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pr0bnotwriting's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, and Gun violence
caseroo7's review against another edition
4.0
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Fighting to Be Free is the first book I have read from Kirsty Moseley, but it won't be my last. This book was really good, and there was a lot to like. I will admit that I have some mixed feelings about the story, but I did enjoy it a lot and am definitely interested in reading the next book and seeing what happens for these characters.
After being released from Juvie, Jamie Cole is determined to turn over a new leaf and get on the right path. He wants nothing more than to cut ties with crime boss Brett, but Brett isn't about to let Jamie go. But when Jamie meets Ellie Pearce, everything changes for both of them. Ellie wasn't looking for a relationship after ending a bad one recently, but she finds herself unable to fight the connection growing between her and Jamie. When things suddenly go wrong for Jamie, his world is once again altered, forcing him to strike a deal with Brett. But can he possibly have a future with Ellie, especially after she finds out that he has been keeping secrets from her?
I have to admit that part of my mixed feelings here were because of Ellie. As much as I wanted to love her, and she did have her moments, for the most part she came off as immature and it got to be very frustrating. She was sweet, but I just wanted her to grow up a bit at times. This story is really Jamie's though if I am honest, and I really liked his character. I really enjoyed seeing his ups and downs and how he struggled to turn his life around. I found him really interesting, and I definitely thought that he was the highlight of this book. The chemistry and connection between these two was strong, I just wish that I had been able to relate more to Ellie and that she didn't irritate me as much as she did at times while reading.
Overall, I did enjoy this story even with my frustrations. I would rate this one somewhere between 3 and 4 stars, leaning towards 4. This book definitely had the feel of the guy from the wrong side of the tracks falling in love with the good girl, and I really love where Kirsty Moseley took us with these two. I am definitely looking forward to reading the next book in the series, as this one ends with things being left open ended for these characters. While there isn't a huge cliffhanger, there is room for more for these two and I know I will be interested in reading it. This might have been my first Kirsty Moseley book, but it won't be my last.
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Fighting to Be Free is the first book I have read from Kirsty Moseley, but it won't be my last. This book was really good, and there was a lot to like. I will admit that I have some mixed feelings about the story, but I did enjoy it a lot and am definitely interested in reading the next book and seeing what happens for these characters.
After being released from Juvie, Jamie Cole is determined to turn over a new leaf and get on the right path. He wants nothing more than to cut ties with crime boss Brett, but Brett isn't about to let Jamie go. But when Jamie meets Ellie Pearce, everything changes for both of them. Ellie wasn't looking for a relationship after ending a bad one recently, but she finds herself unable to fight the connection growing between her and Jamie. When things suddenly go wrong for Jamie, his world is once again altered, forcing him to strike a deal with Brett. But can he possibly have a future with Ellie, especially after she finds out that he has been keeping secrets from her?
I have to admit that part of my mixed feelings here were because of Ellie. As much as I wanted to love her, and she did have her moments, for the most part she came off as immature and it got to be very frustrating. She was sweet, but I just wanted her to grow up a bit at times. This story is really Jamie's though if I am honest, and I really liked his character. I really enjoyed seeing his ups and downs and how he struggled to turn his life around. I found him really interesting, and I definitely thought that he was the highlight of this book. The chemistry and connection between these two was strong, I just wish that I had been able to relate more to Ellie and that she didn't irritate me as much as she did at times while reading.
Overall, I did enjoy this story even with my frustrations. I would rate this one somewhere between 3 and 4 stars, leaning towards 4. This book definitely had the feel of the guy from the wrong side of the tracks falling in love with the good girl, and I really love where Kirsty Moseley took us with these two. I am definitely looking forward to reading the next book in the series, as this one ends with things being left open ended for these characters. While there isn't a huge cliffhanger, there is room for more for these two and I know I will be interested in reading it. This might have been my first Kirsty Moseley book, but it won't be my last.
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booksplantsandtea's review against another edition
5.0
I don't even remember what made me buy this book. I don't think I ever read the blurb, either. So when I grabbed this book on my way to work on friday, I had no idea what I was in for.
I read the prologue on the metro on my way to work, still half asleep from the lack of sleep building up throughout the week, and read the sentence that made me wake up and think "I think I'm in for a marvelous ride".
"I guess what it all boils down to is this: My name is Jamie Cole, and I'm a murderer."
