Nineteen-year-old Whit Conrad leaves her conservative Pennsylvania home for sunny California, looking for independence, a fresh start, and a place to stash her grief. She promptly finds a job at a tattoo parlor, a craptastic first apartment, and one friend—Ryan—who is a little less friend, a little more benefits.
Deo Beckett is a soulful surfer with a passion for tattoos and beautiful women. On the eve of his twenty-second birthday, he finds himself living with his grandfather, recently unemployed, and seriously adrift. He doesn’t know much about what he wants out of life, but he does know his current situation isn't cutting it.
When Deo meets Whit, she’s all sexy makeup and fierce, smart-ass fun. It doesn’t take him long to see past her tough shell. And when he gets a good look at what's under all the superficial stuff that usually gets his attention, it leaves Deo wondering if there might be more to life than living fast and free.
Too bad Whit has a past she doesn't plan on sharing—no matter how hot Deo is. She might want him, but she knows better than to let her guard down.
Deo falls for Whit, and falls hard. But everything about her, down to that mysterious tattoo and the way she thrashes in her sleep, tells him that the girl he loves is hiding something. And the more he pushes for answers, the more Whit pulls away.
Having your guard up is one thing, but are the lengths Whit goes to to protect her secret worth throwing away the second chance she has at happiness with Deo?
Racquel's thoughts:
By a raise of hands, who loves HAAAWT, sexseeeh covers? *raises all 20 fingers, both hands and feet* That's what I thought!! Oh la la~ I love the picture of the cover!! Though I'm not a *big* fan of the font. I don't hate it but think it could have been better. But cover aside, I do love the blurb. Love it I say!! I haven't read anything by Steph buuuuut Liz Reinhardt's books are some of my faves!! Let's us check off all the things that make this book sound like one Racquel will enjoy immensely:
"Nineteen-year-old Whit Conrad..." NINETEEN. You know I'm a fan of mature books.
"a place to stash her grief" BRING THE ANGST ON!!
"a little less friend, a little more benefits." more matuuurity.
"soulful surfer" Hello there ;D
"his twenty-second birthday" even more matuuuuuuurity.
"he does know his current situation isn't cutting it." I sense an epiphany in on his behalf? Those are always fun
"Whit, she’s all sexy makeup" I love make-up. Just as much as books.
"smart-ass fun" smart-ass fun is well, FUN.
"see past her tough shell" so there is more than fun here? sweet!
"there might be more to life than living fast and free" so there IS an epiphany. Yay!
"a past she doesn't plan on sharing" DRAMA DRAMA!! I love it.
"hot Deo" this one speaks for it self.
"knows better than to let her guard down." now Deo has to charm her (and me) bring it on.
"Deo falls for Whit, and falls hard." Romance, I luuuuurve it. I can't read without it.
"the girl he loves is hiding something" more drama and mystery. Give me this book NOW.
"are the lengths Whit goes to to protect her secret worth throwing away the second chance she has at happiness with Deo?" we must read to find out, y'all.
As you can see, every word of this summary screams RACQUEL, I WAS WRITTEN FOR YOU SO READ ME! Do you feel the same way? And I have high expectations since I'm a fan of Liz Reinhardt's books!
Here is a teaser from LENGTHS:
“Deo?” I turn and look at her, hands in my hoodie pocket. She takes a few tentative steps my way. “You have a phone?” She nabs her lip between her teeth again, like she’s about to do something she knows she shouldn’t, and it makes me feel this wild surge of triumph. I have a feeling her worst instincts are leading her straight to me whether she likes it or not.
And I’m betting she doesn’t like it much at all.
Yet.
Also, the cover of FALL GUY by Liz Reinhardt was released a week ago and I also love it. Completely. 100%. Look at it and LOVE it too:
Evan Lennox is going
nowhere fast. She's living with her grandparents after her parents
bailed on her, she got kicked out of her posh private school, her
ex-boyfriend proved to be the biggest sleaze imaginable, her former best
friend is a back-stabber, and her current best friend is stuck in
backwoods NJ. To top it all off, one teeny, tiny fire she lit to burn
some memories of her ex goes a little out of control and winds up
igniting a good piece of a very powerful family's pecan orchard.
