Review: A Surprise Gem!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 6, 2013
I am not a fan of the New Adult/Young Adult genre in books but Jenika is an auto-buy author for me so I honestly didn't even think about it when I one-clicked it this morning without reading a sample.  I'm a better reader for it, too.  Initially, I was skeptical during the first chapter when I realized where this book was going but I soldiered on and I was completely sucked in.  Keira is our heroine.  She is shy, quiet, and smart.  She is a wall-flower in high school and fixing to graduate in a few weeks.  Reese is our very, very bad but completely compelling and not to mention hawt, hero.  He is from the wrong side of the tracks, is every girl's fantasy and is the opposite of Keira.  Yet, unknowing to both of them, they have wanted each other from afar and one fateful night at a party their worlds come together in the most explosive of ways.  Reese gently eases into a friendship, then more with Keira.  It was one of the sweetest, yet hottest courtships I've read in quite awhile.  Jenika created characters I had no problem understanding or relating to, which has been one of the most difficult issues I've had when attempting to read this genre in the past.  The book was raw and real and quite simply a beautiful love story with some erotic, but not over-the-top moments thrown in.  Combined with just a small amount of angst and a little bit of misunderstandings, this book becomes a force to be reckoned with in the New Adult/Young Adult genre. Ms. Snow has once again shown me why she has become a favorite author of mine and has shown me that sometimes stepping out of the box and taking a chance on something different, is totally worth the outcome.  I give this 5 of 5 stars.