Review: A Fabulous Teaser,Need More Now!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 9, 2012
Combining two of my favorite things ever, music and books, SKID OUT was almost sure to please me. And then add in the elements of this story: an up-and-coming teenage rocker, the sweet girl next door, and the outside forces that will surely try to keep them apart. I had a feeling this story would rock my world. It. So. Did.SKID OUT is centered around Jake and Alyssa. Jake is a teenage rocker who is destined for major success. Alyssa is the girl next door that Jake has always seen as a kid, until the summer day they cross paths and he realizes Alyssa has grown up. Alyssa is totally unlike the girls who follow Jake and his band. And Jake, just by a look or a touch of his hand, brings about an awakening in Alyssa she's never known before. Will they keep their distance? Or will Jake and Alyssa take a chance?I didn't realize until I was writing this that SKID OUT only takes place one day in the lives of Jake and Alyssa. Author Ann Marie Frohoff packed so much energy, so many feelings into this short story, that it felt as if I had read a full-length novel. I could not get enough of this story. The characters, their dialogue, actions, and emotions were so real and gritty. And, oh my gosh. I freaking loved the dialogue!  Frohoff blew me away with the words of her characters. It was spot-on perfection. I couldn't get enough.With it's engaging characters and the anticipation that was steadily built throughout, SKID OUT was a fabulous teaser for a series I am dying to read. Seriously. I need book one, FIRST KISS, yesterday. FIRST KISS, and the HEAVY INFLUENCE trilogy has now become one of my most anticipated books/series of 2012.Favorite Quote:"He looked through his hands and caught me staring at him. I didn't move. Reaching over he touched my arm, tracing it with the tips of his fingers all the way to my hand and held it." (pg. 42)