Evan
lands her pampered behind in court and gets sentenced to community
service. Which she knows she deserves. But the hard labor and
humiliation may be her undoing.
Until she meets Winchester Youngblood on the site.
Everything
about him is tricky, confusing, not at all what it seems, and so sexy,
Evan can't resist pulling closer. But every step she takes to get to
know him gives her more of a reason to back up and put him as far out of
life as she possibly can. Because Winch is one hundred percent
complicated, and Evan isn't looking for that. At all. She needs to meet a
nice, responsible guy, not share searing kisses with the charming
hustler she met after they both got sentenced in court.
But Winch
is so much more than what he seems, and Evan finds out that she's
falling hard for the guy everyone underestimates and writes off. And
Winch realizes that Evan is the one person who's ever challenged him to
ask for more out of his life, and her courage inspires him to try to be
the person she sees when she looks at him. With every single odd stacked
against them, Evan and Winch need to find out whether they have what it
takes to fall for each other.
We met Evan in the Brenna Blixen series and since I love that series, I'm super duper excited for Fall Guy. And that cover. It's perfect. The picture is perfect and hot and the FONT IS PERFECT so I can't complain about that! Really, it's SO fitting. The guy's feature are so sexy and that SMIRK!!! It's
Taken from Liz blog, here is more about the book:
It's a New Adult/Mature YA, and it deals with Brenna's friend Evan, who
is at a really messed up place when she meets a really messed up guy and
they need each other to figure things out. Winchester meets Evan the
day they're both sentenced in court, and, despite this fact, he's
incredibly responsible. So damn responsible, he forgets to put himself
first and winds up falling into that trap of taking care of everyone
else. But the only person he really wants to take care of is Evan. And
she finds herself finally straightening up and growing a colossal
backbone because he needs someone to fight for Winch and stop allowing
him to put himself last all the time, and that's what you do when you're
in love.
Today The Book Barbies is the tour stop in the Forgiving Trinity by Liz Reinhardt book blog tour hosted by Amanda @Letters Inside Out. Forgiving Trinity is a book I read an absolutely, positively all the way adored by an author I love and support to the death! Check out the other tour stops HERE and enjoy!
Thank you so much for having me on your blog, Racquel!! I
thought it would be cool to give an excerpt from Ruth’s book [a companion book to Forgiving Trinity featuring Trinity's best friend, Ruth, titled: Catching Ruth!], still in editing!
It’s graduation day for Christian, and Trin is not handling it well…but Ruth is
there to help and love her! Hope you enjoy!!
Ruth's POV
Chapter 1: Graduation Anxieties and Parties It’s graduation day at South Effingham High School, and I’m
relieved that I’m just watching the processional and not actually
graduating. Even as an observer, graduation feels incredibly overwhelming;
I can hardly imagine graduating and then facing all the decisions that come
after. College? Work? Peace Corps? Marriage?
Loafing? I shudder and say a silent prayer of thanks that I still have an
entire summer and ten months of school before I have to contemplate
graduation. I’m here because my best friend’s brother (and my sometimes
crush), Christian McCabe, is getting his diploma and then heading off to
college in the fall. Someone from a rotary club is droning on and on, and
there’s a renegade beach ball making the rounds while the almost-graduates sit
in the bleachers and wait to get to the parties.
I love the warm night air, the electric buzz of the crowd,
the sporadic cheers and fog horn blasts. It’s like bubbling, spitting
almost-chaos at a ceremony that the administrators want to be so staid and
serious, and the rebel buried deep, deep in me loves that. Trinity, my
best friend, is sitting next to me, the graduation program clutched in her
fist. It’s damp on either side of her hand from sweat, and she’s biting
her lip hard to keep from crying. I made sure that I brought a tube of
waterproof mascara when I came over to help her get ready. Not that she
needs mascara at all. Trin doesn’t make a big deal about her looks, but
she’s gorgeous and has these soft, spiky black lashes that they could use for
mascara commercials. She’s too pale because she spends a lot of time
inside or walking in the woods, but her pale skin gives her an ethereal, pretty
glow. It also sets off her eyes, so dark blue they’re almost plum colored
and it’s completely striking against all her inky hair. Her boyfriend,
Aidan, is definitely appreciative of Trin’s beauty. When he looks at her,
you can just see that he’s totally head over heels.
