Review: Beautiful Break-Your-Heart Love Story!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2012
Defy the Stars ripped my heart out. I thought waiting a week after reading this heart-breaking love story would let my emotions calm down enough to write a review, but I'm still crying. Stephanie Parent's awesomeness as a talented writer can clearly be seen is this beautiful novel. Parent has just become one my favorite authors. I love Parent's verse writing. The verse definitely made Julia and Reed's love for each other a deeper, heart-felt read for me. I also loved that Parent showed the real lifestyle of today's teens. Julia's a heroine that I absolutely loved because she wasn't "little miss perfect". Reed's a loser bad boy that totally stole my heart, and Perry, who this world would see as the nice, respectable teenager, is nothing but a slithery, evil snake. Perry goes on my all-time Scum Bag List. I really disliked this guy.Julia is waiting for this last semester of her senior year to be over. She's ready to start her new life as a pianist at Peabody College. She can't get away from her life in the town of Fairvern, her parents, and Perry the pervert fast enough. But in Julia's English class, the Romeo and Juliet play, and stoner bad boy name Reed changed Julia's life and heart forever.Reed's life was already defined by the stars to be a loser. He drew the short stick in life. But when he and Julia fall in love, her love is everything to him, but it's still hard for him to believe that the stars could give him a chance at a better life. I fell in love with Reed. He's one of those loser bad boys that really is a good person and has a good heart, he just needs that one person to love him and show him the way to believe in himself.Perry--there are no words for him, other than to call him king of the pricks. I definitely hate this guy. He's the kind of guy that wants something just because he can't have it, and if he can't have it, he makes damn sure no one else will either. His character is one I love to hate!Defy the Stars is a beautiful, Romeo and Juliet love story set in today time. Stephine Parent has done an amazing job of putting her own heart-felt twist of woe with Julia and Reed's love story. Defy the Stars is definitely going on my most favorite books list.  I recommend Defy the Stars as a break-your-heart, must read.