Review: Like it A LOT!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
I really enjoyed reading Effortless with you, I thought it was incredibly well written and thought out.  The characters were amazing, and I laughed, cringed, and actually cried a little at one point in the book.  Lucy is a teenager, struggling to find herself in this world.  She is 16 years old and an incredible basketball player that was bullied beyond belief.  I'm not crazy about Marissa, the girl that 'saved' Lucy from the closet and became her best friend.  I think Marissa is a 'mean girl' that needs to be slapped!  I did see the whole Marissa and Zack thing coming b/c she IS that girl.  Justin is an incredible guy and I was rooting for him and Lucy from early on in the story.  He took a lot of crap from Lucy and it just seemed to endear her to him more.  I felt awful for Lucy b/c of her mom and what they all dealt with dealing with postpartum depression, however there were times when I could have smacked Lucy AND her parents upside their heads.  I have to shake my head b/c I can truly remember what it was like to be a 16 year old girl struggling with high school, and peer pressure, and fitting in, and boys, and parents and it can be overwhelming, so I guess maybe the fact that I can remember is what made me want to slap her Mom a time or two.  There were times when Lucy said things that made me, as a mother, want to slap her!  All in all, it was a great read.  I read it in one night, of course after trying a sample to make sure that I liked it.  I have this terrible habit that once I start reading a book, I have an awful time putting it down.... even if it takes me up to 4:30 in the morning like this one did.