After reading this, I couldn't stop reading. I enjoyed every last bit of it.
The story is a sweet, sweet love story, but it's also more than that. It has action and real life woven into it, which balances everything out right to perfection. I loved this book and can't wait to read how the story unfolds!
I read the prologue on the metro on my way to work, still half asleep from the lack of sleep building up throughout the week, and read the sentence that made me wake up and think "I think I'm in for a marvelous ride".
"I guess what it all boils down to is this: My name is Jamie Cole, and I'm a murderer."
After reading this, I couldn't stop reading. I enjoyed every last bit of it.
The story is a sweet, sweet love story, but it's also more than that. It has action and real life woven into it, which balances everything out right to perfection. I loved this book and can't wait to read how the story unfolds!
charlottenw1's review against another edition
3.0
This was another one of Kirsty's easy and drama-filled romance reads. The characters were super funny and had all the flaws of a gut-wrenching romance. I loved the characters in the book and the witty female. I think the book had more potential for an in-depth storyline but it was an easy and quick read.
nannyf's review against another edition
4.0
This book has gone straight onto my favourites list for 2016. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it.
The story is a good one. We have the male lead, Jamie, who has had a very troubled past. Trying to begin a new life he quickly discovers that his past isn't so easy to leave behind. He finds himself being sucked back in again, but pushes hard not to be drawn back in quite so deep as before.
Along comes Ellie, a young girl with her own share of problems. She very quickly finds herself drawn to Jamie. As a couple they are brilliant together. Ellie brings out the best in Jamie and turns him into someone anyone would be proud to be with.
But life has a habit of pulling you back down again just when you are on the up, and unfortunately this happens to Jamie in the shape of his mum. Desperate to find a way out he agrees to something which backfires in a big way, and changes everything.
The story is very well written and flows well, the characters are also written well. The book does end on a cliffhanger and I can't wait to see what happens next.
The story is a good one. We have the male lead, Jamie, who has had a very troubled past. Trying to begin a new life he quickly discovers that his past isn't so easy to leave behind. He finds himself being sucked back in again, but pushes hard not to be drawn back in quite so deep as before.
Along comes Ellie, a young girl with her own share of problems. She very quickly finds herself drawn to Jamie. As a couple they are brilliant together. Ellie brings out the best in Jamie and turns him into someone anyone would be proud to be with.
But life has a habit of pulling you back down again just when you are on the up, and unfortunately this happens to Jamie in the shape of his mum. Desperate to find a way out he agrees to something which backfires in a big way, and changes everything.
The story is very well written and flows well, the characters are also written well. The book does end on a cliffhanger and I can't wait to see what happens next.
the_pooh's review against another edition
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
this books will keep you at the edge of your seat as it switches from romance to family to crime; it's a must read!
thebookdance's review against another edition
2.0
This book was ok I guess, some parts were cute, but so much of it was kind of boring.
I was expecting something bad happening in the end, I just was expecting it to drag to another book.
I liked that she made clothes but I guess that could have been more explored.
The characters could have been better I guess.
I don't think I'll read the next one to be honest
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I guess I just don't like to read this kind of books anymore, they are a little too cliché just like the female lead said so many times to the guy about some of his lines.I was expecting something bad happening in the end, I just was expecting it to drag to another book.
I liked that she made clothes but I guess that could have been more explored.
The characters could have been better I guess.
I don't think I'll read the next one to be honest
samanthajayne_x's review against another edition
3.0
I received this arc copy from the author and published so thank you very much for sending me this! Thankfully I am not that late on posting this review as it was meant to be posted on the release day but better late than never!
I was surprised I didn’t love this book like I thought I would I just thought it was okay which is unusual because I love Kirsty Moseley and I have loved all of her books so not to really enjoy this one as much is weird. I don’t know if it could because I wasn’t really in the mood contemporary whether that had anything to do with it.
I really liked the character of Jamie I only had one problem with him and that was the fact he seemed much older than he actually was said to be in the book. In the book we are told he is 18, now I’m not saying that’s very far fetched but he didn’t seem like an 18-year-old he was written as if he was a lot older and I don’t know if that’s because he went to prison but it would have worked better if he was made to be slightly older like 20 or something. His age of 18 did not work for me. Oh and another side note I assume that it is Jamie on the cover and no way in hell would he look 18 so I feel like there is some mismatched information going on. I like that Jamie is very mysterious and he does keep his past a secret it’s very interesting to learn things gradually. I really like the parts that Kirsty wrote of him doing his work it was really interesting and I feel like that was the best parts of the book to see what he did. It was also interesting to see how much people respected him in his profession despite only being 18 and for the most part everyone from his old crew accepted him back in so easy.
