Review: A nice summer read if you like chick flicks, romance, and bad boys
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2012
The Wrong Path is a story about learning to be yourself and opening yourself to reality instead of seeing what you want to see. Annabelle is the girl that everyone wants to be. She's gorgeous and is part of the `in' crowd, and the guy of her dreams is beginning to express interest in her. Then she gets her first real talk with Will, and soon she's beginning to see him everywhere, causing her to question what she really wants in life.Annabelle is a really sweet girl. You wouldn't think that such a gorgeous and kind girl as her would have self-esteem problems that keep her dependent on being part of the `in' crowd, but her fear of alienation keeps her following Claire's lead. To give her credit, she genuinely believes that these people are her friends, though sometimes her naivety seems a little too overdone.Will's character is a little more believable. Despite being a misunderstood character, he understands how the world around him works. Mostly, his outsider status is because people don't bother to learn about the guy beneath the surface, even his own brother. He has very valid reasons for acting the way he does.  Plus, he's TDH (tall, dark, and handsome), the kind of guy I love. I tell you. I read the book for Will alone.Some technical details did taking away from the reading experience. The story was overly predictable, and there wasn't as much plot development as I would have liked to see. Annabelle's life is seemingly focused around the moments she's with Will and her group: being herself versus pretending to be someone else. The rest of her life and her other relationships remains blurred to the reader.Other than Annabelle and Will (and maybe Trevor and Ebony), the other characters were flat for the most part, and the whole forcing yourself to be part of the in crowd is clichéd. The author often relies on adverbs to elaborate on the details instead of imaginary, which ended up making the reading more awkward.This novel is a short read and makes a nice summer read if you like chick flicks, romance, and bad boys.