Review: Easy by Tammara Webber

4/5 Stars

This book has been pretty high up on my tbr pile for a couple of months now but it always just got pipped to the post slightly by another book that caught my eye. Finally though, I decided enough was enough, it was time to give it a go. I'd been looking for a book on Goodreads that was reminiscent of Beautiful Disaster in the dark and twisty way with heavily flawed characters and I was not disappointed. 

When Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the last thing she expects is a breakup two months into sophomore year. After two weeks in shock, she wakes up to her new reality: she's single, attending a state university instead of a music conservatory, ignored by her former circle of friends, and failing a class for the first time in her life. Leaving a party alone, Jacqueline is assaulted by her ex's frat brother. Rescued by a stranger who seems to be in the right place at the right time, she wants nothing more than to forget the attack and that night - but her savior, Lucas, sits on the back row of her econ class, sketching in a notebook and staring at her. Her friends nominate him to be the perfect rebound. When her attacker turns stalker, Jacqueline has a choice: crumple in defeat or learn to fight back. Lucas remains protective, but he's hiding secrets of his own. Suddenly appearances are everything, and knowing who to trust is anything but easy.

Lets be honest here, the book wasn't anything entirely new or groundbreaking, it wasn't insanely romantic and it wasn't perfectly written. But I think that's why I enjoyed it so much. It was real. I like books that feel real to me. The protagonist Jacqueline, is my kind of character. I liked her voice, her strong personality. After what almost happened to her in the beginning of the book she could still pretend that her life was (almost) the way it used to and she still managed to keep her head up and confront whatever it was to confront. Yes, she needed a bit of time to recover, but that only makes her human and that only makes me like her more. If I had to describe her in a few words I would say that she was really stubborn and she almost always knew what she wanted (and how to get it).

Even though she still had some feelings for her ex she wouldn't have left him back in after that embarrassing break-up (that's the spirit!). She also has a great best friend (Erin), a bit crazy but lovely nevertheless, and this made me happy because I love to read about good friends that can be there for each other. There was a lot of humor involved and that was also great because some topics were pretty hard to digest and my heart needed a few happy moments here and there.

As for Lucas, he was once a bad-boy, still had the bad boy “image” and we all know how much I love a bad boy. He was fierce and protective when need be, but he was also a sweet gentle soul *sigh*! He is the stuff YA romance novels are made of, every girl’s dream. Jacqueline was a little naïve in comparison, but with some nudging from her awesome, brazen, loyal roommate and friend Erin, she empowered herself with the knowledge and skills that allowed her to take a stand.

The story is well-written, compact, but complete. Initially I didn’t think that the length of the book would allow the story to develop properly, but it did and the epilogue finished it off nicely. It left me very satisfied. This is the fourth book that I’ve read from Tammara Webber and I look forward to seeing what this gifted author has in store for us. I highly recommend this read and the other books she has to offer.