I like that Jamie is very mysterious and he does keep his past a secret it’s very interesting to learn things gradually. I really like the parts that Kirsty wrote of him doing his work it was really interesting and I feel like that was the best parts of the book to see what he did. It was also interesting to see how much people respected him in his profession despite only being 18 and for the most part everyone from his old crew accepted him back in so easy. Another thing I really liked about Jamie was the scenes he spoke about Sophie to Ellie it was so nice to see and you could just really see the love he had for her and it was so sweet that was also a big love for this book and although we never actually see any scenes with them we just have Jamie’s memories I loved it. The relationship was so cute.
I wasn’t so keen on Ellie I would start to like her than I would hate her again and then I would like her. I also felt like at times Ellie acted older than she was meant to be in the story she was 17 and that just felt too young for the character again early 20s would have been easier. I felt like Ellie is very strong willed and determined but this is only in certain parts of the story. She is very rude and defensive for 17 especially to her mother and as 17 your mother is usually still big on the influence in their life. I felt like sometimes her personality could be very conflicting especially in some scenes with Jamie.
Jamie and Ellie’s relationship I wasn’t keen on in the beginning they were just always having sex and honestly that’s all the relationship felt like and the worse part was it seemed to be based on looks and how hot each of them there rather than it being personality so that did kind of bug me. I did say once Jamie had told Ellie the whole truth that it was much more beautiful and honest and then I loved it. As I say if these two were much older than I think this would have worked a lot better.
Which brings me onto my next thing, I’m not stupid to think that teenagers don’t have sex they do. What I didn’t like in this is the fact at 17 Ellie was so keep to have one-night stand after breaking up with her boyfriend, like that wasn’t so many people do it. What I hated the most was she went to a club knowingly she might go home for a one night stand and yet she didn’t take any protection, no condoms, she isn’t on any type of birth control. She doesn’t even think about protection until Jamie mentions it and that made me a little apprehensive to Ellie’s character just because it seems like it’s common sense.
Ellie’s parents I really liked the dad Micheal and how he was a bit more leant to what Ellie did and whenever she was late home I liked their relationship it was nice. Ruth oh god she was a horrible stuck up bitch mother at least in the beginning we see her slowly opening up and accepting Ellie and Jamie’s relationship. There was one scene I didn’t like and that was when Ruth basically calls Michael a shitty parent. That annoyed me. Like why is she so arsey?
One of my favourite scenes is this is when Jamie needs an alibi and he goes to Ellie. I wrote this down as I was making notes because I just loved it.
“I stole a car.”
“You stole a car?”
“25 of them actually.”
It went something along the lines of that and oh my god I was laughing for the next few pages it was so funny I seriously could not stop laughing it was brilliant like that was my favourite part of the whole book. Which brings me to another part of the thing I hated. WHY AN EARTH WAS SHE WILLING TO LIE FOR HIM? Not only that why didn’t she question what his other past is wouldn’t you straight away ask what else he did? I feel like she just didn’t care as long as she was with him.
By like 60ish% I could tell something bad was going to happen and that it was probably going to end in a cliffhanger I was just like something bad is going to happen to either Ellie or Jamie and then I was like no it’s Jamie. How it ended I expected that it just didn’t wow me often.
Jamie’s boss Brett the relationship between them two at times it felt like father and son even though he was trying to get him to do illegal things it still felt like Brett cared about what happened to Jamie especially when Shaun got arrested at the end when that big thing happens Brett makes sure that Jamie is taken care of which I loved.
Jamie’s mother Sharon I think her name was, why was she even relevant I have no idea why Jamie even wanted to help her? Like after what she did would have just let her get killed, not going to lie I hated her and what she did to Sophie and Jamie so she deserves to die.
Ellie’s ex-boyfriend Mason, I think his name was Mason, either way, he’s a little shit head I felt like at times he would be borderline abusive especially when grabbing her and he was just a nosey little shit so whenever Jamie threatened him I was always like YASSS GO HIM.
One last thing this is marketed as a contemporary, erm but what else? I looked at the tags on goodreads for the story and even they are conflicting, we have YA and NA as subcategories and honestly I do not think that this is YA I feel like it’s NA trying to be YA for whatever reason.
