Review: Pleasantly Surprised!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2014
What a tangled web this book was.  You have Olivia who had been completely destroyed by her high school boyfriend Kelsy and was so broken.  He had made her life miserable so leaving home and escaping to college was her only choice but what a mistake she made.Then, you have your baseball playing manwhore Brax, who caused even more of a scene from the moment he really did bump into her.  Brax was so cocky and as much as I fell for him in the beginning, I was really mad at him before I liked him again.  I love his pursuit of Olivia, how protective he is and how he always seemed to know what she was feeling.  But peer pressure really done him in with this one.  I really wanted to smack him around for some of the things he did in this book and at times I could see how the title really fit this book.My heart broke for Olivia and what she endured and to know she was still humiliated even more was that much more heartbreaking.  When a part of her past really did come back to haunt her, I loved seeing Brax step up to try and protect her.  Seeing him do that really redeemed him for me and I found myself really liking how much he did change in this book as well.Brax and Olivia are a perfect fit and seem to be just what the other one needs to be happy.  As unusual of a couple they are:  Brax a tough tatted bad boy and Olivia, a plain country girl, they really are perfect for each other in more ways than one.As much as I did like her making fun of his accent, I think it was carried a little too far because at times it seemed like that was a little too much for me but this book pleasantly surprised me and I really enjoyed it.