Review: Loved it!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2014
Opposites attract, a party girl goes sober and a badass tattooed boy that has been in jail and has never drank or done drugs.College at times is known for the partying days and that’s exactly what Robin had been doing.  Only one night at a party one guy left her, she was very drunk and she found herself in bed with her best friend’s boyfriend.  That does not excuse her behavior or what she did.  Now she has decided she no longer wants to drink or party but worst of all she is thinking about leaving her friends because of the guilt that is eating her alive.Enters Phoenix and his story is sad.  He has been in jail for the past 5 months and has been sleeping for the past 48 hours but he overhears a conversation.  He knows that there is something that she doesn’t want to tell her friend but there is something else about her that calls out to him.  The way her emotions transform when she is painting she is just or beautiful.  His cousin lets him know that he can’t stay with him forever he needs to find a job and some place to live, then comes the talk he needs not to be with Robin because of what she is going through.Robin knows that she should be talking to Phoenix but he is the first guy that is actually attracted to her the real her.  She has not drunk in about 10 weeks and she is having the time of her life with him and she is starting to develop feelings for him.  Phoenix knows that he needs to leave her alone but he can’t he loves being around her and he is also falling in love.  Only she is hiding something from him and he knows that it’s not good.  Robin knows that she should tell him what happened since the night he told her the reason for him being in jail.It seems like their relationship is going strong but a secret is never a secret for long.  Somehow secrets always come to light.  Only how she deals with it is sad and stupid.  Then not only that but someone from Phoenix’s jail time comes back and it’s not for a “hi how are you doing” greeting.This is my first read by Ms. McCarthy and I have to say that I love her style of writing.  This read really captured me from the very beginning I love how each chapter was in each characters POV.  I loved the storyline and the characters were well developed.  Robin was a great person but she needed to understand that she can’t always please everyone.  During college days yes everyone does stupid things and what she did was very dumb but it was a mistake.  Now as for Phoenix he really had issues pulling in his anger but glad that it seemed that Robin made him calm.  I love that he was able to talk to his mother and that he had his cousins that cared for him when he really needed it.  There is plenty of drama in this read and I could go on forever.I totally recommend this read!!! I know that know after reading this story I’m going to have to read book 1 & 2 of this series.  I can’t wait for Kylie’s story.Thanks to NetGalley who provided me a copy of this ARC for an honest review.