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A review by bananatricky
Jack by Juliana Stone
3.0
This was better than the first book.
Jack Simon is an aspiring politician. Five years ago he was madly in love with Donovan, a feisty singer from Arkansas, it went south after a massive row but deep down he has never forgotten her, or found anyone like her.
Six months ago Jack rescued Donovan in a club in Miami when she was rip-roaring drunk and about to do something stupid - the trouble is the press got the wrong impression and thought they spent the night together.
Donovan has never stopped loving Jack, but she knows he would never forgive her if he found out that she had slept with Derek, his best friend (and political manager), that night five years ago. Derek blackmailed her to stay away from Jack with photos and a video of that night.
The book is very focussed on Jack and Donovan to the exclusion of pretty much everything else - most of the other characters have very little airplay and we see nothing of either Jack or Donovan's lives outside their relationship. As a consequence it felt a bit lightweight.
I would say that the "reveal" was entirely predictable and a total cop-out - I would much have preferred to have seen Jack and Donovan dealing with a real situation.
Jack Simon is an aspiring politician. Five years ago he was madly in love with Donovan, a feisty singer from Arkansas, it went south after a massive row but deep down he has never forgotten her, or found anyone like her.
Six months ago Jack rescued Donovan in a club in Miami when she was rip-roaring drunk and about to do something stupid - the trouble is the press got the wrong impression and thought they spent the night together.
Donovan has never stopped loving Jack, but she knows he would never forgive her if he found out that she had slept with Derek, his best friend (and political manager), that night five years ago. Derek blackmailed her to stay away from Jack with photos and a video of that night.
The book is very focussed on Jack and Donovan to the exclusion of pretty much everything else - most of the other characters have very little airplay and we see nothing of either Jack or Donovan's lives outside their relationship. As a consequence it felt a bit lightweight.
I would say that the "reveal" was entirely predictable and a total cop-out - I would much have preferred to have seen Jack and Donovan dealing with a real situation.