A review by notinjersey
Becoming Us by Amy Daws

5.0

Amy Daws has re-wound the clock to go back to where it all began with Becoming Us, the prequel to A Broken Us. “The dreaded friend-zone... The last place I ever want to be with college basketball God, Jake LaShae. I am losing my mind trying to figure out what this gorgeous and confident man wants from me. I need to break through his walls. What is it about me that makes him not go there? What am I lacking? When a mind-blowing betrayal knocks the wind out of me, and I think I can’t feel any lower...Brody stumbles into my path—barefoot no less, and sexy as hell. His direct and mouth-watering swagger is a breath of fresh air. The feelings this man gives me are like nothing I've ever experienced. But Brody has a past. A past that makes it nearly impossible for him to trust me and let us become us in whatever capacity that may be. Just when Brody and I truly connect, just when I think that finding my soul-mate in college isn’t a total joke, Jake comes back into my life…and messes things up…possibly for good.” The tag line of the book is “College love never hurt so good,” and this book definitely brought me right into the college life with its exciting descriptions of classes, parties, and Finley’s computer lab job. Like Finley, I found my true love in college, after a time of misdirected pining over the wrong man. So, even though it was a good while ago, I could relate to Finley’s story. Having read A Broken Us, I enjoyed reading how Finley and Brody met and became a couple. Amy’s writing is easy to read and a lot of fun with the reader able to relate well to the characters while joining in with both their pain and their joy.