I’ve had a few boys look at me like that. Christian
is one of them. But it’s a little complicated with me. There are a
lot of reasons for that, and most of them are reasons I really, really don’t
want to dwell on. I would consider myself a big-time romantic, except that
I don’t seem to be able to open up and actually be all that romantic.
I’ve had a lot of good opportunities thrown my way, but I feel…like I have some
unresolved stuff. That’s the understatement of the century. There
was this one night that I would erase if I could, and that I blame because I
need to direct my blame somewhere. It’s funny how one night can make such
a huge difference. And be so misunderstood. And make you feel so
many conflicting things.
Before I can think too much more, the principal is calling
Christian’s name and his whole family plus me and Aidan are on our feet, our
hands cupped around our mouths, screaming and hollering and blowing fog horns
like crazy. From the stage, Christian grins and waves in our
direction. Trin loses it and starts crying hard, shoulder-shaking,
snot-pouring, yelping sobs that make Aidan’s eyes go wide. I put an arm
around her and lead her away, giving Aidan an ‘I’ve-got-this’ look over my
shoulder. Trin’s mother smiles at me, and her dad looks worried.
When we get behind the bleachers and I shoot a nasty look at some of the
puffing smokers and smooching couples and get them to scatter, I pull Trin
close and hug her.
“Shh,” I say, running my hand over her smooth hair, rapidly
frizzing. It sticks to my hand a little, damp from the humid air and all
the gushing tears. “Shh, Trin. You’re gonna make yourself sick,
hon. Take a breath.”
Trin puts her arms around me and leans her head on my
shoulder hard. “I missed so much, Ru. I messed up so much, and now
Christian’s gone! He’s gone!” She starts sobbing again. I can
feel hot tears and probably at least a little snot drench my shoulder and the
strap of my dress.
“It’s okay, Trinnie,” I say, using that voice my mom always
used when I was a kid and sick. Kind of a sing-songy, sweet voice.
“Christian loves you so much. And this year has been awesome.
That’s what Christian’s going to remember, not the other stuff. He’s just
going to college. You’ll be able to visit him, Trin.” It’s a pretty
pithy attempt at smoothing over years of Trin’s crazy using, abusing and
neglecting, but I want her to pull herself together so she can enjoy Aidan’s
big day.
“But it’s Oberlin! It’s Ohio!” she wails.
“So what?” I say, cupping her face in my hands. “Look
at me, Trin. So what? You can save your money and fly to see
him. And maybe I’ll be able to come with you sometime! There might
even be snow. That would be amazing, right?”
Trin blinks, the waterproof mascara totally nailing its job
and keeping her from looking like a raccoon. Which is a good thing,
because my best friend is beautiful, but she is definitely an ugly crier.
Already her eyes are bloodshot and red, her nostrils are pink rimmed, her hair
is stuck to her cheeks and her skin is splotchy. I smooth her hair back
and look in my purse to see if I can find something to mop her face with.
I find a wet wipe from a seafood place my parents took me to the week before
and do what I can. She looks better. And smells lemony fresh.
“I love you, Ru,” Trin says, pressing her head on my
shoulder as she takes a long, shuddery breath.
I wrap my arms around her and hold tight. I don’t
need to cry right now. I don’t. I take a deep breath and anchor
myself to the person I’m closest to in the world. “I love you, Trin.
I really do. Are you ready to go back? Aidan will be having a heart
attack by now.”
