Review: This book left me wanting more!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2013
Metamorphosis is the story of 18 year old Scarlett, who has finally escaped the tight grasp of her parents to attend college in Houston with her best friend Evie. Finally on her own, Scarlett is free to have a social life, make plans for herself, and experience life in the dating realm with a wide array of different boys inspired by her and Evie's many "book boyfriends", from the many romance novels the two have read.If there is one thing I am a sucker for it is books with angst and love triangles. This book had quite a bit of both and even some love quad action at some parts. Much like myself, Scarlett and Evie were two young women with a passion for reading and a nice collection of book boyfriends. I was more than happy to see that they shared some of my own BB's as well!Speaking of book boyfriends, I know that after reading this book I can proudly add one more to my BB repertoire. Now I don't want to bias anyone but I am without a doubt 110% TEAM MASON ! Maybe it's my weakness for the bad boy, tatted up, rock and sex god persona, but I know my attention definitely peaked when Mason came on the scene. When the book began, I was for Ash but as it went on, I lost interest in him and thought of him and Scarlett's relationship as confusing and unnecessarily complicated. The reasons he gave her to back up their relationship and remain only friends just seemed like trivial excuses to me. I think Mason won me over because he was a character that was after Scarlett's heart from the beginning and didn't for a second hesitate to go after it. I understand that there is a sequel to this book in the works, so perhaps Ash can still redeem himself then.For now, Rock God - 1, Surfer Boy - 0.To reiterate on Ash's opinion of Scarlett, I definitely found her to be an enigma, but not in the same way he meant. I always appreciate a good coming of age story and this one was well set up, but for being a person that was sheltered her entire life, wanting to break out, I felt that the only thing Scarlett really did to branch out her experiences was dive head first into a sea of boys without giving much thought to who she wanted to be herself. I felt that she became a different person with Ash, Mason, and Dylan and I couldn't connect or relate to her because of it. She just came across as completely driven by her sexual urges alone and I was hoping for a little more depth from her. I just didn't feel that Scarlett proved herself to me as someone worthy of praise for what she learned in her journey when this book ended. That being said, the fact that there is more to the story gives me some hope that her transformation from caterpillar to butterfly isn't quite complete.Overall this was a very good story and I am definitely planning to read the sequel to see what happens. The sexual tension and sex scenes were well written between all characters and even though Scarlett didn't make my list of top heroines, I did like the special and separate bonds that she formed with both Ash and Mason. I thought the set up was very well done and the meaning behind the title was perfectly fitting. This is a hot and quick read for your TBR's and I'm more than willing to bet that Erin Noelle is going to come out swinging with her sequel, Ambrosia!