Review: love triangle of epic proportions
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2013
"Love Me Back" is a love triangle of epic proportions. An angst filled story of a group of young people growing up in a small town, "Love Me Back" was a beautifully written story that had me hanging on every word, eager to see who our narrator chooses. What was amazing about this story was the way the writer switched between past and present with each new chapter. It gave us a chance to learn more about the characters and have them develop right before our very eyes. I felt so much pride in Maddy that she was a blubbering mess but she really was caught in a predicament, especially since everyone is friends. Your first love is so important and most future romances are compared for just that reason.The love triangle was not a typical triangle to me. For one, this includes two brothers from a very close family and Maddy Jennings, a young girl forced to experience and be things a young girl shouldn't because of her mother's inadequacies.The story is told from Maddy's point of view and begins with her coming back home for her brother's wedding. By coming home, she is forced to come face-to-face with the one person who has broken her heart time and time again but the one she always felt would be her happily ever after.Armed with her best friend Ian, Maddy is blown away first by the transformation of her mother. Walking into the house is like entering the twilight zone. It appears as if her mother has finally decided to be a mother. Also, Jack, her brother and the groom, as an entire week of activities planned as part of the wedding festivities. Each one of these activities include the two brothers who have tormented her for years ~ Gabe and Trent.Trent lets her know that he has changed, he's ready to try again, for the hundredth time. A soccer star and noted playboy, Trent believes that Maddy is his girl, no matter what her feelings may be towards his brother. Gabe, the older more stable brother, is somewhat of an enigma to Maddy. He's always there to help her and hold her hand through each one of Trent's breakups. There are times when Maddy is convinced there is something more but then Gabe pulls away.When the boy's mother pleads with Maddy to pick, to help put the family back together, she must make decisions that she has been dreading. Will she pick Trent or Gabe or will she choose to walk a different path? What secrets is she hiding from Gabe that could change his opinion of her? Will she be able to trust Trent this time that things will be different?