Review: Annie and Her Two Men: Bring on The Drama!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2014
An imperfect cast of characters that I just unexpectedly fell in love with. Although, the pacing of this story dragged a little, I understood why.This story is written in a manner that can actually translate into a script for a tv show or movie if necessary. It flows easily and you are able to capture who the individual is or who the indivuals are when they are alone and when surrounded by others of the cast set. This is important to me as a reader because it allows the reader to make their own impressions of a character without characters telling you how you should feel about them. That's harder to do then you think.That being said, this story was full of drama. It's definitely a coming of age story. You get to see how these characters mature as the story plays out; and I don't mean that in the phsyical manner(although that happens too).Annie, does things that seem so immature at first and as the story progress, you get to see how that changes. The introduction of cocky playboy, Ryan allows us to see how witty, strong and vulnerable she is. Although, Annie speaks her mind, she also hides much of herself; not necessarily to others but to herself. She blinds herself to her emotions. That is very easy to capture when she surrounds herself around her long time best friend, Justin, who makes it clear to his long line of new girlfriends that Annie is his Bff and he won't let her go just because they wish it.I liked Ryan. He is the perfect example of a young boy who finally finds love and messes up before exploring that love with Annie. This makes for an unexpected surprise later on in thr story, that changes the dynamic of his and Annie's relationship dramatically towards the end.I personally loved Annie and Justin together. That is a strong friendship. One that is laced with more than "best friend" feelings. They obviously blind themselves to how they actually feel for one another-although it seems as if Annie does it moreso than Justin which makes for a lot of amusing scenes and some interesting steamy ones. They make perfect sense to me, even if Annie remains dedicated to her love for Ryan and his "surprises" .This book was incredibly well written. It should have been skimmed down a bit. I felt Annie's interactions(scenes) with her friends were a but too long, but that's ok. I can't wait to read Breathe. Although, I don't wish for Annie and Ryan to stay together, hopefully Ryan' new situation turns out ok. I also hope that nothing cruel happens to Justin or his friendship with Annie; even though it seems pretty rocky towards the end of this story.P.S. I really hated Ryan' parents and loved Justin's.