Review: Why did the secret have to be... that?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2012
I liked how this book started off.  You really get to see the relationship between Jaden and Parker... how they become friends and start to have feelings for each other.  It was believable and I love "bad" guy type boys who end up with the good-goody girl.  I was really looking forward to seeing how it would end.  But the main plot twist of this book really blind sighted me... and not in a good way.Spoilers below....Some things were predictable, like of course Blake and Parker were going to get into some sort of fight.  The major plot twist of Parker being a cop came from nowhere.  I was really disappointed that this is where the story went.  I don't think a cop, no matter how young he is, would have done some of things Parker.  I think this book could have gone down another road, to a more deeper conflict.. maybe if it had continued with Parker truly being beaten up by his dad and Jaden being there to help him.. I would have probably enjoyed it more.I was also disappointed that nothing happened with Jaden and her dad.  She mentions that she wishes she was closer to her dad.  It was nice that Parker finally fixes her sink.  Still, it made me feel a little bit sad that even at the end, her dad didn't even get to do that one thing for her.  I also wanted to see how her family reacted to the news of her not getting into Harvard.