Every time I open a New Adult book I try to expect something unique. It’s true there’s a distinct formula that goes along with the genre, but whenever I start another book I try to forget about that formula and simply enjoy the book. Sometimes this works, and sometimes I find out that the story…
Pathos and bathos abound in this story of two college seniors whose backgrounds have stunted their growth. Blythe McGuire hasn’t let go of the nightmares associated with the death of her parents when their vacation home burned down. Chris Shepard and his three siblings have their own nightmares of the mental abuse meted out by…
I was a bit tentative about picking up Sabrina Elkins’ Stir Me Up because I knew it was about a girl who wanted to be a chef. While I LOVE to eat, I don’t love to cook and had no interest in reading about the minutia of food preparation. I needn’t have worried. Rather than…
Full confession. I chose this book based on this unintentionally erroneous description: “Heroine is a young movie starlet, and hero is the guy who knew her back before she was famous.” When I realized about halfway through the first chapter that The Gravity Between Us is, in fact, a love story about two females, I…
The answer of whether or not you will like Theresa Weir’s Come As You Are depends on how much escapism you need in a story versus your willingness to delve into a dark character study of girl with serious issues. You won’t smile a lot reading this book, but you will probably keep turning the…
I sometimes feel like I can describe the plot of all New Adult novels to you in one paragraph. Tattooed bad boy meets virginal college girl. There is sexual tension during all of their highly contrived run-ins but each of their troubled pasts keep them apart. Their otherwise pointless friends push them together until they…
I will tell you straight off that Fading is about a young woman dealing with the horror of being raped and struggling to find her life again. It’s also an excellent New Adult title that goes a long way in reassuring me that the genre has a lot to offer besides love triangles and underage…
Tess Oliver’s Freefall is a great example of synergy. When I analyze each of the individual aspects of the story – character, plot, editing – I realize I shouldn’t like this book as much as did. But when put all together, this story with a creepy Sleeping With the Enemy vibe kept me turning pages…
I find that books are like expensive boxed chocolates—they all look delicious, but there’s really no telling what’s inside each. Some look normal but have hidden inside a strange neon green substance that doesn’t taste all that good. Others hide a caramel or truffle filling that’s just delicious. Faking It was a book of the…
Narrated by Dan Bittner The official blurb: Can you love someone too much? Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder. In Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground gambling, and violence. But just when he thinks he is invincible, Abby Abernathy brings him to…
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