Review: I found a new favorite author
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2014
This is a new adult book. And I love it. I have a confession to make I haven't read many NA books.Here, we have a fantastic NA. Something rare. I also understand why it happened but I'll explain later on.This story is about two people in college, the exact opposites, they don't move in the same social circles and now they have to work together on a project for some class.Their idea is quite simple- like Pretty Woman and My Fair Lady- they are going to do a makeover. It doesn't matter that Ethan actually needs it so his family would leave him alone. Or that it's time for Stephanie to wake up.So Stephanie, the Goth, is going through a makeover so she could fit in the Ethan's preppy family setting. And we see how despite their supposed difference they are very alike, they complete one another. Each teaches the other about the things missing.I'm not sure how to explain it so well, but I'll try. You see, the reason why this book is so damn good, in comparison to the genre, is because Lauren Layne is not a New Adult author. She is a chick lit author. Which means from start she is capable of avoiding the most annoying things in the NA genre.Many NA books consist of a tattooed guy that was in prison or is fighting a lot. One who acts like a caveman, a Neanderthal. and a girl is so special that she too needs to deal with a troubled past, something so very dramatic it's a miracle she's still capable of breathing. Most NA books are about stupid meets stupid and they fall in love, thus being even more stupid together.NOT HEREA girl dreams of dating the bad boy, but she marries the good guy.Lauren Layne knows it, which is why Ethan is the good guy. Even if he likes Stephanie he understands she has two feet of her own to stand on, thank you very much. She's capable of making her own choices, and he's not allowed to act like a caveman about it. He respects boundaries. He respects her as a human being. And guess what? That doesn't make him any less of a man. That makes him sexy & hot.Because of all this, Isn't She Lovely reads more like a chick lit with the MCs being in college.A review copy was kindly provided by Flirt in exchange for an honest review