Review: No one can weave a tale about two beautifully broken people the way Jessica Sorensen can.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2013
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley.No one can weave a tale about two beautifully broken people the way Jessica Sorensen can. Lila grew up in the life of privilege, but lacked the one thing she always needed: Love. She finds love and comfort other ways, mainly sex and pills. After being shipped off to boarding school at the age of fourteen, Lila made some poor decisions that left her going down the wrong path.Ethan grew up completely different from Lila. He doesn't care about material things, and is happy being a loner who likes to keep to himself. He craves the solitude an open road can give him, and dreams of just traveling the States in his truck. He's different than any other man Lila is used to, and he's always there to help Lila pick up the pieces of her life.After hitting rock bottom with no money and no place to go, Ethan takes Lila in to help put her life on track. Lila has to learn how to cope without the help of her pills, and learns what it means to take care of herself. With Ethan's help, Lila learns that money and expensive clothes don't equal a happy life.Like most of Jessica Sorensen's books, The Temptation of Lila and Ethan deals with a lot of heavy topics. This book is craft fully written, and we're taken into the world of Lila and Ethan as they struggle through life and their feelings for each other.As best friends to Ella and Micha, we get a glimpse into their new lives, and a sense of what The Ever After of Ella and Micha will be about. I'm reminded of the nostalgia I feel for the foursome as they come together again to do what they do best. Support each other.