Review: Enjoyable Read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2013
*Actual Rating: 3.5 Stars*This is a tough review to write without including a few spoilers from Evolve, book #1, in the series so if you haven't read Evolve, you may not want to read this review.Evan made a lot of changes and gave up his UGA football position to transfer to Southern for Laney. Only, when he got there, she had chosen Dane and had yet to inform him of it. I felt terrible for him and I was glad to see the story was going to continue so we could see if he would get his happy ending. I love happy endings and I wanted to see this for Evan since I knew Dane and Laney would get theirs.Evan has just given up everything only to be thrown into sadness, anger and loneliness. Sawyer immediately steps in and takes him under his wing and I loved that. It shows the good side of Sawyer and it shows a lot more in this book. There is so much more to him than meets the eye. Evan has a lot of anger towards Laney and I can't say that I blame him. While I never felt like Laney deceived Evan, she really hurt him and she wasn't completely upfront with him right away. Had she been completely forthcoming with her feelings for Dane, Evan may not have given everything up.Whitley is not given a fair shot in Evolve and she is portrayed as a clingy, snobby bitch. However, we get to see the real Whitley in Emerge and she is completely different than the original impression. The moment Evan meets her, he sees the real person inside and I loved that he gave her a chance and got to know her despite what Sawyer said and the fact that Laney didn't like her. I think Laney was a bit immature when it came to her attitude towards Whitley and I was glad that she turned her attitude around and gave her a chance. I never saw Laney as a catty witch so I liked that she got over herself and gave Whitley a chance.I really liked that the focus of this book was Evan finding himself and realizing that maybe he and Laney werent' meant to be together like he thought. He really learned a lot about himself and even thought he may have regretted it at first, I think he was glad he switched to Southern in the end because he found everything he wanted and needed there. He became a part of "The Krew" too and he got his friendship back with Laney.  While this was mostly Evan's story, I liked the added scenes from Dana and Laney's POV so we still got a glimpse into the love and relationship they were building. Throughout the story, they experienced some tragedies and moments that solidified their friendships and the relationships they were building. It was really great to see.Overall, I really liked this book and loved getting to know the characters even more. While this book was mostly about Evan and Whitley, we got to see more of Tate, Bennett, Zach and Sawyer and I know we are going to get their stories and happy endings in the future.