The Vincent Boys
Remember your best friend growing up? The one that that saw your bruises or stood by you when you made a fool of your self. Well Ashton has two of those-the Vincent Boys (should NOT be SOLD separately). Theu're opposite cousins who make Ashton act in opposite ways. When good boy Sawyer decides to go on a camping trip leaving his girlfriend Ashton (and her God loving parents) behind. No biggie. Ashton will be with Beau, and they all grew up together so why would Sawyer worry? I'll tell you why because Beau is a bad boy with a pick up truck (I find that incredibly appealing). So Ashton gets to finally see what the being with the other Vincent boy is like. Her head may be determined to walk the straight and narrow with Sawyer, but when Beau shows up and tries to end her good girl ways, she can't just follow her head anymore.
Now you know I love my bad boys but Beau was a little too country for me. But I actually want to give props to Ms. Glines for that. Bad boy Beau, preacher's daughter Ashton, and the all American hero, Sawyer, had a little edge to their stereotype. Personally, I liked two unlikely characters. There was something about Beau's mom and Ashton's cousin which made me love them for being so real and level headed. Having both Ashton's and Beau's voice thought the book was a wonderful touch.
Must read for YA romance
Breathe (Sea Breeze, #1)
Sadie grew up being the adult in her house. With her mom currently pregnant and refusing to work, Sadie has no choice but to take her mother's job at a swanky mansion. This isn't just any mansion, but the mansion of yummy rock star, Jax Stone (girl scream here). Now Sadie knows EXACTLY who Jax is but drooling over him like most girls her age isn't an option.
This was a sweet Cinderella story, which every girl needs once in a while. I like that Sadie wasn't your typical princess. She had other things to be worried about. Like dealing how sucky her mom is or what's going to happen when the baby is born. Again, I loved the secondary characters. Marcus, the college-student hottie who you couldn't help but feel bad for (don't feel too bad, he gets some love in the next bookBecause of Low). For the most part this was an all around feel good book. HOWEVER, I highly recommend the next book...
Because of Low (Sea Breeze, #2)
Now if you loved Marcus in Breathe (like ME!) you'll love him in Because of Low. Different than Breathe this was more of a realistic story. Again, girl with crappy life gets swept off her feet by a dreamy guy.
Marcus is the all American, witty, good looking, heart on his sleeve kind of guy meets Low through his roommate, Cage. Low's life is less than perfect. In and out of her sister's house and in love with her niece, Low is not the usual girl Marcus would go for but he can't help feel for this girl. Oh except that Cage has marked her as off limits because "she's the girl I'm going to marry."
With refreshing characters, this book is a must read. I liked Breathe but Because of Low was emotional and real. I loved Low because I had a childhood friend that repeatedly say he would marry me. Marcus was amazing to take up the challenge and the book was well written with well developed characters. Can't wait for Cage's book (gotta love a man-ho)
Existence (Existence trilogy)
Who WOULDN'T fall in love with Death? It's just the right amount of creepy, dark romance I LOVE.
Pagan has seen souls her entire life. So when one begins to speak to her (Not the norm) she's freaked but he's incredibly hot for a dead guy. Dank (What a name!) will not leave her alone and but Pagan is fascinated by him. So much so, that the hot popular guy she's now dating, Leif, doesn't stand a chance. But Little does she know that dead guy following her around isn't a soul and her time in this world is up..
I love paranormal books. So when I heard Abbi Glines had one I gobbled it up. Actually the first thing I did was judge the book by it's cover, which is AMAZING! Kudos for that. I keep my interest the whole way through and wasn't exactly what I expected especially with the cliff hanger at the end (WHY wouldn't you do that to us, Abbi?) So if you liked the Abbi Glines YA you'll LOVE the start of this trilogy.
Predestined (Existence #2)
When Lief goes missing from school he doesn't exactly leave all together. He shows up in Pagan's dreams and she finds out that there may be more to their relationship than meets the eye. Dank knows Lief is soulless but when he finds out why Leif is hanging around, he realizes Pagan's soul has bee marked. Again, Death will have to break all the rules to save her.
Wow. This did not go where I expected. If you have noticed I read a bunch of paranormal about angels and I was thinking that where this was headed. The spin it took was delightful and original. Way to go Abby for not making this just another paranormal trilogy. Oh and again, beautiful cover.
