Young Adult: Measuring Up by Nyrae Dawn

DESCRIPTION:

Seventeen-year-old Annabel Conway is tired of the Hillcrest High School elite making her life miserable because she’s not a size two. This summer, she's hiring a personal trainer to help her lose weight.

Annabel doesn’t expect her trainer to be a gorgeous guy around her age. Boys like Tegan are jerks. They pretend to like girls like her so they can make an idiot out of them. Been there, done that. Totally not going there again. She kind of hates him on principal. Blond. Muscular. Funny. It doesn’t help that he knows her measurements!

Soon, Tegan's so much more than that. He’s the boy who teaches her to box when she has a bad day. Who jogs with her and lets her set the pace. Who kisses her until she melts. He makes her feel beautiful regardless of what the scale says. Unlike her mom, he doesn’t expect perfection, and he doesn't try to shield her from the world like her dad and best friend. Tegan likes her the way she is.

But what happens when he’s not there? He can’t always be there…

Will Annabel be able to stand on her own and learn that she already measures up? That her worth doesn’t lie in what the world thinks, the scale says, or even what Tegan tells her—but in herself?

REVIEW:

This book had a very good message--believing in yourself even when you don't think you can. And while having this self realization, Annabel falls in love. I really liked how this book showed the hurt that she was feeling and the determination she felt to become the person no one thought she could be. Annabel has so much spirit and drive, Tegan doesn't give that to her, he only helps her have more. Tegan gives her more than anyone else has and they deserve each other and understand each other in the best way. The relationship that forms between them is the best kind of love. They find out things about each other they didn't know prior, and they build each other up so that they can grow together and make each other stronger. There are only two things I didn't like about this book. I didn't like Emily's attitude at many points, she seemed like kind of a bad friend sometimes. The second thing is (SPOILER ALERT) I didn't think that the break up in the story should have happened when it did. I felt the hurt that Annabel did (seeing as how I've been through it too), and that feeling stuck with me until the end, seeing as how the break up (and the second chance) happened so close to the end of the book. It honestly let me end the book on a sour note.If it had happened more to the middle, and the second chance had happened and then there were more loving moments, I would have ended the book on a happier note. The book ended kind of abruptly which was shocking. Oh and one more thing I didn't like, there was one part when they were in love that was pretty unrealistic. You'll see. It wasn't that major but it was just like "really?". 

This book all in all was pretty good though! I'm glad I read it because it has showed me what people will do when they're motivated.

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New Adult: Slammed (Book 1 in Slammed series) by Colleen Hoover

DESCRIPTION:

Following the unexpected death of her father, 18-year-old Layken is forced to be the rock for both her mother and younger brother. Outwardly, she appears resilient and tenacious, but inwardly, she's losing hope.

Enter Will Cooper: The attractive, 21-year-old new neighbor with an intriguing passion for slam poetry and a unique sense of humor. Within days of their introduction, Will and Layken form an intense emotional connection, leaving Layken with a renewed sense of hope.

Not long after an intense, heart-stopping first date, they are slammed to the core when a shocking revelation forces their new relationship to a sudden halt. Daily interactions become impossibly painful as they struggle to find a balance between the feelings that pull them together, and the secret that keeps them apart.

REVIEW:

This book was so good. It did, I must say, start out kind of preposterous though. I mean (SPOILER) they did basically fall in love on the third day after they met. I mean really? Sorry but that doesn't happen in real life. It did work for the book though and after a while I overlooked that silliness and fell into the lives of Lake and Will. It was the first book I ever read by Colleen Hoover and I was stunned by the intensity and way that Lake and Will could lean on each other for help and not do it out of pity, but do it out of love. This book was definitely intense and sweet. Hoover was able to have a balance of love and friendship between them, which made it evermore amazing. 

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New Adult: Losing It by Cora Carmack

DESCRIPTION:

Sick of being the only virgin among her friends, Bliss Edwards decides the best way to deal with the problem is to lose it as quickly and simply as possible - a one-night stand. But her plan turns out to be anything but simple when she freaks out and leaves a gorgeous guy alone and naked in her bed with an excuse that no one with half-a-brain would ever believe. And as if that weren't embarrassing enough, when she arrives for her first class of her last college semester, she recognizes her new theatre professor. She'd left him naked in her bed about 8 hours earlier.

REVIEW:

I love Cora's writing! She made this book both funny and sexy, which is a combination many can't do. I liked how this book had some conflict in it between her and Cade, it made the book seem more realistic. The relationship between Bliss and Garrick is, at first, pretty predictable; but as the novel moves along, their relationship grows and turns into something most people wouldn't have expected. Bliss tries to keep her virginity a secret from him so much that she goes to unexpected lengths to have him not find out...it's hilarious! If you're looking for a college romance with a twist, you've got it right here.

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New Adult: My Favorite Mistake by Chelsea M. Cameron

DESCRIPTION:

Taylor Caldwell can't decide if she wants to kiss her new college roommate or punch him.

On the one hand, Hunter Zaccadelli is a handsome blue-eyed bundle of charm. On the other, he's a tattooed, guitar-playing bad boy. Maybe that's why Taylor's afraid of falling in love with him, or anyone else. She doesn't want to get burned, so she needs him gone before it's too late.

Hunter himself has been burned before, but Taylor's sexy laugh and refusal to let him get away with anything make her irresistible. Determined not to be kicked out of her life without a fight, Hunter proposes a bet: if she can convince him she either truly loves or hates him, he'll leave the apartment;and leave her alone.

But when the man behind Taylor's fear of giving up her heart resurfaces, she has to decide: trust Hunter with her greatest secret, or do everything in her power to win that bet and drive him away forever

REVIEW:
This book was unexpectedly good. It was suspenseful, in the way that they didn't give away either of their secrets too soon. It was emotional, in the way that Taylor put up her walls even when she knows that Hunter can be good for her. And it was  sweet, in the way that she let her walls come down for him. This book is all about college romance, but it is also much deeper than that. Hunter and Taylor find comfort and strength in each other in a way they haven't done with anyone else. This book shows that people can build up walls and shut others out only to find that one person they make an exception for. This book is very relatable in that way because it connects with readers who have secrets of their own (and who doesn't?). I loved this book and I loved how it was not the type of book that ended right (SPOILER ALERT) when they fall in love.

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I'm very excited to be starting this blog, it's going to be my own place to review books and here what you all have to say about the books I've reviewed too. If you have any book suggestions, tell me! I'd love to read them! I hope you enjoy my blog, it will be mostly YA and NA (Young Adult and New Adult, respectively) books but I will throw in some other types too:) Enjoy!