At the mention of her boyfriend’s name, Trin perks up, and
we walk back to the bleachers. Trin’s parents and Aidan all look at us,
worry coating their faces. I know it’s for Trin, but I feel a prickle of
panic. I still get that look from my parents fairly often. Not that
I didn’t give them lots of reasons to worry…but there’s something about seeing
that look on other people that makes worry flare up in me, even if I know
there’s no real reason.
I have to sit in the bleachers and mentally tell myself,
“Stop. Calm down. There’s no reason to worry. Stop it.
Be calm.” I close my eyes and swallow back the bile that edges up way too
easily. I’m glad that Aidan has his arm around Trin and is kissing her
head, so madly in love I’m tempted to be jealous. I like taking care of
her, being her big, bad best friend, but every once in a while that mask slips,
and I’m just scared little Ruth Clask, fending off all the world’s crap with my
own traitorously weak body. I don’t want her to see that. I’m not
ready to be that anymore. Or ever again, actually.
The moment passes, like it always does, and then the music
blares and there are hundreds of graduation caps flying into the air like a
swooping swarm of sharp edged maroon and silver birds. We go up to the
guard rails and Christian runs across the field to us, then swings himself up
to the bleachers, his silver gown billowing behind him. Trin crushes him
in a hug, and I feel a moment of jealousy again. What’s wrong with
me? This is my best friend. Why am I feeling all of this negative
crap?
I shake it off and smile when Christian finishes hugging
and kissing his parents and shaking Aidan’s hand. He turns to me and opens
his arms up, and I give him a real, solid hug. It’s quick and sweet, and
it stirs up memories from months ago when we were kind of flirting and
sort of an item. I love the feel of his hair, as silky dark as Trin’s and
longish. It’s past the collar of his button down shirt, which he’s
wearing untucked with a skull tie.
“Glad you came, Ru,” he says, using Trin’s nickname for me.
“I wouldn’t have missed it,” I say. His family and
Aidan are making very, very quiet conversation, because they’re also eavesdropping.
They haven’t made any secret of the fact that they would love it if Christian
and I dated, but all of their wishful thinking doesn’t change one basic
reality; dating Christian is too complicated for too many reasons, and so is
completely out of the question.
My life is complicated enough without adding a crazy
relationship to it.
“You coming over the house after this?” he asks.
“Yeah. I think I’m spending the night,” I say.
“Cool,” he smiles and my heart thumps around. I know
that I can’t date him, but I’m not made of stone! Far from it. A
boy like Christian is so perfect; wild hair, blue eyes sweet under their
multiple eyebrow piercings, tall, musically talented, a kind brother and son,
smart, tons of fun, creative…I could go on and on, but why bother? The
bottom line is that Christian is awesome, and I know that, and I also know that
I’m not going to be dating him or anyone anytime soon. It’s not exactly
my choice; it’s more like a side effect of where I am in my life right now.
The romantic in me really wishes something would snap so I could get over it
and have my own real romance. The realist in me knows that the romantic
in me is also stupidly optimistic.
At seventeen, Trinity
McCabe has already made enough mistakes to fill a lifetime. Especially
the one where she got high, drove a car, and almost killed a dog. And
then let her friend Aidan take the blame.
She’s clean now and desperate to fix the messes she’s made, but first she’s going to have to get out of her pajamas.
As Trinity struggles to stop sleepwalking through life, she faces
the painful, tingling sensation of waking up. It’s sometimes
embarrassing (she really didn’t want to have lunch with Aidan’s mom),
sometimes terrifying (group therapy is beyond intimidating), and
sometimes, amazingly enough, pretty romantic (who’d have though Aidan
would be such a great kisser?)
Trin is lucky, though—luckier than she deserves, she’s sure—and she
doesn’t travel this road alone. Her family, her therapist, and her new
friends are all pulling for her. And it turns out, some of them have
made pretty big mistakes, too.
But before she can embrace her new life completely, Trinity has to
be forgiven by the one person who is holding out the hardest: herself.
It’s not easy changing everything, especially when you don’t think you
deserve a second chance. Trinity might make an even bigger mess of
things before she figures that out.
When the smoke clears on her latest disaster, will anyone still be standing there?
