Review: The Stillness of You Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 27, 2013
This story revolved around a broken girl, Georgia King and a sex on legs, hockey player, Ben Lancaster. Sounds like your typical story? I guarantee you that is NOT the case!Georgia has been through a lot as a twenty year old. She has battled internal demons and is struggling to win that battle, daily. She has vowed to take control over her life and concentrate on herself, that is, until Ben Lancaster blows into her life on a Wednesday afternoon.As a little sister of an assistant hockey coach, Georgia knows all about these hockey players. However, she soon realizes that Ben is not your average hockey player. Georgia’s brother, Matt, is fully aware of Georgia’s past and tries his best to make sure that his little sister does not fall to the same fate she has in the past. He knows Georgia has the capability to ruin guys and he cannot afford for that to happen to his star player, Ben."It would be tragic for me to ruin someone like Ben Lancaster, and that’s pretty much what I did. I ruined things. I ruined people."Georgia and Ben try their best to stay away from each other. However, there is an attraction that neither one of them can deny. Usually I am not for insta-love or insta-attraction. However, the author was successful in making it believable. You felt the electricity between Ben and Georgia throughout the entire book.“Do you feel this?” he whispered hoarsely. “You have to feel this. It can’t just be me..."Holy crap. Yeah I felt that, Ben. I loved that the book alternated between the POV of both Georgia and Ben. Being inside Ben’s head made me enjoy him even more. He has these ways with words that made me swoon. A lot.“Georgia, it’s easy to give in to something that feels good. But I don’t want easy. I’ve had easy. I want something worth hell of a lot more than easy.”Once Georgia and Ben give in to this attraction, Ben realizes there is so much more he does now know about Georgia. He has no idea what she battles daily and understands it won’t be easy to deal with, but he wants to love her anyway. Once the truth comes out, Ben is thrown, but determined more than ever to show Georgia that they can survive and deal with this. He is not willing to give up on their relationship.Holy. Swoon. Ben Lancaster. He said all the right things when Georgia needed to hear them. He’s hot, sweet, and just knows how to make you feel good inside. Yes he has all the requirements of the perfect book boyfriend. I could not get enough of him.Is love really enough? As an avid reader, this question comes up a lot in a lot of the books I have read. However, when characters are faced with what Georgia and Ben has to face, I really don’t know the answer to that. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I think the author did a great job at allowing you to fall for Georgia and Ben. Even with all the challenges they face, you still want to root for them. I loved that Georgia is a strong woman and no matter what she realizes that she cannot be the person for Ben and be the lover he deserves until she can truly love herself. I absolutely cannot wait to see where their story takes them next.