Review: Gimme more Chase!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
I had previously read Just One Song, the authors first book, and absolutely fell in love with the characters.  Mia and Chase were such an important part of Nic and Zack's  (the main characters in Just One Song) relationship, that I knew I wanted to know more about them.Just One Week starts a couple years after Just One Song ends.  Mia and Chase haven't talked to each other in months.  Nic and Zack are about to get married.  You see were this is going, right?  I did say Mia and Chase played an integral part of Nic and Zack's relationship...."You take care of everyone you love, which is admirable.  I just wonder if you will let other people take care of you when you need it."Mia.  Oh, Mia.  Mia is the epitome of a "runner."  When someone is doting on her, she's uncomfortable.  She doesn't want to get close to anyone for fear that they will leave her.  She is guarded.  If she feels that something is going to upset someone else, she doesn't divulge that information."This woman is going to be the death of me. She runs from hot to cold, turned on to scared out of her mind in a matter of minutes."Chase...I want to wrap Chase up with a bow and make him mine.  He's this big, scary looking drummer.  He's kind of hot headed at times, but when it comes to Mia, he's just a big ol' pile of mush.  My favorite type of male characters.  No lie.  He is bound and determined to make Mia realize what she knows is true but refuses to admit."I just want one week. One week to take care of you, to know you, to prove to you it's okay to let down your guard every once in a while."Now, let me tell you.  I wanted to smack Mia.  Smack is putting it nicely.  I wanted to throat punch her.  She has this guy throwing himself at her feet and she "doesn't know if she can commit."  WHAT?!  In fact....I had to talk to someone about what a crazy psycho Mia is.  I couldn't even get through the first half of the book without yelling to someone about her.  In Just One Song, Mia is the stable one.  Mia is the one who takes care of Nic...now, Mia has lost her darn marbles, like in a major way. Now she's like, sipping unicorn juice.  Nic is the stable force in her life now.  Nic is the voice of reason, and lordy, it's quite apparent Mia needs a voice of reason.So, I think I've made it pretty obvious Mia drives me bonkers, right? That being said, once I got past my "that girl be cray," mentality, and actually got into the meat and potatoes of why Mia is like she is, I ALMOST felt sympathetic.  This is just a great story about two people who have been in each others' lives for what seems like forever.  The way that their friends are their family just makes me smile.  That's what friends are supposed to be like, right?The only thing that had me sort of confused at the beginning of the book was the fact that I didn't really remember that Mia and Chase were really "together."  Perhaps it was a lapse in my memory, but, it wasn't totally distracting.  The whole situation was rectified pretty quickly.I love the way that the author flows back and forth from both POV's and the way she just draws you in to everyone in the book.  I felt as if these people were my family as well.  While there's some heavy stuff that happens in the book, there's also a lot of humor and snarkiness throughout, and that totally makes my little heart happy.Definitely a great read that left me feeling complete at the end...and not wanting to punch someone (mia *cough*);)