Review: Romantic Drama
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2013
People need second chances, they need to try taking risks, and many need to finally start growing up. Becca gets her chance at all of that in All Over You, a NA novella by Beverly Kendall. Teen love is intense, it feels all-encompassing, but breaking up can be devastating, especially when one's heart wasn't ready to let go. That's what happened with Becca and Scott. One year later and both of them still love each other, but Becca does her best to push Scott away, consumed by her feelings of mistrust and hurt, she never gave him a chance to explain what really happened when she ended their relationship. With so many secrets withheld and so many other conflicts, are they ready to try to get back together? Can they make it last this time or will outside influences keep them apart?Beverley Kendall does a marvelous job crawling into the heads and hearts of our main characters, Rebecca and Scott by allowing them each to tell their point of view, exposing their inner thoughts and insecurities, their secrets, warts and all. Ms. Kendall seemed to allow Scott to be the "good" guy, more mature, more giving, more understanding, more patient, but still flawed and less than completely honest, in a word, human! Rebecca, on the other hand, came across as selfish, whiny, and rather immature, needing to get her pound of flesh from anyone who may have done her wrong, again, very human, but so angsty-young in so many ways! Her "coming-of-age" as the story progressed did give her a more likeable persona. The common ground aside from their feelings for each other seemed to be sex, and I really found it to be another realistic piece of the pie, but too emotionally over the top and all-consuming, considering all of the "other issues' these two had to work out.I received a review copy from the author in exchange for my honest review.