Review: An adorably sweet, YA read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
My original review can be found at Sizzling Hot YA BooksLetting go was the sweetest of young adult contemporary reads. Nothing overly angst-filled, nothing too far fetched either. Just. Right. Exactly what I needed this week. :)With her luggage lost and no ride home from the airport after a trip to Paris, Isabelle is frustrated and the last thing she wants is to hitch a ride home with her brother’s boyfriend. This guy is dangerous, in the sense that he makes her feel things she shouldn’t. The kind of things that one should not be feeling towards their BF’s brother. But what can she do when he’s her only hopes at making it home in short order?Throughout their road trip home, Isabelle and Harper have no choice but to talk. It’d be a long ride home if they didn’t, right? But when Isabelle discovers secrets about Harper and her boyfriend Jamie’s family, she realizes that maybe stereotyping Harper all along as the bad boy, with the drug habit, and womanizer ways, was not exactly the best move on her behalf. Not to mention the fact that all those feelings she secretly harbors for the guy she shared a memorable dance with not so long before, come back, hitting her head on in the emotional sense. But Isabelle can’t  be in love with Harper…she’s in love with Jamie.Or can she?I enjoyed the characters in Letting Go. More so Harper than Isabelle. Not because she wasn’t a good person, or a sweet girl even (which she really was.) I just couldn’t connect with her very well. Not sure why that is. Maybe it  was because of her indecision and the way she pushed her feelings away more than embraced them. But yet she was young, and I totally understood her teenage mentality at the same time.  Harper, on the other hand, stole my heart from the get go. His wannabe bad boy ways that filtered over to a sweet guy, with real heart, and an amazing ability to love. Oh, yeah, and his ability to cook. Who can resist a bad boy who cooks? Not this girl.I would have loved to hear Harper’s perspective throughout the length of Letting Go in someway shape or form. But yet, the mystery was still there when it came to his personality and that, in turn, really drew me into the story line, keeping me going and wanting to find out all his secrets.Overall, if your looking for a truly sweet, love story, with lots of heart and some smoldering kisses, then Letting Go is the perfect book for you. Not too long, not too short, the perfect length for curling up on your couch with a blanket, on a cold winter’s day. I loved the premise, the road trip stories are always some of my faves, and in turn I loved the way Ms. Hall brought tougher subjects together, with heart and humor at the same time. I can’t wait to read more from this Ms. Hall, and maybe…just maybe…she can write me a book with Harper’s side of the story? Oh, and maybe a Jamie story too. Just dropping a few hints