Review: Before You Go. by Clare James
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2013
Tabby, a troubled college student, has difficulty trying her wings and making friends .  Due to her inexperience, she found herself befriending those of questionable  character and joined them in drinking games frequenting the bar scene where some dabbled in drugs, skipping classes, neglecting homework, preferring to join invigorating gab feasts and taking part in other college hatefulness.  Tabby met and had an off-and-on relationship with a decent man on one of her bar flings.  Tabby had recently been discharged from a hospital having suffered a frequent bout of depression.  Her mother and father divorced when she was younger, her father remarried a fine women who Tabby adored.  she did not get along well with her mother, wh had mental problems and remarried a so-so man.Tabby was an accomplished dancer but was on break from doing much she enjoyed.  She was in counseling and slowly improving with the help of a couple of her girl friends and her kind and caring boyfriend, Noah.  When attending a former college, she was out with one of her girlfriends at a wild party that got out of control and had her drinks , unaware, doctored by boys who ended up abusing many of the girls at the party, where. they undressed her and passed her around where she was raped and photographed doing leud sexual activities while she was unconscious.  The photos found their way around campus causing Tabby great harassment and school demerits.  Tabby became extremely depressed and too embarrassed to be with her friends. Her father, who was a professor at her school had her resign and excused early where she would spend time researching other schools.  The story had many obstacles to overcome, much therapy to get Tabby's mental health back on track, develop her relationship with Noah who she was falling in love with.  It was a good story with lots going on.  Romantic.  I enjoyed it and look forward to reading more of Ms. James's novels.  Carole