Review: In Review: Love Show by Audrey Bell
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2014
Oh, how I absolutely adored this book! Love Show caught my attention with a strong, driven protagonist, an amazingly awesome best friend and a completely swoon-worthy love interest. Add in fantastic writing and a plot that kept me guessing and I couldn't put it down. It made me feel all the emotions. Every. Single. One.Hadley is my favorite kind of heroine. She was strong and determined, yet vulnerable and flawed. She was serious and studious almost to a fault. She was also incredible stubborn. But she had many layers and I enjoyed seeing them slowly peeled back during the course of this story. Editor-in-chief of her university's newspaper, her life's goal is to be a war zone journalist. When her family and friends, and then Jack, question this goal, she stands by it. No one's going to change her mind. I applaud that, even though I personally think she's absolutely crazy for wanting to do that.Jack was sheer freaking perfection. He was sweet and honest and very obviously had deep feelings for Hadley, despite their issues and differences. It took awhile for the romance to develop, but I wasn't disappointed once it did. Sure, I wanted to smack Hadley a couple times for the way she was treating Jack, but when they were on they were on. They worked so well together. They had great, strong chemistry.As much as I loved Hadley and Jack and their relationship, the other relationship in this book that just put a huge smile on my face was the friendship of Hadley and David. I loved David. A gay man, he had what I feel was a very realistic struggle. I watched my friends in college go through similar struggles (thankfully not ALL of them or I would have probably murdered someone for hurting one of my friends), so I saw a lot of my friendships in Hadley and David. So often, gay characters end up as a cliched stereotype. David wasn't that at all. *I* want to be friends with David.This book tackled a lot of serious issues, but did it in a way that was relatable and easy to read. I blew through this book in one sitting. While the story was complete at the end, I still was left wanting more because of the connection I had to the characters. This book had humor and heart and I thoroughly enjoyed it.I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.