Review: So different and so wonderful!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2013
Kudos to CM Stunich for making a journey into a whole new genre for herself! Being a huge fan girl of this author, nothing could have come as more of a shock to me than to hear that she was going to write a YA book. Needless to say, I was a bit worried that she could do it. Her books are usually so angst-y and full of hot sex and curse words that I could never imagine anything different (nor did I want to honestly!) Then, well then, I opened the cover to Crushing Summer. From the first scene, I was hooked. Her descriptions are so detailed that I always feel like I am right there with her characters. Every different scenario she writes about, I feel like I am right there! How does she even do that????? It is awe-inspiring to say the least.So not only was I hooked by her detail in the first scene, then the mystery kicked in. The whole idea of "The assignment" was so different that I was unable to put the book down. I had to know! So different, yet so realistic in the fact that the parts are also kind of what we see in high schools still to this day. To hear what each group must go through was eye opening. I fell in love with almost all the characters, especially Julie-the outcast. I seriously laid in bed all day to finish this book. Nothing else mattered in the universe except for me to find out where this one ended. I was not disappointed.To date, this MAY be my favorite book by CM Stunich but it is so hard to say that when she has so many amazing books out. Before this book, I literally had three YA novels I had started that went into my DNF pile and I was so close to giving up this genre for good. This book has restored my faith that in fact, YA can still intrigue me. I thank you for that!***Gifted by the author for a fair and honest review****