Before reading this book I went for a nose on goodreads to see what I was getting myself in for and the mixed reviews left me feeling skeptical. I picked up this book on a whim after seeing it in many a bookhauls recently, so after reading a few scathing reviews and hearing that many didn't even finish the book I was feeling rather reluctant to pick it up. I decided to give it a go and let me tell you I am so glad that I did. I read this book in one sitting. I picked it up at the back of 10 last night and it kept me up up into the small hours desperate to get to the end. I will say that at about half way through I did consider putting it back down as I felt that there was no way there could have been a 'happy ending' as such but I pushed through and I'm really glad that I did.
Ashton Gray had been friends with Beau and Sawyer Vincent since they were young.
Born mischief makers Ashton and Beau had a special connection and were always getting themselves into all sorts of trouble,leaving Sawyer to get them out of it. As they grew up the boys started to notice Ashton change. Now a beautiful young woman the boys both secretly yearn for her, but only one steps forward and claims her. With the relationship between Ash and Sawyer blooming, Beau gets left behind, he doesn't want to see the girl he loves with his cousin and so he follows his own path. Three years later Ash has molded herself into the perfect girlfriend of the towns Prince Charming. But while Sawyer is away on a family vacation Beau and Ash pick up their friendship, reconnecting. Except this time Ash realises that maybe the other Vincent boy is the boy she should have never left behind, maybe he is the one that understands her best. Maybe she chose the wrong Vincent boy.
I really liked Ash as a character. Generally when reading a contemporary that contains a love triangle the girl stuck in the middle becomes incredibly grating but that was not the case here. I loved that she realized what she really felt and acknowledge it but chose to save Beau and Sawyer's relationship instead. The chemistry between Ashton and Beau was brilliant. I loved their interactions and banter. In hindsight, perhaps Beau was a little possessive of Ashton, but when I was reading it wasn't something that bothered me. I think that's because Ashton is most definitely the kind of girl who can stick up for herself and isn't afraid to speak her mind to Beau, or anyone else later on. When Ashton lets herself be walked all over, I wanted to shake and her, and yell that I knew she was made of stiffer stuff than the way she was acting. It's always frustrating to see a strong character acting weak. Ashton realizes that's exactly what she's been doing, and Beau helps her break through her "good girl" patterns. She saw it as an internal struggle between being the good girl or the bad girl, but really it was about being the person everyone expected her to be or following her heart and being her true self.
I liked Sawyer, but not nearly as much as Beau. Probably because we get to know a lot more about Beau, being that the story alternates between his point of view and Ashton's. Some of my favorite parts were when we were inside Beau's head. This is definitely a book for older teens and young adults. I loved how we got both Beau and Ash's point of views, it was great to have the insight into the loneliness and the feelings of want on Beau's side and also the mounting pressure on Ash to do the right thing, but also do what she wanted. Beau truly had loved her from the beginning , you get to see how he accepted her for who she truly was, not who she had become, and of course that was hugely important to the exhausted pretender Ash.
This book is short and sweet. It's quite predictable and if you have an issue with reading about cheating this book isn't for you, but its the characters that make this book, not the plot. They really draw you in. This book is perfect if what you're looking for is something lighter to split up a run of reading hard-to grasp fantasy or paranormal books. It's a very easy read that you can just float through easily, with fluffy moments that make your heart feel like its about to burst. So if that's what you're after I would definitely recommend you check it out.
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