Review: Worth the read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2014
The first book Escape In You had the story of Jet and Zoe. Now we move on to the story of Jet's best friend Fred and Zoe's best friend Ellie.Fred is a very nice, reserved, man who is also a professional worrier. He is always worrying about his best friend Jet, his parents and his sister. Fred is going back to Ann Arbor to do another semester in college when he receives an opportunity to get paid doing an internship at an engineering firm in his hometown. Fred accepts the internship and stays with Jet while traveling between school and work.Ellie is the non-monogamous type who has  just finished college. She is the fun seeker  who takes charge in situations. She loves challenges. She is starting her first job at a salon which she is only working at to gain experience and clientele.Fred and Ellie hung out together all summer. They were kind of put together because of their best friends being in a relationship. They had a night of "fun" and decided they would be friends with benefits. Ellie makes it clear that this is not a relationship and are they no way boyfriend and girlfriend. They learn a lot about each other over time and sometimes things happen when you least expect them.I was thinking throughout this book that Fred was going to get his heart broken by this girl. I also had a feeling that Ellie would get Fred to do things he normally would never do.Ellie shocks me when she does things like go to visit her maternal grandmother in the nursing home. Fred shocks me when he accepts a challenge that is permanent.I was not shocked that Ellie would do something stupid to try to ruin their "friendship", but was shocked at the result of it.I love all of Rachel Schurig's books. This one was a little like the first one which made it enjoyable in knowing some back story of the characters. It helps introduce the characters and I love the way Schurig integrates characters between her books.*This is an ARC review. I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.* I would have purchased this book anyway and would have enjoyed it just as much.Thank you Rachel for being such a wonderful writer.