Review: A beautiful, nostalgic and heart wrenching love story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2014
When I pick up self published books, I usually don't have very high expectations.  I expect a fun, rainy day read that probably has a few grammatical mistakes or spelling mishaps.  NOT with these books!  These books COMPLETELY blew me away.  They were amazingly well written, heart wrenching, beautifully crafted and I think I may recall one little grammar mistake in all three books.  I sit here writing this thinking how AMAZINGLY happy I am that I picked them up and that I discovered this amazing gem of a series.What originally drew me in was the premise,  A story that starts in the early 1990's... at the time I was in middle school but I remember what it was like, the trends, the music, the clothes, the HAIR... omg! Reading these books was like taking a trip back in time, and living it all over again with Layla.  I absolutely LOVED every second of reading these books!  The first book is hands down, one of my absolute favorite books I have read since I started devouring the New Adult Genre back in summer of last year.The authors writing style is smooth and easy to follow.  The story has a good dose of angst, along with steamy romance (not smutty), and a beautiful descriptive prose that will draw you right into Trip and Layla's world.I absolutely loved Layla, even through all her mistakes and stupidity when it came to poor Trip.  Her point of view was hilarious to read.  She was funny, smart, humble, and honest.  To say I loved Trip would be a gross understatement as well.  Trip is definitely the most dream worthy book boyfriend you could ask for.  He's got his baggage, but his love for Layla is one thing that never waivers through the entire series. I would describe him as passionate, funny and fiercely loyal. My heart melted every time they were together and I absolutely loved every second of their story, the good and the bad.This is one of the few books where I wish it didn't end. I wanted more!  I will definitely be looking forward to more books by this author, she's been delegated to my favorite authors shelf (next to Abbi Glines, S.C. Stephens, Colleen Hoover and Jamie McGuire).