Review: YA romance with more depth to it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
Chasing Pretty is a young adult romance told in the first person by Ashlyn. Ashlyn is beautiful but doesn’t appreciate her beauty as it has only brought her problems – boys dating her for bragging rights and girls despising her out of jealousy. Trying to flee from yet another scandal, Ashlyn runs headfirst into Zeus, a boy that seems immune to her charms. Meeting his family opens a new and magical world for Ashlyn. But evil is lurking in Mt. Timmons and its attention is wholly centered on Ashlyn.I liked how this book started. Ashlyn was so completely honest with herself about her problems with her beauty that it almost read like a autobiography. Despite harboring my own jealousy about (former) high school beauties, Lark’s writing is such that I actually sympathized with Ashlyn’s plight. Although the story started out slow, it gathered momentum. The various storylines about a stalker and some magical interventions were a departure from the standard romance novels and therefore more interesting and created more depth.The teenage dramas and the angst associated therewith were a bit annoying and seemed exaggerated. Of course, teenage dramas are always exaggerated but not being a teenager myself, the dramas couldn’t hold my interest. I also had problems with the believability of the father’s character. He was clueless but stepped in without question when necessary.I recommend this book for lovers of young adult romance that are looking for a story with more meat to it.*I received a free copy of this book from the author in return for an honest review.*