Liz Reinhardt Autobio:
I've been interested in writing since I rewrote the ending of *Romeo and Juliet* and killed them all off...every last one! My teacher loved it, and my inner writer came out kicking and screaming.
My writing passion is YA, the more verbal sparring, melodrama, and steaminess the better! In my real life I love my gorgeous daughter who makes me laugh and drives me insane, my awesome husband (who is the inspiration for many of my best bad boys...shh!), all the rest of my crazy family, plus travel, great books, good food someone else cooked, movies, and laughing.
Write me if you want! I'm at lizreinhardtwrites@gmail.com. I'd love to hear from you and am open to any questions/comments/hilarious Youtube video links. Oh, and check out my blog; www.elizabethreinhardt.blogspot.com. Sometimes it's very funny! (Sometimes I'm the only one laughing.)
Now for the giveaway! This is a wide tour giveaway, meaning if you entered in another tour spot, you're entered here too, but you get an extra entry for commenting on this post!
I'm so very happy to be part of the Double Clutch blog tour! It's one of my favorite books of the year and it's great to share the love with everyone! Make sure to check out all the other stopsHERE and enjoy this interview with the lovely Liz Reinhardt:D
What happens when you fall for the perfect guy...twice...in one day?
Brenna Blixen spent her freshman year homeschooling in Denmark; now that she's back in the States, she's determined to make her sophomore year unforgettable. And by unforgettable, she imagined awesome classes, fun friendships, and maybe a little romance.
What she got was a whole lot of romance, and all at once.
The same day that dark, brooding Saxon Maclean charmed her with his killer good looks and whip-smart wit, Jake Kelly stole her breath away with his heart-wrenching smile and intelligent, thoughtful focus.
But Saxon is a proud player who makes it clear that he doesn't know why he can't get Brenna off of his mind and out of his system, and Jake's sweet and humble attitude hides a secret past life that might be darker and more complex than Brenna is willing to deal with.
Complicating the matter is the fact that Saxon and Jake were once best friends and are now arch-enemies...and the more Brenna finds out about their connection to each other, the more intrigued and worried she becomes.
Between keeping the peace with her lovingly over-protective parents, designing t-shirts for her high school's rising punk band, keeping up her grades in classes split between academic and technical high school, and running the track like a maniac, Brenna has enough to worry about without juggling two guys who make her heart thud and drive her crazy all at once.
She has to make a choice, but how is she supposed to do that when giving her heart to one of them might mean breaking the other's?
Recommended Age Group: Older YA
I'm very glad to have Liz Reinhardt do an interview with me, if your a fan of the book don't miss out on these Q & A's!
1- I personally never met Brenna or Saxon, how did you go about finding your characters names? (unique but not overly unique like Rainbow or something haha)
I actually have a story for this! My mom was a young mother. 'Brenna' was the name she picked for me and loved, but, at the last minute, she was afraid it was too trendy, so she named me 'Elizabeth,' which she felt was very dignified. I always loved the story of my almost-name, and it seemed like a great way to give my mom a little shout out in a special way.
Saxon was the name of an older guy at my highshcool. He was kind of a hippie, extremely handsome, mysterious, tons of fun...I think everyone had a little crush on him. And I loved his name. When I had to name my mysterious, trouble-making anti-hero, the name felt like a perfect fit.
2- What gave you the determination to becoming a self-published author? I personally think it's ten times harder!
It took a few years. My first step was writing the book. Then I got a critique partner, some beta readers, and an editor. We all worked hard, and I assumed it would get picked up by a literary agent. A lot of agents said really nice things about it and liked it, but no one chose to represent me. I kept working on Double Clutch and other books, and sent out more queries. Finally I told myself that I would try my last few top agents, and if they didn't want to represent me, I wouldn't try to get just any agent.
I got those final few rejection letters (which were very nice, actually!), and I decided that this was it. I got a cover designer and put Double Clutch out there. I was incredibly nervous, but it was also wonderful to be the final judge. I didn't take out anything I wanted in. I got to choose the cover. I got to blog about it, Facebook about it, tweet about it any way and any time I wanted. I also got to set the price I wanted and release the next book when I wanted. It's an incredible amount of work, but it feels fantastic to have so much control! And the other indie writers I've corresponded with are the absolute coolest colleagues ever! I feel very lucky.
