Abandoned
by her mother at the vulnerable age of eight; only to be shipped off to a
boarding school in Northern California by her grandparents, Wilson Mooney, is
one girl who knows what it’s like to have to grow up way too fast. Now, a month
away from turning eighteen and orphaned by the death of her grandparents; she
knows exactly what she wants. All it takes is a spontaneous ski trip with her
narcissistic roommate to Colorado to make it a reality. When "he"
happens to show up at a party in Aspen, Wilson becomes tangled in the powerful
emotions of first love, sexual inexperience, and society’s principles. She
lives a whirlwind weekend filled with newly discovered boundaries, calloused
aches for a family she never had, and all the pressures of keeping their weekend
together a secret.
I got a message from my friend telling me I had to read these
books and that the second one was better than the first. I had been struggling to get into anything
since I finished Truth so I figured at least her pushing me meant I’d get
through them. Logged in, bought the
first and second book and got to reading.
I’m not going to lie…this book started out S-L-O-W for me. Like, is
Trish smoking something because she told me I had to read this asap and I’m not
getting it?, slow. That’s how about
the first half went, and then the story picked up. Thank God!
At first I wasn’t sure how I felt about Wilson. She has had a pretty hard life but seems to
be able to just let things go and roll off her back. She is surrounded mostly by girls who think
they are better than everyone and definitely better than her. While I couldn’t see things completely from
her perspective, I wanted to know how she could be that way, how she could let
things roll of her back when she should slap the hell out of some people. Her point of view on this kept me
interested.
I absolutely could not stand her roommate Cindy. While she put on a facade in the very first
part of the book of being just a little self-centered, from the time they get
off the Wesley campus and to the “cabin” on she is every stereotypical rich kid
gone bitchy!
On the flip side, it wasn’t until they left campus that we got to
meet Nick. I’m not going to lie, I fell
a little in like with Nick from the time he picked them up from the
airport. He was sweet, sexy and although
he had his own secrets, he didn’t hold Cindy’s poor behavior against her friend
as most in his situation would. I was
hoping maybe something would happen between Wilson and Nick because I really
enjoyed him.
And then of course, there is Max… I LOVED HIM!!! I loved his
family, I loved him, I loved them together… I wanted to crawl up in the book
and snuggle him myself! He was a perfect mix of smart, understanding,
protective and of course sexy.
Their time together is when the story picked up for me. I hated the lying, and with each person that
learned the secret I would cringe expecting the worst to happen. I especially hated lying to Max’s
family. I adored Nancy and felt guilty
myself that they were lying to her.
The whole second half of the book I was on edge wondering how they
would make this work. When it ended, I
was so happy I had already bought the second book so I could start it right
away. It was hard to rate this book, if
it had continued on like the beginning it would have been a 3. If the first half was like the second half,
easy four. So I guess the law of
averages makes it a 3.5!
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