Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Review: Easy by Tammara Webber

Easy
by Tammara Webber

Publication Date: November 6, 2012
Publisher: Berkley Paperback
Pages: 310
ISBN: 9780425266748

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(Mature Young Adult/ New Adult)


A girl who believes trust can be misplaced, promises are made to be broken, and loyalty is an illusion. A boy who believes truth is relative, lies can mask unbearable pain, and guilt is eternal. Will what they find in each other validate their conclusions, or disprove them all?

When Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the last thing she expects is a breakup two months into sophomore year. After two weeks in shock, she wakes up to her new reality: she's single, attending a state university instead of a music conservatory, ignored by her former circle of friends, and failing a class for the first time in her life.

Leaving a party alone, Jacqueline is assaulted by her ex's frat brother. Rescued by a stranger who seems to be in the right place at the right time, she wants nothing more than to forget the attack and that night--but her savior, Lucas, sits on the back row of her econ class, sketching in a notebook and staring at her. Her friends nominate him to be the perfect rebound.

When her attacker turns stalker, Jacqueline has a choice: crumple in defeat or learn to fight back. Lucas remains protective, but he's hiding secrets of his own. Suddenly appearances are everything, and knowing who to trust is anything but easy. (Goodreads)
This novel is in the New Adult genre, and has mature content.

Easy by Tammara Webber is a book that had somehow never managed to cross my radar. But once I discovered the book, it started popping up everywhere! I knew I needed to read the book to see what the fuss was about. I am SO glad that I did!

I really adored this book, for many reasons.  First, it reminds me of two other novels that I fell in love with this year; Beautiful Disaster and Pushing the Limits. All of these books have a good girl heroine that falls in love with the bad boy, who isn’t exactly a bad boy at all. I love these types of novels. I don’t know exactly what it is, but I just can’t seem to get enough of them.

The main character in the story, Jacqueline, has been through quite a bit in the past few weeks of her life.  Her boyfriend of many years, who she followed to college, has broken up with her. Then she is assaulted by her ex’s frat brother, and for the first time ever, failing one of her classes. Just when she thinks she has hit rock bottom, reality sets in. With the help of a stranger, the same stranger that saved her, she manages to get her life back on track.  I really liked Jacqueline. I felt a connection to her that I didn’t exactly expect at first. While I didn’t agree with all of the decisions she made throughout the novel, I still found her to be a very likeable character.

Our love interest in the story is Lucas. I love Lucas. He is so mysterious and complex. I never knew what to expect from him. Burdened with events from his past that forever changed his future, Lucas has his own secrets to keep. But even with his own issues, he is there for Jacqueline. I love the relationship between the two of them. Lucas is definitely swoon-worthy.

This novel starts off with a bang, and just keeps going. The storyline was definitely engrossing, and it kept me hooked to the pages. I found the storyline to be very realistic.  While some of the contents are very disturbing, I feel that it’s good for girls to read this and to know that sexual assault is not ok.

Overall, I really love reading books of this type at the moment.  Easy has definitely earned a top stop of my ‘Favorite’ list. I can’t wait to read it again. And again! I hope that you enjoy it as well.

Happy Reading!



11 comments:

  1. OMG yes, Lucas was soooo swooon worthy! I loved this boy and I loved him even more when he had on this nerdy glasses in this one scene:) I love boys with nerdy glasses that are super hot !

    Glad you liked it so much!

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  2. Oh, I love the boy who's bad but really isn't. They're my favorite characters. This one's sitting on my table, staring at me. Think I'm reading it next!

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  3. I keep seeing this one pop up all over the place too. I've also heard of this new-fangled "new adult" genre, but this is the first example of it that I think I actually want to read. So, thanks for the great review :)

    P.S. I also totally loved The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer for the whole falling for a bad boy that's not really a bad boy thing...

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  4. I've been seeing this one popping up in the blogosphere. Thanks for the great review!

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  5. I keep seeing this novel everywhere. I really liked Pushing the Limits and the story of Beautiful Disaster was good (though I had some issues with their relationship). I think this New Adult genre is one that has greatly been missing for many years and hopefully will continue to grow.

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  6. You know I did get a teeny Pushing the Limits sense but this book is, *gulps*, so much better than that. AND I LOVE PTL. But, this book feels so much more better developed and relatable and so strong. The romance is beautiful and awesome and there's actually a decent plot. I always get surprised when that happens in YA contemporary. Oh, I adored this bad boy!

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  7. Great review. I have seen this one pop up all over the place as of late. I didn't realize it was Adult lit though. Thanks for filling me in. I also think it was on NG. A very thorough review. I've heard nothing but greatness about Beautiful Disaster and Pushing the Limits so if this one follows suite, should be an enjoyable read.

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  8. I don't like these type of books, so I will stay away from it. I'm glad you liked it though :) Nothing is more worse than a hyped book that disappoints you because of your high expectations :)

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  9. This is definitely one of my new favorites! I read it all in one sitting, because it was just that engrossing. The characters went through a whole lot, but I think it was written so well that I barely noticed how fast I read!

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  10. I really want to read this one soon, too, so I'm quite glad that you liked it so much. New Adult books really start to appear more and more and I really like that. :D Great review - thanks for sharing!

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  11. I was hooked too! Great review.
    Happy reading,
    Brandi from Blkosiner’s Book Blog

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