Review: 2 STARS...Too unbelievable
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2013
This book reminded me a lot of Hopeless by Colleen Hoover.  I liked that book quite a bit, this one fell short of the mark.  This is a stand alone, non-cliffhanger book and I'll try to keep this review with only MINOR SPOILERS.Brooklyn/Bee is still struggling through life 14 years after her mother is murdered in front of her during a car jacking.  She meets a guy named Finn (a tattooed rock star, of course) and begins to heal.  Bee has many, many, long, tedious, inner monologues.  After awhile, I found myself skimming them because it was just too much.  For someone who just wants to blend in and not get noticed, she invites a lot of drama into her life.Finn is introduced as a completely arrogant douchebag, I hated him instantly.  Then he becomes sort of a sappy, overly romantic knight in shining armor.  Later (after the truth comes out about how he knows Bee), I just thought of him as a creepy stalker.  I'm not sure which character was really him, but I didn't really like any of them.  He had many opportunities to come clean about who he was and just kept lying.There were quite a few things in this book that took me out of the story and made me roll my eyes or say, "Come on!".  Bee self taught herself to play the guitar, but hasn't played in years.  All of a sudden she's good enough (with no practice) to play in front of a standing ovation crowd.  And of course she's an amazing singer.  She remembers these long conversations she had with her mom, but no mom would ever have deep philosophical conversations with a six year old child.  Bee gets attacked in an alley behind a bar, and even though she's beaten up, nearly raped and may have a broken rib, she's still ok enough to have sex with Finn.  Cue my WTF face!There's a mystery/crime element to the book as well, someone is after Bee.  It seems obvious who it would be, but of course the obvious would be too unbelievable.  Guess not!  The whole reveal of who the villain is and the circumstances of it are just way too crazy.  I can't even buy it in a fictional story.  And the conversation she has with her dad regarding it (and her history with her dad actually intrigued me, I wish that had been included in the story) just made me roll my eyes even harder.This is the first book from the author and I think she shows promise, it was well written and the typos/grammar issues were very few.  I just need a more believable story.