Review: A Boy with a Destiny
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2013
Saying we aren't born to fulfill a destiny hasn't read this book. Paul Jensen is the youngest of the Jensen twins and a major heartthrob at 16. Starting the story of how the boys parents got together up into the age of 16, Paul becomes the primary character. Telling of his exploits and POV, Paul is learning about life and growing up. Being a dad at 15, having lost his virginity to his sister's best friend, starting a landscaping business that becomes successful, and being a casanova, Paul is spreading his wings and, being of true Spanish descent, is eager to love. Having different women types, Paul shows a typical way of being a normal hormonal-driven teenager. I admire how Paul has proven himself but I question the authenticity. Abusive and hateful father, doting and involved mother, uninvolved and somewhat distant sister, and overly playful and close twin brother are the characteristics the reader is left.For the mother: she is over protective yet allows too much leniency in other facets of her children's behavior. Contradtictory there. There needs to be consistency there, and I don't see how some things are deliberately made blind. I find the mother proves to be the villain in a couple places. The last being the phone call. I know the baby has been born before "END" is mentioned.For the father: plain and simple, he's a dick and so unlikable.This brings me to the siblings. Older Sister by 4 yrs is Tessa. Not much involved, some hostility (expected), some rude awakening on her part (thankfully) and overall a better impression left behind.Twin is Matt. What is Paul's polar opposite: blond/blue, light skin, stocky, outgoing, and athletic.Paul is dark brown almost black hair/brown eyes, olive skin, lean and taller than Matt, reserve, and heavily intelligent.So overall good book. With minimal word typos and content, I give it a 4 star rating. Several parts made me uncomfortable and other parts I felt were over-dramatic, but the flow was smooth and made for easy reading. Some had parts that needed separation when POV changed. That could be from being formatted in electronic form. Mainly how the author concluded this section, it was abrupt. Perhaps another way of ending this part of the story: To Be Continued? ...or And that starts another chapter?...or some other way to remove a cliffhanger. I am not a fan of cliffhangers.I heard that there is to be more books in Paul's Life series. I'm curious to see how things pan out because eventually everything will come to head and will be forced into acknowledgment. I just hope the best for Paul's character and I know it will be tough.