I was surprised I didn’t love this book like I thought I would I just thought it was okay which is unusual because I love Kirsty Moseley and I have loved all of her books so not to really enjoy this one as much is weird. I don’t know if it could because I wasn’t really in the mood contemporary whether that had anything to do with it.
I really liked the character of Jamie I only had one problem with him and that was the fact he seemed much older than he actually was said to be in the book. In the book we are told he is 18, now I’m not saying that’s very far fetched but he didn’t seem like an 18-year-old he was written as if he was a lot older and I don’t know if that’s because he went to prison but it would have worked better if he was made to be slightly older like 20 or something. His age of 18 did not work for me. Oh and another side note I assume that it is Jamie on the cover and no way in hell would he look 18 so I feel like there is some mismatched information going on. I like that Jamie is very mysterious and he does keep his past a secret it’s very interesting to learn things gradually. I really like the parts that Kirsty wrote of him doing his work it was really interesting and I feel like that was the best parts of the book to see what he did. It was also interesting to see how much people respected him in his profession despite only being 18 and for the most part everyone from his old crew accepted him back in so easy.
I like that Jamie is very mysterious and he does keep his past a secret it’s very interesting to learn things gradually. I really like the parts that Kirsty wrote of him doing his work it was really interesting and I feel like that was the best parts of the book to see what he did. It was also interesting to see how much people respected him in his profession despite only being 18 and for the most part everyone from his old crew accepted him back in so easy. Another thing I really liked about Jamie was the scenes he spoke about Sophie to Ellie it was so nice to see and you could just really see the love he had for her and it was so sweet that was also a big love for this book and although we never actually see any scenes with them we just have Jamie’s memories I loved it. The relationship was so cute.
I wasn’t so keen on Ellie I would start to like her than I would hate her again and then I would like her. I also felt like at times Ellie acted older than she was meant to be in the story she was 17 and that just felt too young for the character again early 20s would have been easier. I felt like Ellie is very strong willed and determined but this is only in certain parts of the story. She is very rude and defensive for 17 especially to her mother and as 17 your mother is usually still big on the influence in their life. I felt like sometimes her personality could be very conflicting especially in some scenes with Jamie.
Jamie and Ellie’s relationship I wasn’t keen on in the beginning they were just always having sex and honestly that’s all the relationship felt like and the worse part was it seemed to be based on looks and how hot each of them there rather than it being personality so that did kind of bug me. I did say once Jamie had told Ellie the whole truth that it was much more beautiful and honest and then I loved it. As I say if these two were much older than I think this would have worked a lot better.
Which brings me onto my next thing, I’m not stupid to think that teenagers don’t have sex they do. What I didn’t like in this is the fact at 17 Ellie was so keep to have one-night stand after breaking up with her boyfriend, like that wasn’t so many people do it. What I hated the most was she went to a club knowingly she might go home for a one night stand and yet she didn’t take any protection, no condoms, she isn’t on any type of birth control. She doesn’t even think about protection until Jamie mentions it and that made me a little apprehensive to Ellie’s character just because it seems like it’s common sense.
Ellie’s parents I really liked the dad Micheal and how he was a bit more leant to what Ellie did and whenever she was late home I liked their relationship it was nice. Ruth oh god she was a horrible stuck up bitch mother at least in the beginning we see her slowly opening up and accepting Ellie and Jamie’s relationship. There was one scene I didn’t like and that was when Ruth basically calls Michael a shitty parent. That annoyed me. Like why is she so arsey?
One of my favourite scenes is this is when Jamie needs an alibi and he goes to Ellie. I wrote this down as I was making notes because I just loved it.
“I stole a car.”
“You stole a car?”
“25 of them actually.”
It went something along the lines of that and oh my god I was laughing for the next few pages it was so funny I seriously could not stop laughing it was brilliant like that was my favourite part of the whole book. Which brings me to another part of the thing I hated. WHY AN EARTH WAS SHE WILLING TO LIE FOR HIM? Not only that why didn’t she question what his other past is wouldn’t you straight away ask what else he did? I feel like she just didn’t care as long as she was with him.
By like 60ish% I could tell something bad was going to happen and that it was probably going to end in a cliffhanger I was just like something bad is going to happen to either Ellie or Jamie and then I was like no it’s Jamie. How it ended I expected that it just didn’t wow me often.
