Review: Everybody needs a friend like Jesse
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 21, 2013
This story is about a 17 year old girl named Riley. She grew up in Boston and after her parent's divorce, her mother decides to move back in with her mother in Carver, a small town in Kansas. Riley chooses to move to Carver with her mom rather than live with her dad and his new girlfriend in Boston.Here she meets a new bunch of friends and becomes particularly close to Jesse. She also catches the eye of the school heart throb and very popular Alex Bettencourt. Alex seems like a genuinely nice guy but his friends are all horrible, and Riley gives him a shot anyway, and their relationship begins to grow, as does her friendship with Jesse which Alex is not fond of. I won't say much else here except to say... "I KNEW IT!" lol - no more hints from me!The book is told from Riley's POV. I love her character and I love her strength and how she stands up to Adrienne and the other people in school, however, I didn't like her attitude towards her mother - though I guess that could be a attributed to teenage hormones! But her random snappiness (even with Jesse) was kind of strange. Though again - teenage drama. Could be that I'm getting too old to read these books (LOL!) and I don't get their attitudes anymore.My only problem with this book is how fast it wrapped up, I was a bit disappointed (and panicked because I thought it might have a cliffhanger ending and I would wreck my kindle in frustration - seriously authors - cut those out). But I digress. I was at about 96% and I still hadn't gotten my HEA ending and I thought, crap, if it happens I'm not going to get enough story to really enjoy it. And yes - it wrapped up that quickly. No cliffhanger to put you in an asylum, but definitely  not enough to satisfy me.Would I recommend this book? YesDid I enjoy it? YesWould I like to see a few chapters (or a long epilogue) added on to the end? Absolutely