Review: So Amazing!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
Something Like Normal by Monica JamesReview by Jen (BestSellers & BestStellars)Something Like Normal was an emotional roller coaster ride!  It was filled with ups and downs, twists and turns, it will make you laugh, cry, scream in frustration and aggravation, but overall, it will make you desperate to follow the journey of Mia!  This was a story filled with suspense, some heavy issues, but deep down, an amazing romance.  The sexual tension was extremely heavy, and there was a well-built plot.  You should be aware that there is another book coming, but there really isn’t a huge cliffhanger.  Yes, you’ll be anxious to find out what happens, but trust me, I’ve seen worse cliffhangers.  It was very enjoyable!  Monica James did another amazing job!I really liked Mia.  She is brave, strong, but most of all she’s a survivor.  She has a horrible past and has been through so much, which leads her to take off and change her name to Paige.  She’s on a mission to start a new life and search for her mother, but instead she finds herself surrounded by four people that will completely change her life- Hank, Tabitha, Tristan, and Quinn.  Paige hits it off with Hank, Tabitha, and Tristan, but it’s Quinn that really grabs her attention.“I would say he’s around 6’3”.  He’s toned, but not grossly massive with bulging muscles and protruding veins.  His tight Misfits t-shirt has seen better days, with a few small holes around the hemline, but somehow it works well with his snug black jeans and black chucks.  His unkempt, longish hair, which flicks up at the back, is styled into a disheveled mess, with shaggy bangs that partially conceal his wicked green eyes.  Somehow I know he’s done absolutely nothing to keep it this way, it just naturally falls the way that it does.  The whole ensemble is set off by that silver hoop through his lip, and everything about him screams ‘bad boy,’ and I know I need to stay away from him.”Paige tries to keep her distance from Quinn and not let him affect her, but it doesn’t work.  Everywhere she goes, she seems to run into him.“From the moment I saw him, I knew he was going to create a splash, but I never thought he’d cause a f****** tsunami.”I loved Quinn!  He’s a sexy, pierced, bad boy.  He definitely oozes sex and has a little bit of alpha-male in him.  He’s immediately attracted to Paige from the second he lays eyes on her, and there’s just something about her that draws him in and he can’t stay away from her.“There’s something about you, and I just can’t stay away.  But I don’t want to freak you out, or push too hard.  But the more I get to know you, the deeper in I fall.  You’re not like anyone I have ever met before, and I just want to get to know you, the real you.”The more time Quinn spends with Paige, the more he knows she’s hiding something.  He knows it’s something big, but he doesn’t push her to tell him.“I see, a young woman who isn’t like everyone else.  She’s different.  She’s witty.  She doesn’t take s*** from trashy cheerleaders, and doesn’t bat an eyelash when a complete stranger walks in on her while in the shower.  I see bravery.  I see naivete.  But most of all ... I see a survivor.”Then there’s Hank.  Wow, he is the type of character I love seeing in a book.  He’s so sweet, caring, supportive.  He didn’t know Paige, but from the second she walked into his life, he took care of her.  He offered her a job, gave her a place to stay, she was like a daughter to him.  He cared about her from the very beginning and I was happy that Paige had him.“Paige, we all have secrets.  But I want you to know you can talk to me.  Whatever it is, I promise I’m here.”I loved this book.  I could not put this down, not even for a minute!  I needed to know what was going to happen.  My emotions were all over the place.  I laughed, I cried, I got angry, but all of that was worth it because I was able to witness an amazing, suspenseful story.  There was a slight cliffhanger, but the story does not end here.  There will be a second book, coming out sometime in October.  I can definitely not wait for this book!  I need to know the rest of Mia/Paige’s story!The quality of writing was great.  The story was very well-written and enjoyable to read.  The story was an amazing romance between two wonderful characters, and kept me very interested!  I did not want to put it down!5 Diamonds for this amazing story!!