Jamie’s boss Brett the relationship between them two at times it felt like father and son even though he was trying to get him to do illegal things it still felt like Brett cared about what happened to Jamie especially when Shaun got arrested at the end when that big thing happens Brett makes sure that Jamie is taken care of which I loved.
Jamie’s mother Sharon I think her name was, why was she even relevant I have no idea why Jamie even wanted to help her? Like after what she did would have just let her get killed, not going to lie I hated her and what she did to Sophie and Jamie so she deserves to die.
Ellie’s ex-boyfriend Mason, I think his name was Mason, either way, he’s a little shit head I felt like at times he would be borderline abusive especially when grabbing her and he was just a nosey little shit so whenever Jamie threatened him I was always like YASSS GO HIM.
One last thing this is marketed as a contemporary, erm but what else? I looked at the tags on goodreads for the story and even they are conflicting, we have YA and NA as subcategories and honestly I do not think that this is YA I feel like it’s NA trying to be YA for whatever reason.
chantal_readingwithcat's review against another edition
4.0
Nach ein paar Fantasybüchern brauchte ich mal wieder was komplett anderes und dachte mir, dass Nie so geliebt doch direkt passen würde.
Jamie war vier Jahre wegen Mordes im Gefängnis und kommt endlich raus. Sein ganzes Leben war bisher geprägt von Gewalt und Schmerz und auch mit dem Vorsatz sich ab sofort von allen iIllegalen Aktivitäten fernzuhalten, ist es fast unmöglich sich auch daran zu halten. Als er Ellie trifft will er endlich seine Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen, denn sie ist alles, was er wirklich will. Doch der eigenen Vergangenheit entkommt man nicht so leicht, vorallem, wenn man sie verstecken muss.
Jamie ist von den bisherigen Geschehnissen in seinem Leben geprägt und trägt auch so manche Narben davon, einige davon sichtbar auf der Haut. Sein missglückter Versuch aus alten Gewohnheiten auszubrechen war nachvollziehbar, aber auch nicht besonders erfolgreich. Er war zwar ein starker Charakter, aber hatte auch mit Unsicherheiten zu kämpfen und konnte mich damit für sich einnehmen, da er nicht der typische Bad Boy war.
Ellie ist Cheerleader an ihrer Highschool und das beliebteste Mädchen dort. Sie war bis vor kurzem noch mit dem Quarterback zusammen, von dem sie sich getrennt hat und das letzte was sie will, ist eine neue Beziehung. Man erwartet eine typische Highschool Königin, aber sie nicht das typische beliebte Mädchen. Sie war nett und lieb und sieht in Jamie mehr, als er es selbst tut. Auch sie selbst ist manchmal unsicher und nicht immer so selbstsicher wie sie tut.
Ich muss zugeben, dass ich unglaublich überrascht wurde, als ich mit dem Buch angefangen habe, da beide Protagonisten viel jünger waren als erwartet. Ich hatte mit jemandem gerechnet, der Anfang bis Mitter 20 ist, dabei ist Jamie 18 und Ellie sogar erst 17.
Beide Charaktere sind schon sehr reif für ihre Alter, auch wenn sie zwischendurch Sachen machen, die ihr wahres Alter zeigten. Zwischendurch vergaß ich sogar ihr Alter und im nächsten Moment ging es um den Abschlussball und mir fiel wieder ein, wie alt Ellie und Jamie wirklich waren.
Ich fand beide Charaktere sympathisch, aber konnte die sofortige Faszination füreinander konnte ich nicht wirklich nachvollziehen. Es ging mir etwas zu schnell, vorallem da die beiden so jung waren.
Der erste Teil der Fighting to be free Dulogie war dramatisch und spannend, romantisch und sexy, aber manchmal auch etwas kitschig. Ich fand die Geschichte der beiden interessant und auch anders, als die typischen Bad Boy/Good Girl Geschichten. Ich konnte das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen, auch wenn es mir etwas an Tiefe fehlte.
Ich freue mich trotzdem schon sehr auf den nächsten Band, vorallem da mich das Ende teilweise wirklich überraschen konnt und ich mich so frage, was die Geschichte noch so bereit hält.
