Title: Easy
Author: Tammara Webber
Publisher: Self-published
Publication Date: May 25th 2012
My Rating: 5 Stars
Author: Tammara Webber
Publisher: Self-published
Publication Date: May 25th 2012
My Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by: Rachel
After reading this story, I had to ask myself, why have I never read a Tammara Webber story before?!! This story was UNPUTDOWNABLE!
Jacqueline Wallace followed her boyfriend of three
years, Kennedy, to college and then unexpectedly, he dumps her to sow his wild oats. Jacqueline is devastated and for two-weeks
she can't bring herself to face him in the economics class they share. She finally realizes that no guy is worth
failing a class and trashing her GPA. So
Jacqueline goes to the teacher and throws herself on his mercy, begging for a
chance to catch up and pass the class. He connects her with the class tutor, Landon, and they begin emailing
back and forth working on retrieving her grade. She starts to connect with Landon through the emails and wonders what he
looks like. In class, Jacqueline notices
another boy, Lucas. When he's not
sketching in a notebook, she catches him staring at her many times. Jacqueline never noticed Lucas before, but now
he seems to be popping up everywhere. Now that she's not with Kennedy anymore, she can't help but see that he's
gorgeous: clear gray-blue eyes, lean and muscled body, and bad-boy tattoos
snaking up arms. Jacqueline doesn't know
if she's ready for any relationship so soon after her break-up. Also, she's not
sure if someone who is clearly just sketching and not listening in class is
someone for her but she can't deny that she's attracted to him. Should she choose a guy who satisfies her
body or her mind? Add to all of this,
Jacqueline is getting very unwanted attention from Buck, a
frat-mate of Kennedy, who suddenly after their break-up, is all about bullying
and stalking Jacqueline! This guy is
beyond creepy, and his type is the reason I carry pepper spray in my purse!
This story starts off with a bang! My heart was literally pounding in my chest
from the opening scene! I won't say what
happens but it was some start. As I said
in the opening, I could not put this book down! I read it in one day. I just loved everything about it. I liked that Jacqueline doesn't let the events
in her life drag her down. She grieves
over her break-up but then dusts herself off, and gets back to living. Her friend and roommate, Erin was the best
sort of girlfriend. It's the type of
relationship all us girls yearn to have, someone who is loyal and helps to
empower us against what trips us up in life. It was a nice change from the usual "mean-girl" plot line in
so many books now. Now let's get to
Lucas, he is easily the knight-in-shining-armor of this book. He's so respectful, protective and just plain
HOT! Some of the scenes in this book had
me wiping off the steam gathering on my glasses many times! Let me tease you with a snippet:
"So I don't want to you to feel
pressured. Or overpowered. But I do, absolutely, want to kiss you right
now. Badly." He trailed his finger over my jaw and down my
throat, and then into his lap. I stared
at him. Finally comprehending that he was
waiting for a response, I said, "Okay." ----As he leaned over me, I
felt a heightened awareness of every part of my body that touched a part of his--the
edge of his hip pressed to mine, his chest sliding against mine, his fingers
tracing from wrists to forearms and then framing my face. He held me in place, lips near my ear. When he kissed the sensitive spot, my breath
shuddered. "You're so beautiful," he whispered, moving his mouth to
mine.
Oh.My.Goodness!!! That's just the tip of the iceberg when it
comes to the steam written in this story! There is so much more to this story than the
romance but I don't want to give anything away.
Stay away from spoilery reviews if you can. This story is best discovered by reading it
yourself.
I highly recommend
this story, just writing this review makes me want to read it all over again!
I'm definitely reading anything else written by Tammara Webber.
15 comments:
I haven't heard of this author either but after your glowing review, I'm definitely checking her out! I'm in need of a romance novel for summer and this sounds PERFECT! Lucas sounds absolutely AMAZING - I love artistic guys <3 Jacqueline sounds like a strong protagonist and I'm glad she decided that 'no guy is worth failing a class and trashing her GPA' Oh, and that scene you shared is so incredibly steamy...wow, I don't think I've ever read a love scene in a book with that level of... steaminess haha! Thanks for the lovely review, Rachel, I look forward to many more :)
5 stars? Really?! I'd never even seen this before now¨, but it sounds so exciting, and I think Lucas would make a great addition to my flat army. He could be a general, in fact! That quote you included... *fans self* I need to meet him now¨!
Wonderful review, Rachel!
Wow. This is the SECOND 5 star review I've seen for Easy and 5 starred contemporaries are guaranteed a awesomeness... usually!!! I love the sound of these characters and THAT QUOTE. Wow. Adding this to my TBR right away. Fantastic review, Rachel!
Okay! now i'm sold. this book has too many good reviews to just pass over.
Rachel, I'm so glad you loved it as much as did ! :D :D
*Happy Dance
I have read Tammara Webber's other books, but this one was by far my favorite.
:D :D
Lucas is totally the kind of guy you can go all fan-girl over so easily ! :)
Oh and that quote is totally a favorite mine too ! :)
Great review, Rachel !
Like I said earlier, I will definitely have to read something by this author soon! I can't wait to start this book after your review. Realistic fiction or not, I think I might realy love this book. ;) Wonderful review darling!
Thanks Nick, your review was wonderful as well! Lucas was to die for!! Jacqueline was an amazing character as well. I never felt any frustration towards her throughout the whole book. I haven't read any other Tammara Webber books but I just bought Between the Lines. We'll see how this compares.
He would be an EXCELLENT addition to the flat army Maja! :)
Lovely review, Rachel! So glad you enjoyed this too! I agree, there were just so many steamy and hot scenes! And Lucas was just ASDAFAGAERAGFDJFIKDJ! lol! :))
Omg another one!! the reviews for this are insanely good and I. Must. Haz!!! That opening seen has me super curious!! And omg Lucas!!!! *fans self*. Ok ok I have to get this book now!!
Aww, Rachel! I love you for loving this book! <3 I read this last week and it's absolutely MIND-BLOWING. The characters are very well-developed, and like you said, there is so much more in the story than just the steamy romance! <3 Love love love your review, Rachel! You captivate the awesomeness of the story very well in your amazing review! x)
Webber has really hit her stride with Easy. The characters of Lucas and Jackie are so well developed. Lucas is deep and the tortured hero, but he isn't overly so. A tortured hero who at the same time doesn't become repetitive and sickening because of his moods was SO refreshing. I think Jackie grows in the way you expect to grow in college. She has based her life on a relationship and Webber does such a wonderful job of letting her find closure from that relationship and moves on. I like that she handled her post relationship with Kennedy as a strong woman who knows that there are better things out there.
I think the story line was excellent also. It was believable and the central theme of rape/violence against women was tied together so well with Jackie and Lucas.
I read this book in about 4 hours, loved it.
I couldn't put it down either! Glad you loved it as much as me! :)
I completely agree, Brasil, Lucas was a wonderful hero without being overly tortured to the point of frustrating the reader. I loved how Jacqueline handled Kennedy, I just loved her character period. Not once did I feel frustrated with any of her decisions and that is a rarity in the books I read. :)
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