Teresa Hamilton is having a rough year—she’s in love with her big brother’s best friend, but he hasn’t spoken to her since they shared a truly amazing, mind-blowing, change-your-life kiss. She got out of a terrible relationship. And now an injury is threatening to end her dance career for good. It’s time for Plan B – college. And maybe a chance to convince Jase that what they have together is real.Jase Winstead has a huge secret that he’s not telling anyone. Especially not his best friend’s incredibly beautiful sister. Even though he and Teresa shared the hottest kiss of his life, he knows that his responsibilities must take priority. He certainly doesn’t have time for a relationship. But it doesn’t help that all he can think about kissing the one girl who could ruin everything for him.
As they’re thrown together more and more, Jase and Tess can’t keep denying their feelings for each other. But a familiar danger looms and tragedy strikes. As the campus recovers, the star-crossed couple must decide what they’re willing to risk to be together, and what they’re willing to lose if they’re not…
The Cover Contessa's Review:
I want to thank William Morrow and Edelweiss for providing me with an ARC of this book to read and give an honest review. Receiving this book for free has in no way influenced or altered my opinion or review.
Blurb from Goodreads:
Teresa Hamilton is having a rough year—she’s in love with her big brother’s best friend, but he hasn’t spoken to her since they shared a truly amazing, mind-blowing, change-your-life kiss. She got out of a terrible relationship. And now an injury is threatening to end her dance career for good. It’s time for Plan B – college. And maybe a chance to convince Jase that what they have together is real.
Jase Winstead has a huge secret that he’s not telling anyone. Especially not his best friend’s incredibly beautiful sister. Even though he and Teresa shared the hottest kiss of his life, he knows that his responsibilities must take priority. He certainly doesn’t have time for a relationship. But it doesn’t help that all he can think about kissing the one girl who could ruin everything for him.
As they’re thrown together more and more, Jase and Tess can’t keep denying their feelings for each other. But a familiar danger looms and tragedy strikes. As the campus recovers, the star-crossed couple must decide what they’re willing to risk to be together, and what they’re willing to lose if they’re not…
I can't say how excited I was to get a review copy of this book. I received a copy of Wait for You last year at BEA and jumped right in as soon as I got home! I loved it. And then I read Trust in Me as soon as it came out! So to be able to read and review this book was really exciting. And knowing that it is Jase and Theresa's story, well, yeah, I had to read it.
As with the other two books, this cover is so great! I love it's simplicity. It draws you right in and makes you want to know the relationship between these two!
So we got a glimpse of both Theresa (Tess) and Jase in Wait For You. We found out a bit about Tess' past, about how she had a boyfriend who was abusive. It was important to that story because of how it affected her brother, Cam. But all we really get about Jase is that he's a good friend of Cam's. And that he and Theresa have something between them, though we are not sure what. In Be With Me, we find out they shared a kiss. But it never went farther than that and they haven't spoken since.
Be With Me begins in the fall of the following Cam's story. Tess is now attending college with her brother. But for Tess, she's just using school until her knee can heal from it's injury and she can get back to her real passion, dancing. Tess is so head strong. She sticks mostly to herself and doesn't have many friends. She doesn't want to open up to anyone, it seems. But Tess is not afraid to speak her mind and tell people how it is. If she sees a situation that needs tending to, she jumps right in and does what needs to be done. One thing about Tess, she really wears her heart on her sleeve, even when she thinks she does not. Her emotions are so clear for everyone to see. I had a hard time watching her suffer through this book. Wanting her to be happier than she was. Wanting for her to be with the one she wanted to be with the one she loves.
Jase, oh Jase, wow! I thought I could not like a male character more than Cam. Especially after reading Trust in Me. But I was wrong! He seems so carefree. He seems like his life is in order. He has a mom, a dad, a little brother. But things are not all that they seem and Jase hides secrets of this own. A secret that I figured out a bit early on, but did not ruin the story for me. One thing about Jase is once he sets his mind to something, he does it. And he doesn't want things to get in his way. But he's not so good at letting his emotions just be, or at least letting them go where they need to go and following them. He's scared to lose things he's lost in the past. So he has a hard time opening up and letting people in. He puts up the tough exterior when on the inside he really is this soft sweet heart who has had his heart torn into pieces by a tragic past. My heart really did bleed for Jase through much of this story. I was routing for him to be able to realize that loving didn't always mean getting hurt. But his ability to run from situations where he might become emotionally attached was so strong I sometimes wanted to bump him upside his head!
I really liked how this story progressed. Just when you thought things were going to make it to happily ever after, boom, Jennifer throws a wrench in the story. As I was reading, I knew I was only 1/2 way through and could not imagine what she would do to keep me interested in the story. But she put in twists and turns that made the story interesting and kept the pacing going. There's romance, drama, mystery, suspense and even a little betrayal.
Jennifer has made me a fan of contemporary writing. I can honestly say that I really have not loved it in the past. But she is able to make the story interesting and sustain the plot so that things do not head in the direction you think they might go. I love that she can throw in turns that keep you thinking perhaps the end you want to happen just might not be what does happen. I also love how Armentrout is tying this series together with her characters. It reminds me very much of McGarry's Pushing the Limits series, which I absolutely adore.
