Review: This book has it all! <3
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2013
Ahren Sanders definitely needs to be commended on her debut novel, Surrendering. This is an amazingly hot and beautiful story. I was blown away by it in an instant. The first couple of pages captured me and I didn’t want to put it down. I was so impressed with it that I wanted to tell everyone about it prior to it being released. It was that amazing.So it does start out as a pretty typical story… he’s in a band, she’s in college, but there is just so much more to it than that, this book is anything but typical. It gets angsty and tangled (and I don’t just mean the sheets). This book was fabulous and I am not sure there are enough adjectives to use to do it justice. So what’s it about besides the girl in college and the guy in the band?Raven has returned to her hometown to get her MBA. The day she goes out to find a place to live, she is literally plowed over in the park by a fine looking man. But totally not Raven’s type, he’s perfect. He looks like a rocker with tattoos and his hair and his eyes and his... well, everything. Raven tries to move on through her day but just can’t get “Holy-Hotness” out of her mind. She ends up finding the perfect place to live where she will have two roommates. After the agreement is made, she discovers one fine little piece of information… her Holy-Hotness from the park happens to be Declan Collins. Declan Collins, brother of her new roommates… oh my!Declan is in a band with a general man-whore reputation. He values two things in life, his family and his band. But what Declan never expects is that sweet little thing he was literally on top of in the park to be the new roommate of his sisters. But she has been consuming his thoughts and now he knows not only who she is, he knows where she lives.Raven has the most amazing friends and the best family. She is dedicated to each and every one of them and would do just about anything to make sure they are all happy. Her brother Robbie and his best friend Finn are her biggest concerns. She loves them both so much and would do anything for them, knowing that they would do anything for her in return.Because this story drew me in as a reader, it is hard to tell you about it simply without giving away too much of anything. But here’s what you need to know that makes it wonderful, Raven and Declan are drawn together. They are smart and stubborn and of course, completely perfect for each other. But as with any amazing book, love for these two is just not simple and full of roses. But this book takes us through their journey to love and it is quite possibly the most angst-filled journey I have read in a long time.I loved the characters in this book so much. They have amazing personalities and they have the best group of friends ever. And it seems that no matter what, they have each other’s back, all the time, no matter the cost. But it’s not just the group of friends, it the siblings and the parents. I love every one of them! They are all amazing and I want to get to know each and every one of them.What I didn’t expect was the ending. Now I am of course not going to tell you a thing about it, but I was stuck on an island with very little cell phone service when I finished the book and the only thing I wanted to do was to call the author and beg and plead for the next book right then and there. This book made me smile, it made me laugh, it made me worry and it even made me tear up.  This book has everything I love in a great read: steam, love, angst, drama, mystery and a bad boy rocker!This book was fabulous and I am desperate for Ahren’s follow up to this. I could not get enough and now that I have written all of this down I cannot wait to return home and chat with the Ahren about this. It will defiantly make it to my top 10 of the year, it was that good! I am so glad Ahren found her way into my Kindle and I am now filled with a great anxiety to know what happens next.*I recieved a complimentary copy of Surrendering in exchange for an honest review*