“The new Abby Abernathy is a good
girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of
cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her
and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best
friend America, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern
University’s Walking One-Night Stand. Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in
tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights
winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the charming college
co-ed. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his charms, Travis tricks her into his
daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a
month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’ apartment for the same amount of
time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.”
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Rating: 4 1/2 bookmarks
Genre: YA Romance (I would say 17+)
While
this story could be classified as a classic good girl meets bad boy, in a sense
it is and it isn’t. Set in a college setting where is a sort of unofficial (illegal)
UFC setup where the two main characters cross paths. The college aspect plays a
small role in the story line, but not a huge one as it revolves around the H/h
more and their relationship. (I will say the book is in first person, but there’s
a book coming out in Maddox’s POV. This also seems to be a new trend as I will
list another series where the books are written from both characters POV in the
first person. I have to say that since reading both POVs I can’t wait for this
one. It makes it infinitely more interesting see on the other side of the
fence. You can read the first chapter on Ms. McGuire’s Facebook. I recommend it
as it already shows promise! The book is called Walking Disaster and is due out April 2013 but available for pre-order.)
There’s
more to Abby, aka Pigeon, than first meets the eye. Although she presents the epitome
of Miss Snobby Prim and Proper, there’s a reason for it there and about half
way through the book you find out why. Enter Travis Maddox. He’s the local bad
boy. Travis, or Maddox as he goes by, is the stereotypical bad boy who sleeps
with anything female, has two legs and walks. The two find a mutual attraction,
but in this scenario the guy is more invested than the girl. Deciding that
friendship is better than nothing, he is ‘friend zoned’ at the beginning, but
after some time the relationship evolves into something more.
Now
I never like giving to much away, but I will say this book is definitely worth
the read. As I said before this could be the typical good girl meets bad boy
and then he’s reformed to happily ever after, but that’s not necessarily the
formula in this book. While the boy in the book does, in a sense, need
reforming, he does it all on his own (mostly) and the girl in this instance
does as well. Not everything is all roses of course; there are issues that stem
from both the relationship and people’s opinions, as well as decisions that are
made by both characters.
The
story doesn’t bog, but rather draws you in an you become invested in what will
happen next. In a sense I sided with Maddox a bit more than Abby as he made
more sense and at times Abby was a bit too closed off to really state what she
was thinking. No man is a psychic, and more times than not I found myself
thinking ‘just say it’! Also toward the end during the major issue that
transpired between the two, I found while the lack of communication and
insecurity was a tangible thing, it almost became frustrating as it lasted for
quite a bit of the story. I’m a firm believer in communication, and I think
that if she would have just voiced her fears Maddox would have come around. It
was almost as if his personality completely changed in a short amount of time,
star struck or no. But seeing how I was invested in the characters, rooting,
cheering and yelling at them, proved to me that the book hit the spot in me
that made it a very good read. It passed this test and several times I found
myself sighing as I remembered similar scenarios that occurred in the book with
real life.
Another minor issue I had was the fighting in
the cafeteria. Not the violence of it, because hey, boys fight, but rather that
it was a college and there were NO repercussions. No authority figures (even
the ones who witnessed it) said or did anything to discipline those involved.
You would a least expect something like stopped by a professor, or called to
the dean’s office or something to address that guys were getting their butts
handed to them on school grounds, but nope, nothing.
Even
with these minor complaints, I have to say I really enjoyed this book. I have
seen where reviews have stated that violence is never ok, I agree with this
statement, I think that the one instance they are speaking about in the
cafeteria was more or less just a scene to show that Abby accepted Maddox bad tendencies and all. There is a part of her that also understands this side of his
world, but that’s something that must be read in the book not to give too much
away.
All in all it's a good read. I own it in both paper and ebook format. Although there a few issues, I thoroughly enjoyed it and can understand why there's a movie deal in the works.
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