Review: Sweet YA story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2013
A copy Kindly provided by Author in exchange for an honest reviewRATING CLARIFICATION : 3.5 STARSI have some mixed feelings about this book. For the most part I did enjoy this book but I think it took to long to get to that part of the book. The beginning of the book seemed kind of slow going for me. I understand that the beginning of the book was meant to set up the story but to me it dragged a little without a whole lot of character development. Once I hit the 50% mark the book turned into one I really liked. The real meat of the story started to come out around this point in the book. I just wish the connection between Cruiser and Lex could of come out sooner. Once those two started to open up to each other, the story became really interesting, to the point that I couldn't put it down. I wanted to see how everything was going to turn out. Besides this being a love story/triangle between Lex and Twin brothers, Cruiser and Rey, it was about two families trying to figure things out. This was truly a sweet love story, plus a story about forgiveness and realizing you need to put oneself first and make yourself happy. This book has been kind of compared to Abbi Glines The Vincent Boys and I see where the connection comes in with the love triangle but to me thats where it stops. This is truly a story in its own.I will say that I did have a slight problem connecting with the characters. Lex drove me crazy in the first half of the book. She was very wishy washy about how she felt about both Rey and Cruiser. I didn't understand why she placed all the blame on Cruiser for the accident that happened over a year ago. When Cruiser comes back into town I truly think that they really needed to sit down and talk things out. Plus she kept saying how she wanted things to go back to normal in her house, but she was guilty of changing things as well, she was willing to give up something she loved for something she thought would help her sister. I was glad to see as the story went on that she changed her mind and decided that the way to get back to normal is to accept the current situation for what it is and still do what she loved. I felt her character grew quite a bit throughout the story. Now Rey and Cruiser....I don't know exactly how I feel about them. I don't think their characters were developed enough for me to connect to either one. I always felt like Rey was hiding something and was waiting for his secret to come out, but come to find out that was all in my head....LOL :) Cruiser I think had the potential to be a great hero. He was definitely my pick throughout the whole story. I loved when he would call Lex Darlin'...made me tingle. I wish we would have gotten more of that through out the whole story. I will say I was extremely happy with how this story turned out, I agree with who Lex ends up with. I am not going to say who, you'll need to read the book to find out. I will say that I never questioned the feelings that all three characters had for each other. I really felt that they were genuine. I'll even say that there were a couple scene that were kind of steamy and made me blush.There was only one main secondary character, besides the parents, which was Dani. I thought she was a great bff to Lex. She showed her support and gave her advice without actually telling her what to do. She made sure that Lex knew that what ever decision she made she made by herself for herself. I was also glad to see Dani grow as a character as well, when it came to handling things in her own life. In regards to the parents...I have to say I didn't like any of them. I thought they were horrible to their kids, I wanted to smack all of them and say wake up!!!!!With all that said, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a sweet YA love triangle story. This story was truly a story about love, loss, forgiveness and finding ones true self. I am glad that I got the chance to read this book.