Review: Seems like YA, but isn't...  at least I hope it isn't
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2013
I was intrigued by the storyline, but wasn't sure if I'd like it or not.  We are reading from the point of view of a 17 year old.  I laughed...  really hard... out loud, late at night when my husband was trying to sleep.  I actually shook the bed with laughter and my husband thought I was having seizures.Violet is a socially awkward young woman with as her best friend describes her, a porn star body.  She's constantly being eye-raped or eye-licked by weird men.  She also has a few issues, a father who abandoned her for a woman he met in an online dating site and a boyfriend who cheated on her with one of her few friends.  The boyfriend was really just a boy.  He felt justified because Violet was so hot, he was sure she'd figure it out and abandon him as soon as she realized it.Zane makes her forget about him, quickly.  She realizes she wasn't in love and instead of hurt, she's just angry.  Zane does this just by looking good and a few pat cliches.  He's sweet, worldly and funny.  He never laughs at her nervous habit blurting out things that sound sexual, but aren't intended to be.  Apparently she inherited that trait from her mother, the scene in the restaurant when she first meets her new stepdad and finds out who Zane is, hysterical.There is a great supporting cast of characters.  A mom who's a breast cancer survivor and a strong, beautiful, understanding role model for her daughter.  They have real conversations, laced with humor and all the social awkwardness is just life-like.  A best friend, who is a nerd like her and yet falls for the worst guy and ends up pregnant, but still manages to support her and be there through all of her real and imaginary worries.  Oh, and her ex-boyfriends sister turns out to be a great friend too.There's also all these imaginary villain type women who are model-like and Violet can't imagine she even comes close to comparing AND she wears pink bunny panties.  How real is that?I enjoyed the required HEA for it to be considered romance, but I also enjoyed the route she took to become a strong, mature, sexy, successful woman in her own right and not become a shadow of her boyfriend.  And this is really weird for me, I could actually hear a guy singing that song at the end.  That NEVER happens, I'm just NOT musical and in my immaturity, it should rhyme... okay, maybe I don't really think it should rhyme, but the lyrics fit the story and kind of melded it together for me.  It was like when the author writes from both points of view.I got this book for free, but I could see paying $2.99 for it.  It was worth it for the hours of laughter it provided.  I read very quickly and it took a couple of hours to finish it.  I couldn't go to a movie for that price.