Anja H.'s Reviews > Easy

*5 PERFECT STARS*

So, I started reading this around 10PM... In the meantime it's 4AM in the morning and I just finished this book in one sitting, even though I'm sick and should get as much rest as possible... This book was truly impossible to put down!

“Love is not the absence of logic
but logic examined and recalculated
heated and curved to fit
inside the contours of the heart”

This easily became one of my favorite romance novels ever! Though the story wasn't anything particularly original or ground-breaking, the way it was told and how relatable it was really moved me.
I was growing a little tired of dystopian/young adult books these days so I decided to read some romance/new adult again and boy, this was the perfect book to start with! Since reading this, I'm more obsessed with romance than ever!

This story is about Jacqueline who just broke up with her longtime boyfriend Kennedy, whom she gave up everything for. A few weeks later, at a party, one of Kennedy's friends tries to rape her, but a boy she's never seen before, Lucas, was there just in time to save her. She discovers he's in one of her classes and she decides that he'd be the perfect rebound for Kennedy. But after she gets to know him better, sparks start flyingggg, and oh my, Jacqueline and Lucas are just perffffffect for eachother! I'm completely obsessed with their relationship and their chemistry is off the charts! There was some form of a love triangle in this book but the main focus still stayed on Jackie and Lucas and that's part of what I loved about this. There were no doubts about their feelings for one another. It does get kind of interesting when a tutor called Landon Maxfield makes an entrance ;)

The characters were all just awesome! Jacqueline is an awesome leading lady, she's just someone you can really connect with, and Lucas is the perfect knight in shining armor with a haunting past. Erin is the best friend in the whole world and Buck is the villain everyone loves to hate. Benji and Kennedy were also awesome side characters, just like Chaz. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about any of them.

This book deals with a lot of sensitive topics like rape, love, hurt, heartbreak, childhood trauma, stalking and self-defence. There are also some pretty steamy scenes, but who doesn't like that aye? /wink wink/
The whole story was just so well written and could happen to anyone anywhere, it gave me chills! I feel like this book really taught me a lesson on life and that when something big happens, you need to talk to someone about it, and that it's very important that you have people you can trust.
This is a book I'm definitely going to re-read someday, and that's not something that happens very often with me.
To all those who haven't read this yet: GO DO IT NOWWWW!