Review: 4.5 Stars~ Cute, sweet and so funny
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2012
It took me a few pages to get into the author's writing style. At 1st I was thinking it may be on the younger YA side based on Violet's inner dialogue. But after a bit I saw it was more of her sense of humor than immaturity and I needed to switch gears to read it correctly (I'm not making sense, sorry). I had to picture Anna Farris (from House Bunny, What's Your Number, etc) as Violet. It's that kind of humor. I personally love it. I laughed so hard several times through out the book and really grew to love the style of this author.Violet is back from a summer in Hawaii getting ready to start her senior year of high school, when she finds out her boyfriend is dumping her. But don't worry about hearing some sob story for half a book, she's got other things going on. Like how her mom met a rich man and got engaged while Violet was gone over the summer. And how Violet's soon-to-be new step-brother is pure hotness. Zane maybe be a computer geek on the inside but he sure doesn't look like one one the outside. I must confess- I didn't like his character to start with. We blatantly see what a man whore he is. And that just puts me on STD alert ;) but oh how quickly he grew on me throughout the story!And I loved Violet and Zane's relationship. We definitely got some steamy stuff but without explicit scenes. :)This is a light-hearted book. Stories like this are a big old breath of fresh air when you've been reading dark heavy junk, and I enjoyed this book completely!And there was definitely a surprise in store for me. Because even though I thought I was pretty good about guessing plots- this one took me all the way until I got to 60% before I said "Wait... WHAT?!?" Haha. Kudos to the author. She's got some really smart stuff in there and totally threw me off the path a couple times. I loved it.I would definitely recommend this book if you're looking for a good beach read, or just something to make you smile. I'm a fairy-tale ending kind of girl and this definitely delivered. I'll look forward to checking out what else this author gives us!