Jamie war vier Jahre wegen Mordes im Gefängnis und kommt endlich raus. Sein ganzes Leben war bisher geprägt von Gewalt und Schmerz und auch mit dem Vorsatz sich ab sofort von allen iIllegalen Aktivitäten fernzuhalten, ist es fast unmöglich sich auch daran zu halten. Als er Ellie trifft will er endlich seine Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen, denn sie ist alles, was er wirklich will. Doch der eigenen Vergangenheit entkommt man nicht so leicht, vorallem, wenn man sie verstecken muss.
Jamie ist von den bisherigen Geschehnissen in seinem Leben geprägt und trägt auch so manche Narben davon, einige davon sichtbar auf der Haut. Sein missglückter Versuch aus alten Gewohnheiten auszubrechen war nachvollziehbar, aber auch nicht besonders erfolgreich. Er war zwar ein starker Charakter, aber hatte auch mit Unsicherheiten zu kämpfen und konnte mich damit für sich einnehmen, da er nicht der typische Bad Boy war.
Ellie ist Cheerleader an ihrer Highschool und das beliebteste Mädchen dort. Sie war bis vor kurzem noch mit dem Quarterback zusammen, von dem sie sich getrennt hat und das letzte was sie will, ist eine neue Beziehung. Man erwartet eine typische Highschool Königin, aber sie nicht das typische beliebte Mädchen. Sie war nett und lieb und sieht in Jamie mehr, als er es selbst tut. Auch sie selbst ist manchmal unsicher und nicht immer so selbstsicher wie sie tut.
Ich muss zugeben, dass ich unglaublich überrascht wurde, als ich mit dem Buch angefangen habe, da beide Protagonisten viel jünger waren als erwartet. Ich hatte mit jemandem gerechnet, der Anfang bis Mitter 20 ist, dabei ist Jamie 18 und Ellie sogar erst 17.
Beide Charaktere sind schon sehr reif für ihre Alter, auch wenn sie zwischendurch Sachen machen, die ihr wahres Alter zeigten. Zwischendurch vergaß ich sogar ihr Alter und im nächsten Moment ging es um den Abschlussball und mir fiel wieder ein, wie alt Ellie und Jamie wirklich waren.
Ich fand beide Charaktere sympathisch, aber konnte die sofortige Faszination füreinander konnte ich nicht wirklich nachvollziehen. Es ging mir etwas zu schnell, vorallem da die beiden so jung waren.
Der erste Teil der Fighting to be free Dulogie war dramatisch und spannend, romantisch und sexy, aber manchmal auch etwas kitschig. Ich fand die Geschichte der beiden interessant und auch anders, als die typischen Bad Boy/Good Girl Geschichten. Ich konnte das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen, auch wenn es mir etwas an Tiefe fehlte.
Ich freue mich trotzdem schon sehr auf den nächsten Band, vorallem da mich das Ende teilweise wirklich überraschen konnt und ich mich so frage, was die Geschichte noch so bereit hält.
bookaddict1975's review against another edition
4.0
***Audiobook Review***
I really enjoyed this book! Jamie is one of those characters that breaks your heart, life just keeps knocking him down, blow after blow. I loved him but I will admit I had a hard time with him being a tough, law breaking bad boy when he was so sweet all the time. Ellie was a little immature but she is only 17 when this story begins so I could handle it. Besides that, I have to say I love that she saw Jamie for who he was and not what he did or what he didn't have. I also loved that her dad backed her up without judgement. It's too bad Jamie didn't have a parent like him. The ending was sad and I can't wait to see how this works out in book 2.
The narration was good, Caitlin Elizabeth was a great choice for Ellie but she also did well on the male parts too. Michael Crouch was also really good but I have to say I think his soft spoken boy next door sound is what threw me off Jamie being a bad boy.
I really enjoyed this book! Jamie is one of those characters that breaks your heart, life just keeps knocking him down, blow after blow. I loved him but I will admit I had a hard time with him being a tough, law breaking bad boy when he was so sweet all the time. Ellie was a little immature but she is only 17 when this story begins so I could handle it. Besides that, I have to say I love that she saw Jamie for who he was and not what he did or what he didn't have. I also loved that her dad backed her up without judgement. It's too bad Jamie didn't have a parent like him. The ending was sad and I can't wait to see how this works out in book 2.
The narration was good, Caitlin Elizabeth was a great choice for Ellie but she also did well on the male parts too. Michael Crouch was also really good but I have to say I think his soft spoken boy next door sound is what threw me off Jamie being a bad boy.