Lie...sound like a plan?) My Sweet...young...innocent...nave...Livie. The girl is a saint - I mean, really, do you remember all that happened with Kacey? Of course you do...and somehow Livie survived loosing her parents, surviving her head case sister (and I say that with all the love in my heart because Kacey is the most awesome head case on the planet :-) ), the drama with her Aunt and Uncle, moving across the country, new school, more drama with Kacey....and she keeps up her record of never getting anything less than an A. REALLY?!?! Hello world, I feel like a complete and utter failure at life when compared to her perfection. But Livie has an excellent reason and motivation behind her perfection...seven little words... "That's my Livie Girl. Make me proud." The last seven words her father spoke to her. Are you crying yet? Cause I teared up typing it, let alone when I read it for the first time. *sigh*"You're too perfect, Livie. Everything you do, everything you say. You can do no wrong. If someone slapped you across the face, you'd apologize to them. I can't believe you don't deck me for some of the stuff I say. It's like you're not capable of getting angry. You could be the love child of Mother Teresa and Gandhi. You're..." Kacey pauses as if searching for the right word. She settles with, "Too f*$(%@# perfect!"So Livie is off to college, dealing with Dr. Stayner's outlandish tactics at breaking out of her perfect shell, and of course Kacey's assistance in this process...and what happens her first night out? She gets to experience a lot of firsts...shall we count them?1. She gets totally wasted on Jell-O shots - first night at college is also her first time getting drunk! Woo!2. First toga party - what a way to kick off the school year! :-)3. She had her first kiss ever - well, `had' is a very loose term, it was kinda `stolen' - there was a lot of thievery going on at the time, we'll just call the kiss collateral damage4. She got her first tattoo - and it was video taped for posterity and culpability purposesNeedless to say there were other epically awesome firsts had throughout the night and the next morning, but those are the top of the list and the only ones I wish to divulge without spoiling. And...it gets better.`I'm attracted to my drunken one-night stand, who also happens to be an unavailable whore and my kind-of boyfriend's roommate and best friend.'The aforementioned `stolen kiss' was stolen by a Jell-O thief (told ya the kiss was collateral damage) - and let me tell you he can steal anything he wants from me as long as it involves a kiss in return. `...this tall, giant Adonis with dark wavy hair, tanned skin, and a body to tempt a blind nun...had his tongue in my mouth.' Umm....with that description, I'm not seeing the problem Livie. Say thank you to the party gods and keep shooting those Jell-O shots and pray for a repeat."I was managing okay, thought." He pauses. "And then the most beautiful girl on this planet punched me in the jaw."A small half-giggle slips out. "You deserved that, Jell-O thief."Gah...I'm getting bogged down, but I swear...one of the best `first meetings' I have ever read...I was hooked from that point forward. And believe me...it got better...and better...and better. I was all over the board - so shocked my jaw hit the table...laughing so hard I was crying...and then of course crying and clutching my chest because I was so torn up...GAH! The ANGST people...I tell you, I was not prepared. TTB was a very emotional read for me, and I did feel some angst, but not like this. This was a level of angst I really wasn't ready for. And all because of one...freaking...man."Because you're not a one-night-girl, Irish." Leaning in to place a kiss on my jawline, he whispers, "You're my forever girl."I am literally overcome with emotion at how amazing Ashton F#$^&*! Henley is...tears in my eyes, lump in my throat, butterflies in my belly and the insane desire to kidnap him and keep him all to myself. He's amazing. There is no other way to describe him. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot to not like about Ashton, but the fact that you can see past all that is wrong to all that is right, is what makes him that much more amazing. If Kacey was a head case, Ashton is a train wreck. A beautiful broken train wreck that only needs one thing to make him better....Livie. OMGEEEE! His feelings and emotions for her...they just take my breath away. You. Have. No. Idea.`1. I'm brilliant2. I'm charming3. I'm hung like a thoroughbred4. I've stopped all philandering5. I'm highly skilled, as you've learned the other night.P.S. Stop staring at my hands. I know what you want me to do with them.'The connection that is built between Ashton and Livie is beyond words for me. It wasn't insta-love, but there was always something there for them, and they both knew it. But it wasn't easy...it's never easy. Oh and the `surprise' factor I mentioned...well try this on for size...there's a love triangle. Actually, it's kind of a square, but not really? I dunno what shape you wanna call it, but I was super excited for that aspect. It all ties in with the super angst I wasn't expecting either. And then to really boggle my mind and make me fall in love more, KA Tucker throws in some of the funniest s#!$ I've ever read...perfect example...'My nervous giggle is the only answer I can give him. Forget? My brain went blank. I forgot about my problems, his problems, and the potential zombie apocalypse. If that's what orgasms do, then I can't believe people ever leave their houses. Or cars.'First of all...#truth on the power of orgasms, for the record. Second of all, it's out of context - but trust me when I tell you I was hysterically laughing for like 10 minutes after I read this. Oh you want another one...try this this golden nugget from Kacey..."Sometimes you're as graceful as a one-legged flamingo in a pit of quicksand."And this happened multiple times. The wit, the humor, the sarcasm - it was all spot on for me. Loved it.So, if Kacey's head is full of turmoil, sadness and pain....Livie's head is full of purpose, hilarity and confusion. It's hard to remember that Livie is 18 years old...but she doesn't act like it. Not even close. That's part of what and why Dr. Stayner is around and doing what he is doing - Kacey needed to be put back together, Livie needs to be set free. And going thru the process of being on her own for the first time in her life, working things out, making mistakes and figuring out who she wants to be, is a phenomenal journey.`If there is one mistake I will never regret for the rest of my life, it is Ashton Henley.'"Irish, if there's one thing I've never been able to forget, it's a single second with you."I have a bad habit of figuring out books...I just do...not once in reading OTL did I ever stop, sit back and think about what was going to happen next. I couldn't have even if you asked me to. Mainly because I was so engrossed in the story, I couldn't stop reading long enough to think about what was going to happen next. And then of course there's the fact that even in my wildest dreams I never expected Livie and Ashton's story to play out like it did. It was natural and fluid, logical...every aspect of this book from the plot to the characters was beautifully put together and I really can't think of one thing that didn't work for me. Brilliance...every word of it was engrossing, powerful, sheer brilliance. And...if you can't tell I loved it.`Once all the confusion, the pressure, and the lies were gone, I was left with nothing but choices. Small, large, easy, hard - all of them mine to make. For me.'Clearly I could babble all day long about all things TTB and OTL. These characters are absolutely amazing...and if KA Tucker doesn't stop writing the most amazing tall dreamboat men, I might loose my mind. Oh wait...cause Cain's story is next and lord knows I love a deep dark mysterious man like a fat kid loves cake. Bring on Four Seconds to Lose !