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pamu's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
tense
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
inessova's review against another edition
1.0
I couldn't finish this book. I gave up at 70%. I didn't like Lois and I hated the story...
Update 08/11/2016
I feel like I need to explain why I hated this book, and the reason is pretty simple: Lucas and Lois didn't act like they were best friends. (except for the first 15% or so)
Lois didn't (or even don't ) trust Lucas. She didn't give him the benefit of the doubt, she didn't ASK... that's not what best friends do or act. All the mistakes she made were mistakes I wouldn't mind if they didn't know each other for like 6 years already. Their friendship was supposed to be a build-up for the relationship... It wasn't.
Update 08/11/2016
I feel like I need to explain why I hated this book, and the reason is pretty simple: Lucas and Lois didn't act like they were best friends. (except for the first 15% or so)
Lois didn't (or even don't ) trust Lucas. She didn't give him the benefit of the doubt, she didn't ASK... that's not what best friends do or act. All the mistakes she made were mistakes I wouldn't mind if they didn't know each other for like 6 years already. Their friendship was supposed to be a build-up for the relationship... It wasn't.
merilizabeth's review against another edition
5.0
Jay McLean delivers again. She always knows how to write so you fall in love with characters instantly and the events will make your heart ache even when you seem to be a tough nut to crack. It didn't feel until the end of the book that it was about teenagers anymore, but that is what you get when kids live through several traumas and challenging life. Nevertheless, it was a fantastic book and I could not make myself put it down for days I read it even tho I do have to work.
svillanu's review against another edition
5.0
this whole series is everything. I'm so invested in all of their lives.
lucyperry's review against another edition
dark
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
sailorsweetheart's review against another edition
5.0
"Lucas" begins as we meet one of our main characters, you guessed it, Lucas. He is the star of the high school track team, oldest brother of the Preston Clan, and best friends to Lois "Laney" Sanders. Lucas and Laney met when they were eleven and have been inseparable ever since, even spending most nights together as teenagers.
One fateful night they finally tell each other their true feelings, they have been falling for each other since the beginning. They share a special moment together, a moment that changes EVERYTHING. But as a misunderstanding happens, their love has been separated. Lucas and Laney's story is truly captivating, complex, and heart breaking.
Lucas isn't perfect. In the grant scheme of things, he's just a boy who shares the responsibility of raising his five younger brothers all while trying to balance school, track, and a scholarship. He puts his family and Laney first and that truly says a lot about who he is. Laney is just so lost and confused. After her and her father leave her mother, she instantly becomes a part of the Preston family and Kathy becomes her second mother. She always has their back even when a certain someone (cough cough Lucas cough cough) may not always deserve it. Laney is exactly what the Prestons' need in their lives, especially Lucas.
Make sure to stock up on tissues because this book is guaranteed to make you cry (and in my case, completely ugly cry.) McLean truly knows how to touch on important subjects that need to be talked about because if we don't, it could be too late.
Is it too late for Lucas and Laney? Read "Lucas" and see for yourself...
One fateful night they finally tell each other their true feelings, they have been falling for each other since the beginning. They share a special moment together, a moment that changes EVERYTHING. But as a misunderstanding happens, their love has been separated. Lucas and Laney's story is truly captivating, complex, and heart breaking.
Lucas isn't perfect. In the grant scheme of things, he's just a boy who shares the responsibility of raising his five younger brothers all while trying to balance school, track, and a scholarship. He puts his family and Laney first and that truly says a lot about who he is. Laney is just so lost and confused. After her and her father leave her mother, she instantly becomes a part of the Preston family and Kathy becomes her second mother. She always has their back even when a certain someone (cough cough Lucas cough cough) may not always deserve it. Laney is exactly what the Prestons' need in their lives, especially Lucas.
Spoiler
McLean touches on important subjects such as domestic violence and the damages it causes to not only the victim, but those who love and care for them. She proves that one tragic night, one moment, just 8 seconds, can change everyone's lives forever.Make sure to stock up on tissues because this book is guaranteed to make you cry (and in my case, completely ugly cry.) McLean truly knows how to touch on important subjects that need to be talked about because if we don't, it could be too late.
Is it too late for Lucas and Laney? Read "Lucas" and see for yourself...
beckyrendon's review against another edition
5.0
Pure magic is when an author (coughs Jay McLean) has you upset at the start of a book. When it starts and you're already on edge, then they continue to weave the web of their story...
You cry uncontrollable tears.
You smirk.
You get angry.
You vow violence against the character you love because of the injustice or their sheer stupidity.
You laugh.
Your heart is full.
You cry again for all that they miss.
But while you're crying sad, pathetic tears for someone who by all accounts isn't "real" you are smiling in hope for their future.
