Review: an emotional journey
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 29, 2013
I absolutely adored Ten Tiny Breaths, so I was beyond excited to be able to read Livie's story. She was the sensible, responsible one of the two sisters, and I just adored her in Ten Tiny Breaths. Livie has always planned everything out exactly the ways she believes her life should go. Good o'le Dr. Stayner wants her think outside the box, and live life.Livie is all grown up now and off to Princeton, volunteering at the hospital, going to classes. She has a great roommate Reagan who is quite a wild child. She gets drunk, and does some things that she regrets and some she doesn't but most certainly out of character for her. Livie still believes that she is on the right path with the plan she has all laid out. It's amazing how things change so fast for her. Not only that, she is torn between two totally different guys and the problems just grow from there. Yes it is the dreaded love triangle... Now, onto the guys of this sordid love triangle. Conner is the guy you bring home to your parents, he's sweet, well mannered, smart and incredibly attractive. Ashton is the hot, completely arrogant, walking, talking epitome of sexiness and the girl just fall all over him. I understand why Livie was attracted both of these guys.The story drops you right into the drama of college life. Classes, the worrying about grades, the parties that seem to be every night. With the constant back and forth between Livie, Ashton and Conner there was never a dull moment. But this does have a major button pusher for me and I will admit at times I was extremely frustrated with the Livie. Sometimes I don't mind the love triangle situation, but this one did not do it for me. I understand the whole live and learn concept, so I pushed on through, because I was curious as to why Ashton was so broken and behaved they he did. Learning the reasoning behind it was heart breaking, and I felt for him and did want him to have some happiness, Livie too for everything she has been through. Watching Livie learn some things about herself was what made this book for me, maybe not the way she went about it, but I think she still just great character and showed some amazing growth. And the ending did give a happy one, but a little rushed but I did enjoy catching up with the characters from TTB. Kacey, Trent, Storm and Dan. So, it works for me.One Tiny Lie was an emotional journey not just for Livie, but as a reader as well. I laughed, teared up, got mad, and got frustrated but just wanted the beat for Livie. Tucker does a fabulous job sucking you in, and even though I have a few issues with this, I did enjoy it. I am curious as to who the next book will be about, so I will certainly pick it up.