Review: Slow beginning, amazeballs middle, cliffhanger? Need next book!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
I seriously think Jay McLean is on a mission to ruin me for all other books!If you haven't read More Than This, the first book in this series, I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend it! It is one of the greatest books I have ever read, and although these books could be read as standalones, you will have lingering questions, especially as the story develops if you haven't read the first one. So, read More Than This first!This story centres around Logan and Amanda, a girl who had a minor presence in More Than This but becomes a central character and member of Logan's group of friends that we became acquainted with in book 1.From book 1 we know that Logan want's what the other guys all have, that special someone who he wants to spend all his free time with, someone to love and who will love him back. At the end of More Than This we were dealt a bit of a shocker about Logan and his feelings and that plays a big part in More Than Her.Logan and Amanda both have pasts and secrets within those pasts that become a big part of this book. More Than Her is told from both Amanda and Logan's points-of-view, which was extremely well done. The first half of the book also jumped back and forth between the present where they are in College and back to the past, primarily the summer that was the focus More Than This.The first half of this book was a retelling of how Logan and Amanda met, and what has happened between them and what is going on with them now. The second half focuses more on their relationship and the obstacles that they face in overcoming their pasts. While I wish I could say I was completely loving the whole book I didn't. The second half of this book was WOW, OMG, *swoon* worthy with a mix of angst, thrill and drama. It was so good in fact that I can overlook the beginning of the book.When I read More Than This (book 1) I was gripped from the beginning. This book didn't do that for me, it was substantially slower, so much so that if I had not been head-over-heels in love with book 1 I don't know if I would have continued reading this. But in the end, I am so damn happy that I did.The ending... well I didn't love it. But in reality, I don't understand it. It left us on a bit of a cliffhanger and we will have to wait to read More Than Him which releases February 1st to see what it is that is going on with Logan. All I know for now is that I am still waiting on my Happily Ever After.** I want to explain my rating further: I am jumping around on this rating going everything from a 3.5 - 5 stars so I have settled on 4. It had moments where I wanted to stop reading and others where I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I think once I get hold of the next book in this series and have the whole story I could definitely bump it up, but for now I am going with this :)