OCD Love Story
In this raw and relatable romance, Bea learns that some things just can’t be controlled.When Bea meets Beck, she knows instantly that he’s her kind of crazy. Sweet, strong, kinda-messed-up Beck understands her like no one else can. He makes her feel almost normal. He makes her feel like she could...
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In this raw and relatable romance, Bea learns that some things just can’t be controlled.When Bea meets Beck, she knows instantly that he’s her kind of crazy. Sweet, strong, kinda-messed-up Beck understands her like no one else can. He makes her feel almost normal. He makes her feel like she could fall in love again. But despite her feelings for Beck, Bea can’t stop thinking about someone else: a guy who is gorgeous and magnetic…and has no idea Bea even exists. But Bea knows a lot about him. She spends a lot of time watching him. She has a journal full of notes. Some might even say she’s obsessed. Bea tells herself she’s got it all under control. But this isn’t a choice, it’s a compulsion. The truth is, she’s breaking down…and she might end up breaking her own heart.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781442457324 (1442457325)
Publish date: July 23rd 2013
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
High School,
Young Adult Romance
From Goodreads: When Bea meets Beck, she knows instantly that he’s her kind of crazy. Sweet, strong, kinda-messed-up Beck understands her like no one else can. He makes her feel almost normal. He makes her feel like she could fall in love again.But despite her feelings for Beck, Bea can’t stop think...
I think the cover was a bit misleading. Or it's just me. I thought I was getting a fluffy, probably wacky love story about a girl crushing too hard on a guy. What it actually was was a powerful story about the heartbreaking struggles of living with OCD and all the denial and coping mechanisms that B...
This book was stressful to read.
A Cybils book. I wasn’t super wild about this one. I appreciated some aspects of the depiction, but the relationship between Beck and Bea never quite worked for me, somehow. And I felt overall that the characters were so completely defined by their diagnosis, which bothered me.
I received this book for free from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. So, I started this one a while back when I still had a review copy. I got busy and couldn’t finish the review copy, but I checked it out from the...