Review: This book!!! <3
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2013
Infatuated hit all the right notes! Well done Elle Jordan you made my week. This book felt real, it was funny and scary but most of all I believed it, I felt it, I was freaking there!So Ally's got a creep on her tail and the love of her life standing in front of her, naturally problems on all sides. Was any of it smooth sailing or worked out way too good to be true, no!Her relationship with Kale was messy yet sweet and funny and he was the type of lead male that you don't find in many YA books, real. Kale was real and so not perfect but genuine with mistakes and wants that were honest and easy to believe. He wasn't some mysterious to hot for thou kinda make believe I often find it books, like the author has jammed all the things a girl wants in a guy into a completely unbelievable package of devilishly handsome male... he was the cute guy with normal flaws, I like cute guys with flaws it's a cherry on the top when they make you laugh out loud until you might possibly pee yourself. Props to you kale, props to you.Now Ally! Wow was she awesome, strong stubborn didn't take crap from no one! She was a total nerd yet knew how to have a freaking conversation and give the f-off vibe to creepers hitting on her at the bar. Total respect for that girl. At first I was worried we'd have the whole, oh but I'm not good for him crap going on or she'd be as boring as ply wood because it was obvious she was a complete recluse but nope! Totally not the case! Thank god...or more likely Elle Jordan.The banter was ace! It just got better and better. Sigh, I love me some good banter.The relationship were all real the characters had dimension and I loved Ally's friends, especially Max!And there wasn't some massive build up in Ally and Kales relationship they fell into it easily, I totally clapped my hands when they had their first date. At that point I knew I loved this book.Earl was a freaking creep! And I'm sorry that Elle Jordan had real life experience that she was able to transfer into this book. No one should ever have to feel like that but I'm happy this book had real life reactions to these situations which might be due to Elle's experiences. I would never have thought to keep a journal of all and any run ins or sightings with a stalker even if it could be just coincidence and they weren't the only good tips. Now I have an idea of what to do if I or someone I know ever feels like something isn't right or goes through something like this. So thank you Elle for sharing and reminding us that bad things happen for no other reason then being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Possibly without even knowing it.I'm also really happy Ally decided to leave because I feel in a lot if books like this the authors forget that humans are made to survive, to thrive not sit and take shit like this until they snap, even people that feel they have no options left still have a drive for self preservation no matter how small. I felt like jumping for joy when she chose to go because if it were me at that point I would have left too, I might have even done it earlier but it was obvious why she hadn't.So this book for me was a 10/10 anything I might have even had a teeny tiny problem with was forgotten two words later and therefor not big enough to gripe about :)I recommend you read!