I know, I know. It has been a shamefully long time since I last posted a review but to be honest there has been nothing I have read recently that has been all that much to write home about. I was stuck in a massive reading slump for a while and I finally found a fabulous book to get me out of it so I thought that I better let you all know my thoughts on it. I have had this book since autumn last year after absolutely falling in love with the blurb, but as always it got lost in a sea of pretty and fabulous books so it has taken a little while to get around to reading it.
Avery is starting college, far away from her home, ever critical parents and her past. She wants just one single thing - to start over and have a normal life with noone knowing what had happened to her five years ago when she was only fourteen and what made her closed and uncomfortable around others. But what she is not expecting is Cameron - popular, extremely good looking and real charmer who is determined to get to know her better. But will Avery be able to run away from her past forever
This was my first dip into the writings of Jennifer L Armentrout and I can say without a doubt that I get it now. I understand the hype over her books. From the beginning I was absolutely enraptured by the mindset of Avery and her take upon the word. Avery kind of broke my heart at the beginning - she just seemed so very alone. She had plenty of coping mechanisms to get her through the day but she’s not really living, just moving on from one day to the next. I felt so sorry for her – the people that should have been there to cherish her and care for her had really let her down when she needed them most and she’s reached the point where she trusts no one and cannot comprehend why people are now being nice to her.
She literally crashes into Cam on her way to her very first class and it soon transpires that they are neighbours and they get to know each other slowly. Cam – le sigh!! Cam is just wonderful. Every girl needs a Cam. He’s funny, charming, endearingly over-confident, thoughtful, attentive, caring and HOT – I could continue to rain down superlatives but I think you get the gist, right? I pretty much adored him right from the get go. I loved the way he asked Avery to go out with him on an almost daily basis – he never gave up and just waited for her to slowly come around even though she took hard to get to a whole new level.
This here is my ideal book. Let's get this straight, while I am partial to the odd book with completely a completely original storyline and I do love fantasy novels, above all I love books that make me feel something. Books that make me keep on reading until 3am desperate to know the fate of a budding relationship. Books that make me shed a tear over the hardships that characters have overcome to get to where they are at that moment. And books that make me clutch my pillow and want to squeal at the unbelievably cheesy cute moments that fill my stone cold heart with the good old warm fuzzies. This book did all of that things.
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