3- Brenna had seen her share of the world, what about you? To what places have you traveled? plan to travel? and the places you would give a kidney to live at?
Ah! Travel! Haha! I definitely have the travel bug. When I was 14, I went to Denmark for a month on my own and stayed with my family's former exchange student. He and his mother took me to Paris for one week. Two years later I lived in Germany for three months. Two years after that I spent seven weeks in London and hiking the south end of Ireland with my little sister, Katie. I went to Montreal with my best friend, Alexa, over winter break in college and did nine weeks of study abroad in Italy. My husband and I plan to take our daughter to Italy as soon as she's old enough, and that's where I'd give my kidney to live for a while! Delicious food, gorgeous weather, plenty of art...perfect! I would also love to spend some more time in Denmark, since that's where my father is from. But I would take a ticket anywhere! I definitely love to travel!
4- If you can read one book for the rest of your life only, what would it be?
It would be Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. It's an amazing, beautiful, twisting story of mothers and daughters. It goes through generations and covers so many beautiful aspects of family and friendship. I absolutely love it. I read it at least once every year. And, much as I love it, I'd be very sad if I only got to read one book! Torture!!!
5- Can we get any teasers or ideas about your future work? ;D
Sure! If you read the end of Junk Miles, you know that the next Brenna book is Slow Twitch, and you know it has Saxon's POV. It's actually told in alternating POVs, so you get to hear from Brenna, Saxon, and Jake, all first person. It follows the three of them through a very crazy summer, and you even meet some very cool new characters and get to know old ones better.
Aside from Brenna, Saxon, and Jake, I am doing last edits on a book called Forgiving Trinity about a girl who gets mixed up with drugs, gets herself in huge trouble, and gets helped out by a guy named Aidan. When she gets back on her feet, she has to figure out how to deal with living life without being constantly dazed. It winds up being funny, depressing, hard, amazing...everything she never expected. I'm hoping that one will be out this winter.
Thank you so much for having me and for your amazing questions!
That's it for my stop:D make sure you check out the other tour stops and don't miss out on the giveaway HERE!
What happens when you fall for the perfect guy...twice...in one day?
Brenna
Blixen spent her freshman year homeschooling in Denmark; now that she's
back in the States, she's determined to make her sophomore year
unforgettable. And by unforgettable, she imagined awesome classes, fun
friendships, and maybe a little romance.
What she got was a whole lot of romance, and all at once.
The
same day that dark, brooding Saxon Maclean charmed her with his killer
good looks and whip-smart wit, Jake Kelly stole her breath away with his
heart-wrenching smile and intelligent, thoughtful focus.
But
Saxon is a proud player who makes it clear that he doesn't know why he
can't get Brenna off of his mind and out of his system, and Jake's sweet
and humble attitude hides a secret past life that might be darker and
more complex than Brenna is willing to deal with.
Complicating
the matter is the fact that Saxon and Jake were once best friends and
are now arch-enemies...and the more Brenna finds out about their
connection to each other, the more intrigued and worried she becomes.
Between
keeping the peace with her lovingly over-protective parents, designing
t-shirts for her high school's rising punk band, keeping up her grades
in classes split between academic and technical high school, and running
the track like a maniac, Brenna has enough to worry about with out
juggling two guys who make her heart thud and drive her crazy all at
once.
She has to make a choice, but how is she supposed to do
that when giving her heart to one of them might mean breaking the
other's?
Recommended Age Group: Older YA
Racquel's thoughts:
Liz Rienhardt is the first ever author to ask me to read and
review their book so from the beginning
this book was special. I was kind of
anxious to read it though because I was scared I wasn’t going to like it and
since Liz is just THE sweetest person ever, she’s so nice and I’m so glad I got
to talk to her it would have been plain awful writing negative review. But
thank goodness, I was spared from having to deal with that because this book
ROCKS!
