Review: Uniforms turn me on!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
I could sit here and tell you what the story is about, but I am a reviewer not a synopsis, so let me tell you how it made me feel. . .This book takes you back to a day when the world stood still, to a day when being an AMERICAN was real. It’s so sad it takes such a tragedy for a country to become one but the same is to be said for families.Katy has this with two families, her biological, and her guardians. Katy is hit with tragedy (Twist one) at an early age but is lucky enough to have two best friends with the same face to hold her up. Her best friends Brooks and Branch are her lifeline until they hit a curious age and one twin becomes conniving, while the other takes on a more compassionate/submissive role.(Twist two) Katy’s life ends up becoming a domino effect, it’s sad to sit here on the outside looking in, but she is like most females in my opinion. She is so worried about making others around her happy, she forgets the one person she should be pleasing is herself. She runs and big twist number three happens. It’s bittersweet now with both friends and lifelong loves gone. Katy finds herself alone and scared, (inset Bobby & Twist four) the newest excuse in male existence. The guy we all fall for, he was sweet and kind and made her feel special and she slowly accepted what he offered, knowing and telling him she couldn’t return it. Katy tries so hard to please Bobby but some people can’t change and again she finds herself falling, until a letter (Twist five) from an old friend shows up, and changes her outlook again. Funny how someone can make us feel things when we can’t make ourselves. Its reality, it happens. Years pass, blows are made, and a ghost marches in. (what’s this? Twist six) Katy finds herself so torn but trying to make all the right choices but she just falls short at every turn. I guess it’s a good thing she has her own superhero to catch her when she falls. Just when Katy thinks things are looking up she is dragged from her dream world, everything that was perfect is being destroyed and when she tries to stop it she commits an unforgivable crime in her mind. (Twist seven) Katy is a strong woman and has some seriously hard choices to make her whole life, but can she make the right ones? Will she be able to love herself and allow the one person that loves her unconditionally to do so or will she close the door and run away like normal? Let’s hope she can take in account the lives she has affected and those who will be changed forever.I gave this book a 5 star rating because the twists kept me wondering, the reality of this story is touching and heartbreaking. It’s a triumph and a tragedy and I love it. I love not being able to see the ending until I get there, it’s hard to do yet J4 does it, and she does it well. Good job this one is out of the park!!!