Review: Sweetest New Adult Love Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2013
I have read a pile of these new adult romance books but this is the sweetest one I have read to date. It has a little bit of adult language, smoking and drinking but I would recommend this for high school age and up.These smexy new adult novels are becoming very popular especially with angsty dark characters which seems to be what the author was trying for but it missed it's mark.  I still feel like it was a very strong story and I enjoyed reading it but I wished the author would have taken us to those dark places instead of just glancing over them. I think it would have made the story more compelling.The author covers a lot of ground in this story from two very abusive households to body image disorder (BDD, also body dysmorphia, dysmorphic syndrome) not to mention friendship and love.  The story is told in 1st person point of view by Penny and Lucas which did take a little acclimating to figure out who was talking chapter to chapter but once I got the flow of the story it went fast.  It was easy to read even with some of the heavy subject matter.Mentor books: REASON TO BREATHE by Rebecca Donovan, HOPELESS by Colleen, LEAVING PARADISE by Simone Elkeles, THE COINCIDENCE OF CALLIE & KAYDEN by Jessica Soreson