What I love about this book:
*It’s about as realistic (from MY perspective) as realistic YA
fiction can get.
-Brenna wears make up. I know this is not big deal but as a
make up freak that just adores make up I’m actually glad for once that a
character doesn’t describe herself as plain Jane. Brenna knows she’s pretty
though she’s not arrogant about it. I’m so tired of every female MC not caring
or not knowing how to deal with their looks and they think they’re ugly and end
up with THE hottest guy imaginable. Good for you plain Jane but the other girls
have stories too.
-Brenna has a backbone. I’m sure you don’t know what that is
because the majority of the books you and I read have plain Janes as MC’s and
usually they keep to themselves and their outspokenness is limited. I will tell
you what a backbone is, it’s the factor that makes you stand up for yourself, say
what’s one your mind and take no bullshit from anybody at all cost.
Brenna has this so very rare backbone and the only other MC I can think off who
does too is Rose Hathaway from Vampire Academy series.
-I can relate with the book! More then once I came across a
scene which I have been in the situation as or said the same thing/had same
reaction.
Ex: “‘HAGS’ in my yearbook at the end of eight.” If I wasn’t
lazy, I would get up right now and take a picture of my eighth grade yearbook
and show you all the HAGS over you.
Ex 2: “Even though it was about a bunch of killer school
boys, I never managed to get into this one.” Lord or the flies was one of the
books I had to read last year and I definitely couldn’t get into either!
Ex 3: “Run, forrest run.” I say this phrase everyday I’m at
school and see someone running. So those words per year come out my mouth
approximately 555 times per school year, I thought I was the only one making
Forrest Gump references,
Ex 4: “I checked your Facebook page.” Let’s face it, we all
have Facebook’s. You’re probably going to go write your status right now about
how you read the world’s stupidest review but in the end we (REALTIY) use the
site known as facebook but how come it never shows up in realistic fiction books? Uhmmm, people propose
to other people to facebook nowadays.
It’s basically the most important communication tool in world. You see
those riots in the Middle East? Wonder how they were planned? If you guessed Facebook good for you, if not
then go back to the cave you live in. Just kidding:D
More things I love:
-As I told Mary from @anxirium about this book, Brenna did
not come about this earth through random pollination. She has parents, yes a
father (well a step dad but nonetheless, there mention of the sperm donor) and
a mother (once again, yes a mother body) who carried her in her womb for nine
months and these parents are HEXA-GASP! present in the book. Good god,
an actual YA book with ACTUAL guardian’s or and parental figures who actual
play a role in their child’s life in it? 2012 is real; get ready for an
apocalypse…!
-The mature and realistic way sex was handled in the book.
To be honest, I’m starting to like adult contemporary romance more because
sometimes YA books get me so mad from how not YA they are! They take place in
an ideal world and are nowhere near what actually happens in a teenager’s life
but thanks to Reinhardt, Double Clutch doesn’t suffer from that. The book doesn’t
shy away from tackling sex to what it is and I love that. No it’s not graphic,
but it’s honest it’s portrayal of sex which made me so damn happy I can
combust! For once sex in YA is not just “it happened and then later…” I would
kiss Reinhardt if I can.
Overall: I can go on and on about all the things I loved about this
book, it’s absolutely one of my favorites of the year. It was funny, cute and
realistic and I personally believe if you don’t like it, you should get yours
head checked. From the writing, to the characters, the dialogue and the details
I couldn’t find anything wrong:D And this is coming from a person who hates hype! This is the perfect review to post on my birthday!
Rating: 5 hearts~ one of my favorites, I hope you enjoy it just as much as me((:
First:
My mom waltzed into my room early on the morning of my first day of high school back at Sussex County, NJ after a year in Denmark, and I breathed a sigh of relief that she kissed my forehead like it was my first day of kindergarten instead.
Favorite:
"Um, try to not intentionally suck something useless into your brain."
Teaser:
"Once I get a job with dental coverage, I'm getting rid of all this character."
