Review: READ IT
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2014
So in the beginning, don't hate me, but I was not very fond of the main characters. I mean, I thought they were hot, because DANG they are, but their personality was a little off putting. Don't get me wrong I FUDGING LOVE THEM NOW but there were only a few scenes in the beginning where I'd slowly grow to like them. And then it happened. THE KISS and all the sexual tension that went with it.I'm usually not the one who roots for douchebag guy, but the thing is Daren isn't a douchebag, he's fudging awesome. And Kayla isn't the spoiled brat she's known for. And, to be honest, that's what I thought of them when I was reading through Daren and Kayla's perspective in the beginning. The writing had me thinking like the characters and when their emotions changed mine did as well. And that's the best kind of writing out there.There's this particular scene in the book where Kayla is reading her parents' emails to each other, and I can honestly say that I was crying. I really was. The fact that those words had me thinking about my life instead of the characters' says something. Usually my life is separated and I'm just a viewer of this other world, but here, I was in Kayla's shoes, as if they were my own, and I was feeling everything she felt reading those emails. And though I'm pretty sure Kayla felt it worse, I still felt a smudge of it and I was in a ball of tears.I loved a dead man, but not in the way you think. Though we didn't actually meet Old Man Turner was probably my favorite character, he reminded me of a grandpa in one of my favorite movies: The Ultimate Gift. If y'all haven't seen this movie I highly suggest it because it's pretty much the same plot line... self discovery.The love that surrounds Kayla and Daren had me crying. (Okay, just know this about me, I am not a crier unless someone dies or the perfect couple is stupid and doesn't get together. And the latter is tears of frustration*cough* The Opportunist *cough*.) The love is so tangible that I could rap it all around me and still have enough to wrap me a million more times. The love of Kayla from her dad, the love for Daren from the pivotal women in his life, and the love between Kayla and Daren. Beautiful.There's another scene involving Daren. He's describing Kayla right before her realizes how he feels. While reading the description of Kayla I felt as if he was showing of his toy because he's proud of how awesome, for lack of a better word, she is and that he has a chance to play and hang out with her.If I keep going with this review I'll go into Burning Hot spoilers and you don't want that, trust me. You want to experience this book with no knowledge of what's coming. Because the writing, characters, and the story line is something to experience.