Review: Pretty Instinct
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
Pretty Instinct by SE Hall4.5 StarsWow.  This book had so many facets in it that if I touched on them all my review would be 5 pages long.  So, I am not going to give too many details but the basics. This is definitely a must read folks and I feel that if I get too in depth it will ruin it for you~Lizzie is on the road on a bus with her uncle, brother and two best friends who she has known since childhood, touring as a band.  They are not a super famous band but popular enough to travel and have enough gigs to get exposure.  She HATES her father.  Not just “I hate spiders” type of hate, I mean HATE to the point if he was on fire she wouldn’t spit on him to put him out.  She thinks he did something horrible many years ago and by the end of the book the truth does come out but that is just one of the facets I spoke about.  Next up is her brother Conner.  He is her older brother but she takes care of him, puts him first and is extremely protective over him.  And yes, that is also another story that I don’t want to give away.While on the road they fire their bassist and coincidentally meet who they believe is a hitch hiker Cannon, who naturally plays…LOL.  Needless to say he is not a scary, ax wielding, hitch hiker and he becomes a band member instantly.  Well not instantly (funny scene).  He has his own exciting story and I will let him share it with you as well.While living in such close quarters it was only a matter of time before Lizzie and Cannon become attracted to each other and a budding friendship and romance start.  However, they both carry baggage that needs to be discussed and put out into the open.  AND DISCUSSED IT IS!!  This is not your normal “band” book.  While yes, they are a band this book is about love, friendship, family, truth, forgiveness and healing more than it is about drugs and rock and roll and sex.  I cried more than once and even had a very ugly cry and I fell head over heels in love with more than one of the characters.  I also laughed, a lot.  Tons of one liners and certain characters will have your face hurting from the smiling you do from them.  It was an endearing and real book and I loved every single freakin word!!