Beautiful Disaster (2012)Jamie McGuire
Grade: C+
Genre: New Adult
Sex scenes: mild
Source: NetGalley
Beautiful: (1) Beautiful Disaster
This is the sort of book that I should hate. I can’t really identify with any of the characters; Travis is an asshole; it’s much too long; the characters all take the blatantly wrong decisions when it’s clear that it’s the last thing they want, yet continue to pretend to each other that all is merry; and the emotional ping-pong is worse than an Eastenders omnibus. Yet why did I stay up until past 3am to finish it and why can’t I help but like it? Read on …
Abby Abernathy came to Eastern University
with her best friend America to make a fresh start for herself, away from everything
that surrounds her less-than-perfect past and family life. She’s going to keep
her head down, study hard and make something good for herself to erase her ugly
past. They she meets Travis Maddox …