That is magic.
That is Lucas.
Then you keep reading and wish a gruesome fictional demise for the author who so carelessly ripped your heart out, cut it with a chainsaw into messy chunks, and then ran over it with a tank tread.
Those feelings subside because:
Option one- you are a heartless ungrateful slime
Option two- you have the emotional capacity of teaspoon
Or
Option three- you continued to read and work through your very real issues with a fictional situation
I'm thinking it's probably one or two...
I want to explain to you that Lucas is named after a main character in the book. I want to tell you all about Lucas Preston. I want you to feel all those things I felt. So, I won't tell you "more than this" (shameless plug)...
Lucas Preston is the dream. Every girl has it whether it's viable, valid, or just a dream. We all want to fall. The best friend is super romantic. Realizing he loves her- swoon! Not every dream comes true though. Sometimes you get more than the dream and sometimes it's a nightmare instead.
Ugh, I loved every horrible thing that this book did to my emotions. I will deal with the red eyes, the crying headache, the puffy face. I will cherish the highs too because this book is magic.
I can't wait for more of the Prestons.
Reviewed for the Sweet Spot Sisterhood
You cry uncontrollable tears.
You smirk.
You get angry.
You vow violence against the character you love because of the injustice or their sheer stupidity.
You laugh.
Your heart is full.
You cry again for all that they miss.
But while you're crying sad, pathetic tears for someone who by all accounts isn't "real" you are smiling in hope for their future.
That is magic.
That is Lucas.
Then you keep reading and wish a gruesome fictional demise for the author who so carelessly ripped your heart out, cut it with a chainsaw into messy chunks, and then ran over it with a tank tread.
Those feelings subside because:
Option one- you are a heartless ungrateful slime
Option two- you have the emotional capacity of teaspoon
Or
Option three- you continued to read and work through your very real issues with a fictional situation
I'm thinking it's probably one or two...
I want to explain to you that Lucas is named after a main character in the book. I want to tell you all about Lucas Preston. I want you to feel all those things I felt. So, I won't tell you "more than this" (shameless plug)...
Lucas Preston is the dream. Every girl has it whether it's viable, valid, or just a dream. We all want to fall. The best friend is super romantic. Realizing he loves her- swoon! Not every dream comes true though. Sometimes you get more than the dream and sometimes it's a nightmare instead.
Ugh, I loved every horrible thing that this book did to my emotions. I will deal with the red eyes, the crying headache, the puffy face. I will cherish the highs too because this book is magic.
I can't wait for more of the Prestons.
Reviewed for the Sweet Spot Sisterhood
labwa_0712's review against another edition
2.0
I remember living this book when I first read it. It had childhood best friends to lovers trope, a big and rowdy family which is very entertaining and a besotted hero. But i did not realize this story was not ideal in any way.
First of all, Lucas was a jerk. He was in love with Laney but he was waiting to finish college to finally tell her how he feels and start a relationship. What’s wrong with him? He thinks going to college will make him a better person so that he can deserve Laney so that’s why he planned to do it after college ends. But Laney can’t go to college and at the end Lucas don’t end up going either. Also, he cheated. He slept with Laney while he had a girlfriend and the shorty thing is he left Laney in the middle of the night to break up with Grace (on whom he cheated which he later realized) and he doesn’t come back. Because he still didn’t break up with her!
Laney was hurt so she was right to move on. But the Cooper character seemed to much to me. Especially the way he ends up being the villain. The last part of the book was too dramatic and out of place. And now I realize it’s not to my taste any more.
The only positives in this book are how they remember the sweet memories of the Preston’s late mother and how Lucas was so hard working toward taking care of his younger brothers. That was the only good quality about him. Otherwise he was a crappy boyfriend and a best friend.
First of all, Lucas was a jerk. He was in love with Laney but he was waiting to finish college to finally tell her how he feels and start a relationship. What’s wrong with him? He thinks going to college will make him a better person so that he can deserve Laney so that’s why he planned to do it after college ends. But Laney can’t go to college and at the end Lucas don’t end up going either. Also, he cheated. He slept with Laney while he had a girlfriend and the shorty thing is he left Laney in the middle of the night to break up with Grace (on whom he cheated which he later realized) and he doesn’t come back. Because he still didn’t break up with her!
Laney was hurt so she was right to move on. But the Cooper character seemed to much to me. Especially the way he ends up being the villain. The last part of the book was too dramatic and out of place. And now I realize it’s not to my taste any more.
The only positives in this book are how they remember the sweet memories of the Preston’s late mother and how Lucas was so hard working toward taking care of his younger brothers. That was the only good quality about him. Otherwise he was a crappy boyfriend and a best friend.