Review: Josie's 4 Star Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
** JOSIE'S 4 STAR REVIEW **Aubrey Keaton never experienced stability and a family while she was growing up with her mother. After being sent to live with her grandmother at 10 years old, her life changed. Camden lived next door to her grandmother and from the minute they met, they were inseparable. Meeting Camden and living with her grandmother was the best thing to happen to her. Over the years their friendship eventually turned it a relationship and plans to marry.Camden becomes the guitarist for a local band, and he is no longer the same Camden Aubrey knew. Camden focuses on his music career, getting signed by a record label and the benefits of the groupies. Camden decides to move to LA to follow his dream of hitting big in the music industry. Aubrey and Camden agreed that she will follow him to LA for a month once she gets her Masters in Fine Arts degree. While visiting Camden for a month, things aren’t the same but Aubrey does not want to be like her mother or lose the only family she has known so she ignores the obvious signs. On her first night in LA she meets Jax and notices she feels something she has not felt with Camden. But Camden is her world and the man she is going to marry.As soon as Jax sees Aubrey in the bar, Aubrey catches his attention until Camden introduces her as his girlfriend. Jax is different. Even though he grew up in LA and his father is rich and in the movie business, he was never interested in it. He just wanted to be in a band. Jax is also trying to focus on his career and make it big but when Camden keeps throwing Aubrey onto to him so he could have his fun. Jax, well damn, Jax is the ultimate package. He is handsome, rich, caring and drops everything for his friends. Aubrey has him spinning and he wants her like nothing he has thought possible. It was emotional and angsty watching him deal and come to terms with his feelings for Aubrey. As a reader you can see the immediate connection between Jax and Aubrey. You know they belong together but how long can Jax keep seeing Aubrey go back to Camden, when all he wants is forever with her?I was so frustrated with Aubrey because she really did not see the truth and even when she did she was too afraid to let go. She has her life planned out and is only engrossed on the future she feels she is meant to have. The more she was away from Camden, the more she grew in strength. The more time she spent with Jax the more she began to see what life could really be like if she closed the door to her past.It was very emotionally draining watching things unfold. Camden…I was not sure how I felt about him because he was arrogant and never truly thought about Aubrey. There was no denying Jax’s feelings for Aubrey but watching him fight it, fight for her and for them will tear you up.. Neither Jax nor Aubrey want to hurt anyone but can they just walk away from what they feel? Will Aubrey finally let go of Cam and see the truth?“Listen Bre, I now it’s complicated and uncomfortable, but there has never been another time in my life when being with someone felt so right or so good that I didn’t care about the consequences.”"I am still afraid. That you won’t want me when you have me or that you’ll realize that I’m nothing special and you can find someone better. I’m just a girl from a small town. You’ll need someone who can be that special person for you.”“Don’t you get it? You are that special person for me. Every time I came to visit you or spend time with you, it wasn’t for Cam. It was an excuse to be with you, to have you in my life. You could never hold me back. Having you by my side would be an honor and don’t ever tell yourself otherwise. I wanted you from the moment I saw you.”I am hoping to see more in this series. From what we read about the secondary characters, it feels like we might get more books in the future.** I received a complimentary copy from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review. **