Ahem, please hold while I gather my thoughts on this....

First, lots of assault happening. You know what, I think it's timely. College campus, entitled _fillintheblank___ boy...boy continues to avoid charges etc etc. Fine. I just felt like there was so much of it, and it wasn't really necessary after the first (2? pages in). I understand that this showcased Lucas's protective side and showed us something about him. However, I think if the author would have trusted her own character-building and relationship arc in the story, we all would've been fine and seen this point in other actions. To me, this is another case of manufactured angst detracting from the story.

But you guys, I love Lucas. He manages to be protective in a non-Christian Grey way. That's non-douchey, if you are wondering. He's realistically reserved, realistically emotional, and realistically gentle without being a pile of unformed goo.

And despite all the misgivings I have, I really enjoyed reading the story. I didn't need some of the violence, sure, but I loved the drama all the same. It felt a little young for my 38 year old brains, but hey, who doesn't want to feel 20 again? And plus Lucas. It had Lucas. That's all.

Goodreads Synopsis: When Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the last thing she expects is a breakup two months into sophomore year. After two weeks in shock, she wakes up to her new reality: she's single, attending a state university instead of a music conservatory, ignored by her former circle of friends, and failing a class for the first time in her life.

Leaving a party alone, Jacqueline is assaulted by her ex's frat brother. Rescued by a stranger who seems to be in the right place at the right time, she wants nothing more than to forget the attack and that night - but her savior, Lucas, sits on the back row of her econ class, sketching in a notebook and staring at her. Her friends nominate him to be the perfect rebound.

When her attacker turns stalker, Jacqueline has a choice: crumple in defeat or learn to fight back. Lucas remains protective, but he's hiding secrets of his own. Suddenly appearances are everything, and knowing who to trust is anything but easy

 

 

Review:

 

Easy was one of those books that I’ve had on my tbr for forever, has got amazing reviews, and I thought I just need to read this book already! Of course with such high initial expectations comes the disappointment. Don’t get me wrong I did enjoy this book very much but there was something lacking.

 

Lets start with the positives…..I loved her best friend!! She was so supportive of Jacqueline when she told her what happened with Buck and even broke up with her boyfriend because he wasn’t taking the situation seriously, major best friend goals! A lot of times in YA and NA stories there is drama created between friends for stupid reasons but this story dealt with strong female friendships which was refreshing.

 

This story also deals with the subject of rape and the author conveyed this issue in a respectable manner. I loved the message this story portrayed about how important it is for us girls to stick together and rally behind one another when it comes to getting justice for this horrible offense. There is still a lot of stigma around this issue which makes it difficult for victims to speak up out of fear of slut-shaming which shouldn’t be the case.

 

I did feel the story was a bit predictable and the main characters decisions seemed to revolve around boys - she followed her high school boyfriend to the college of his choice, didn’t go to a lecture for 2 weeks because of break-up with said boy, didn’t want to go to tutoring sessions because another boy might be there….you get the picture. I also felt she should have been more aware of her surroundings after what happened with Buck, especially as he showed no remorse and any time they crossed paths he was being really creepy, is that not just common sense?

 

I did give this 4 stars as I did really enjoy the book and couldn’t put it down until I had it read, however there was something missing for me. At times I expected big confrontations between characters but they never happened. I was definitely expecting more from the story but I can’t fault how much I enjoyed it. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting a fast, easy read, with a cute romance.

Forgot to mention that I started this book last night, so I just finished up the last bit of it today.

I read Easy by Tammara Webber last year and I really loved this. And as much as I loved Lucas, I didn’t like this book much at all.

Facts that I already knew about Lucas were discussed in this book as well. I felt

Maybe this is because I’ve already read Easy and know what the story is, and even though we get to see Lucas and Jackie’s story from his point of view, I didn’t really care. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think that companion books are for me.

Also, in my opinion, Easy and Breakable can count as a duology, but I’m not continuing with the next book, Sweet, I think it’s called because it’s centered around characters that I’m not really enthusiastic to read about.

Die sonst so normale Emma hat das unheimliche Glück, in einem Blockbuster neben dem absoluten Traum aller Mädchen, Reid Alexander, die Hauptrolle zu spielen. Jede andere würde vermutlich vor Freude durchdrehen, doch ihr ist das normale Leben eigentlich viel lieber. Trotzdem spielt sie ihre Rolle gut, vor allem, weil es zwischen ihr und Reid so sehr knistert. Allerdings existieren ihre Gefühle nicht nur für Reid alleine, denn da ist ja auch noch Graham im Spiel und als sich Reid dann DAS Ding erlaubt, was er wohl hätte lassen sollen, spielen diese besagten Gefühle ganz verrückt. Denn auf einmal ist nichts mehr, wie es war. Und es wird noch ganz anders ...

Dass ich nun so lange für das Buch gebraucht habe, liegt nicht nur alleine an der Tatsache, dass sich das Buch so gezogen hat, aber das tut nicht viel zur Sache. Denn es ist nun mal wie es ist, die Geschichte konnte mich erst zum Schluss fesseln.
In jedem Kapitel lesen wir zuerst aus Reids und dann aus Emmas Sicht. Das fand ich schon super, denn so konnte man sich super in die Gedanken der Protagonisten reinversetzen und teilweise mit ihnen fühlen, allerdings hätte ich sehr gerne auch von Graham gelesen, immerhin war er ja auch eine Hauptfigur. Es ist ziemlich schnell klar, dass sich Reid in Emma verliebt hat, aber trotzdem verhält er sich selten so, wie er es hätte tun sollen und damit hat er keine Sympathiepunkte bei mir ergattern können. Für mich war er das Ar***loch, wie es im Buche steht. Manchmal steht man ja auf diese typischen Bad-Boys, aber dieses Verhalten ging gar nicht. Emma fand ich für ihr Alter recht gelungen und Graham war einfach toll. Hätte sich Reid vielleicht mal ein paar Scheiben von abschneiden sollen.

Ich habe von Tammara Webber bereits schon mal ein Buch gelesen, allerdings gefiel mir dieses besser, ... inhaltlich. Dieses hier war wohl nicht schlecht, aber ich hatte kein Problem, wenn ich mal einen Tag nicht gelesen habe. Eigentlich glaubte ich, mir das Ende eh zusammenreimen zu können und war sogar schon im Begriff, abzubrechen. Doch die letzten 20 % änderten dann meine Meinung und überraschten mich positiv. Emma bekam also ihr Happy End - aber eben nicht wie gedacht. Finde ich toll.
Zum Schreibstil kann ich nur sagen, dass er ebenfalls anders als erwartet war, denn ich hatte Tammara Webber ganz anders in Erinnerung, was auf keinen Fall negativ gemeint ist.

Im Ganzen ein tolles Buch, doch trotzdem habe ich etwas mehr erwartet.
Fortsetzung? Vielleicht. Ich bin mir noch nicht sicher, aber irgendwie würde ich ja schon gerne von Graham weiter lesen .... Immerhin wollte ich ihn ja kennenlernen. Wird das passieren?