Review: LOVED this story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2013
Wow!  I rarely shed tears over a book or rate a book 5 stars (only once before this year), but I did both with Choices.  If that says anything, then you must add this to your tbr and head over to Amazon or Barnes & Noble now!Quincy Priest is the perfect daughter, perfect sister, perfect student.  She leaves home for college, attending the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with her best friend Jenna, but can she maintain this persona?  At a party they meet 3 fraternity brothers, Eric, Declan and Brody.  Eric and Jenna pair up and that leaves Declan and Brody.  Choices.  Declan is handsome, sweet, easy to talk to, thoughtful - even the chaplain of his fraternity.  He's the perfect package.  Brody is the complete opposite.  He's the guy that can't commit and wants no part in a relationship - the "bad boy" - but sets Quincy on fire every time he's nearby...and let me tell you, the author really knows how to describe sexual tension.  My heart was pounding just reading it!Before you think that this is just a book about a love triangle, there was more to the story.  Quincy has a skeleton in her closet, like most families do.  It's in the form of her sister Katie, who is not only bipolar, but is a drug addict.  Quincy never knows when she is going to be up or when she'll be down.  It's an added stress on her life because she feels guilty for leaving Katie, and also for leaving her parents to deal with Katie's illness alone.  This is another choice she needs to make.  Does she maintain her "perfection" by keeping Katie a secret from her new friends at college or does she finally let go and accept that not being perfect is still okay and her friends and family will love her no matter what?This book was so familiar and relatable to me.  In more ways than I can even mention in this review.  I was the "perfect" student in high school and when I moved away to college I dealt with a lot of the same feelings, and let's admit it, most women have been in the situation where we fall for the "wrong" guy.  We want what we can't have!  I really LOVED this story and kudos to Ms. Lane for writing a book that, not only couldn't I put down, but a book that really conveyed such emotions.I was pleased with the way Choices wrapped up.  Book #2, Fate, is scheduled for release in November.  There is no description yet on Goodreads so I'm extremely intrigued to see what happens next.