by: Jamie McGuire
published by:
Simon and Schuster-Atria Books
publish date: August 14
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.
Kari and I first blogged about this book in December of last year. Since then it's joined the ranks of Fifty Shades of Grey and On the Island. It's gone from self published ebook phenomenon to being picked up by a big name publishing house. Unlike Fifty Shades, Kari and I both liked this book. See what we said back in December. Hopefully, S&S got those typos fixed up.
This book captured my attention because it was one of the
nominees in the Goodreads Awards this year. I had never heard of it and when I
started reading the comments people were gushing over it like crazy. It's
inexpensively priced on Amazon ($2.99 when I bought it) so I decided to give it
a read.
Beautiful Disaster is somewhat out of my reading comfort
zone. I don't do romance, I leave that to Kari. However I was completely
sucked into this book. I was up late reading it because I didn't want to put it
down.
On Goodreads, a lot of the commenters refer to this book being
like a drug, it's bad for you but you don't want to stop. I agree with that
assessment. There are typos galore and Abby and Travis are both so stupid most
of the time, but you can't help but cheer them on.
When I found out that
Autumn was reading a romance, I had to see what all of the fuss was about. Like
her, I was sucked right in.
Beautiful Disaster is an emotional roller
coaster ride. I have read comments that the relationship is dysfunctional and
at times stalker like. In a way, I have to agree. They are definitely
dysfunctional. But, what I really saw in Abby and Travis were 2 young people
with trust and security issues. In real life, I probably would have suggested
the 2 seek therapy before committing, but since it wasn't reality, I went with
the flow. Like Autumn, I did find myself rooting for them in the
end.
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