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?
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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