Bravo to Jennifer for writing yet another story that I completely enjoyed from beginning to end! I can't wait to see what happens in the next book! Armentrout fans will devour this one as they have all her others. Lover's of authors such as McGarry and Cormack are going to really fall for this series!
Blurb from Goodreads:
Teresa Hamilton is having a rough year—she’s in love with her big brother’s best friend, but he hasn’t spoken to her since they shared a truly amazing, mind-blowing, change-your-life kiss. She got out of a terrible relationship. And now an injury is threatening to end her dance career for good. It’s time for Plan B – college. And maybe a chance to convince Jase that what they have together is real.
Jase Winstead has a huge secret that he’s not telling anyone. Especially not his best friend’s incredibly beautiful sister. Even though he and Teresa shared the hottest kiss of his life, he knows that his responsibilities must take priority. He certainly doesn’t have time for a relationship. But it doesn’t help that all he can think about kissing the one girl who could ruin everything for him.
As they’re thrown together more and more, Jase and Tess can’t keep denying their feelings for each other. But a familiar danger looms and tragedy strikes. As the campus recovers, the star-crossed couple must decide what they’re willing to risk to be together, and what they’re willing to lose if they’re not…
I can't say how excited I was to get a review copy of this book. I received a copy of Wait for You last year at BEA and jumped right in as soon as I got home! I loved it. And then I read Trust in Me as soon as it came out! So to be able to read and review this book was really exciting. And knowing that it is Jase and Theresa's story, well, yeah, I had to read it.
As with the other two books, this cover is so great! I love it's simplicity. It draws you right in and makes you want to know the relationship between these two!
So we got a glimpse of both Theresa (Tess) and Jase in Wait For You. We found out a bit about Tess' past, about how she had a boyfriend who was abusive. It was important to that story because of how it affected her brother, Cam. But all we really get about Jase is that he's a good friend of Cam's. And that he and Theresa have something between them, though we are not sure what. In Be With Me, we find out they shared a kiss. But it never went farther than that and they haven't spoken since.
Be With Me begins in the fall of the following Cam's story. Tess is now attending college with her brother. But for Tess, she's just using school until her knee can heal from it's injury and she can get back to her real passion, dancing. Tess is so head strong. She sticks mostly to herself and doesn't have many friends. She doesn't want to open up to anyone, it seems. But Tess is not afraid to speak her mind and tell people how it is. If she sees a situation that needs tending to, she jumps right in and does what needs to be done. One thing about Tess, she really wears her heart on her sleeve, even when she thinks she does not. Her emotions are so clear for everyone to see. I had a hard time watching her suffer through this book. Wanting her to be happier than she was. Wanting for her to be with the one she wanted to be with the one she loves.
Jase, oh Jase, wow! I thought I could not like a male character more than Cam. Especially after reading Trust in Me. But I was wrong! He seems so carefree. He seems like his life is in order. He has a mom, a dad, a little brother. But things are not all that they seem and Jase hides secrets of this own. A secret that I figured out a bit early on, but did not ruin the story for me. One thing about Jase is once he sets his mind to something, he does it. And he doesn't want things to get in his way. But he's not so good at letting his emotions just be, or at least letting them go where they need to go and following them. He's scared to lose things he's lost in the past. So he has a hard time opening up and letting people in. He puts up the tough exterior when on the inside he really is this soft sweet heart who has had his heart torn into pieces by a tragic past. My heart really did bleed for Jase through much of this story. I was routing for him to be able to realize that loving didn't always mean getting hurt. But his ability to run from situations where he might become emotionally attached was so strong I sometimes wanted to bump him upside his head!
I really liked how this story progressed. Just when you thought things were going to make it to happily ever after, boom, Jennifer throws a wrench in the story. As I was reading, I knew I was only 1/2 way through and could not imagine what she would do to keep me interested in the story. But she put in twists and turns that made the story interesting and kept the pacing going. There's romance, drama, mystery, suspense and even a little betrayal.
Jennifer has made me a fan of contemporary writing. I can honestly say that I really have not loved it in the past. But she is able to make the story interesting and sustain the plot so that things do not head in the direction you think they might go. I love that she can throw in turns that keep you thinking perhaps the end you want to happen just might not be what does happen. I also love how Armentrout is tying this series together with her characters. It reminds me very much of McGarry's Pushing the Limits series, which I absolutely adore.
Bravo to Jennifer for writing yet another story that I completely enjoyed from beginning to end! I can't wait to see what happens in the next book! Armentrout fans will devour this one as they have all her others. Lover's of authors such as McGarry and Cormack are going to really fall for this series!
# 1 New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout Lives in West Virginia. All the rumors you heard about her state aren’t true.
Well, mostly. When she's not hard at work writing, she spends her time, reading, working out, watching zombie movies, and pretending to write.
She is the author of the Covenant Series (Spencer Hill Press), the Lux Series (Entangled Teen), Don't Look Back (Disney/Hyperion) and a yet untitled novel (Disney/Hyperion), and new YA paranormal series with Harlequin Teen.
Jennifer also writes New Adult and Adult romance under the pen name J. Lynn. The Gamble Brothers Series (Tempting the Best Man/Tempting the Player) and Wait for You. Under her pen name, she is published with Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
Great review. I haven't had time to start this one yet, but it is sitting on my Kindle waiting for me
ReplyDelete