Review: Fell in love completely!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2014
*ARC provided by Net Galley in exchange for an honest review*Quick thoughtsWhen requesting this title from the publisher on Net Galley I wasn’t exactly all too upbeat about it. I read the first book Tempest in its trilogy and was ok by it, not enthralled but I also didn’t know it was a trilogy until well, now. After reading Third Degree I can honestly say that I am a little over eager to finish the rest of the Tempest books, if they are even just half of what Third Degree was, I am pretty sure I will love it.The read was not at all what I was expecting it to be, it actually surprised me. If you read Deeper by Blue Ashton you will understand what I mean by when I say the author gives you more information about what the character does for a living, such as in this book our protagonist is a teenage doctor and yeah you expect some medical terms here and there yet the author definitely does not stop with just a few terms to have an understanding of what goes on in your average hospital, no Julie Cross went all out, full blown medical school on your asses. There was talk about what happens in the surgery room, how to cut open ones body for a heart transplant, words no one in the human race should be able to say ten times and not mess up and I absolutely love every page of it.I think I read this in one sitting and then re read the book several times before I realized I had my fill and then read it one more time just because I could. Right now as I am writing, I am reading it for quotes and favorite scenes but also am getting easily distracted.On to the review.The Review partI do not know where to start with what were my favorite parts and quotes, especially the quotes! I feel if I copy some of my favorite quotes my whole review will just be the quotes, maybe even the whole book so I will try and refrain myself from that disaster.Hopefully.When I received the OK that I was able to review the book I went straight to the rating and reviews about the book. Most were 4 and 5 star reviews and that caught my attention, leading me to think that I should probably start reading the book ASAP and I did.I was hooked immediately.I could not stop reading even though I tried. I would be smiling, my cheeks straining, but my brain was on a roll, determined to finish the read.I cannot explain how much I adored Izzy (the main character), she was the teenage doctor, the child prodigy you only hear stories about in your lifetime and she was nave. Everything she knew and learned was based on hard thought and scientific proof. There was a way to everything being made and a way to everything ending. She believed life was perfect and her dream was to be a doctor at her local hospital working alongside her father, who was also a doctor. However her dream is sort of shattered when she finds out she has failed her emotional readiness exam and cannot be admitted to work.She then decides to try and live life as your average 18 year old and enrolls into college at NIU as a freshman. There she meets Marshall, the cute Junior and RA who teaches her about living life young, the rules in college, and love.Gosh I am a sucker for love stories.With Marshal by her side Izzy begins to find herself and realizes that being a teenage doctor was not the full American dream she thought she needed/wanted. Of course she still wants to become a doctor but not at the speed she thought she wanted. She takes it slower and starts to live.One of my favorite quirks while reading this was the random Twitter facts Izzy tweeted. ( I am pretty sure they were tweets unless they were some other random social site I am not aware of. If so ignore my obvious stupidity and continue reading.) They dealt with medical conditions, brain facts and all she does is debunk stupid myths but they are hilarious. Little things you don’t realize you believe in and come to find aren’t true, for example there is one myth that is you shave, hair will grow faster and longer but guys that is not true.I have noticed that almost all the readers are in love with Marshall.*cough* I am one of those readers.Oh Marshall. I want to marry a Marshall. Lets see, Marshall is very cute, as you all already have inferred, he is also very sweet and genuine which you don’t see nowadays. Marshall is upfront and real about life. He enjoys it rather than tries to decrypt it like Izzy does and that is something she starts to learn from him and only brings them closer when they try to fight it.Their story isn’t love at first sight, it grows, on them and on us as readers which I love. Its so cute, them being together, Marshall the cool, laid back guy and Izzy the gullible, nave, and socially impaired girl.Izzy is so lost about being a 18 year old girl to the point where she takes a sample of her roommates one night stand’s sores from his naked body. I also believe the samples were taken from the sores on his uh private parts while he was sleeping and I could not stop laughing. She claims she was trying to protect her roommate from any unknown diseases her one night stand guy may have and the roommate yells, “Condoms. Ever heard of them? Well I have, and I use them every time.”Oh how I enjoyed this read.I am pretty sure if I keep typing I will pan out the whole storyline so I guess I will stop by saying just go buy the dang book and don’t talk to me unless you finished it and love it.I highly recommend this to any love story lover and people who like socially awkward characters but I recommend this to 17+ due to the fact that this is a New Adult novel and yes there is some sex so please if quite 17 you my have to refrain yourself but if you don’t care then I can’t stop you.Enjoy the reading and let me know your thoughts!Thank you Net Galley and to Random House for this incredible New Adult read, I loved it and look forward to many more! 5 amazing stars that are well deserved!Over and out.Thanks for reading!