jnikkir
Written on Jun 18, 2016
Easy is the New York Times Bestseller by Tammara Webber and first novel in the Contours of the Heart series, for fans of Colleen Hoover!
Rescued by a stranger.
Haunted by a secret.
Sometimes, love isn’t easy…
He watched her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior…
The attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he’d worked so hard to overcome, and the future she’d put so much faith in, threatened to tear them apart.
Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the truth—and find the unexpected power of love.
A groundbreaking novel in the New Adult genre, Easy faces one girl's struggle to regain the trust she's lost, find the inner strength to fight back against an attacker, and accept the peace she finds in the arms of a secretive boy.
- ISBN10 0425266745
- ISBN13 9780425266748
- Publish Date 6 November 2012 (first published 1 May 2012)
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 12 February 2024
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Penguin USA
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 336
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780425266748
Reviews
cornerfolds
Written on Jun 10, 2016
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
Review to come!
reveriesociety_
Written on Sep 23, 2015
thebookdisciple
Written on Oct 12, 2014
Amber
Written on Mar 28, 2014
After having avoided New Adult books for so long, I was a little hesitant to pick up anything by Tammara Webber. However, I read her Between the Lines series and loved it, so I thought I would give Easy a try when I saw it in Barnes and Noble for $5. I wasn’t sure what to expect, because of my thing about going into books knowing nothing about them, and I was very surprised by what I found.
Easy is a story about a girl who is attacked and almost raped, is saved by a stranger, and then stalked by the would-be rapist. It’s intense, and deals with some tough issues, but it is oh-so-good. I was surprised to find that this isn’t really a story about a boy and a girl, a man and a woman, but it’s about a sexual assault survivor who is fucking awesome.
Jacqueline is attacked early on in the book, and throughout the story she has people spreading rumours about her, and she feels awful about herself. She goes through a phase of thinking that the assault was her fault, and that she could have somehow prevented it. But the entire message of this book is that it’s not her fault, and it’s never any woman’s fault if they are assaulted in that way. Webber handled the topic very well, in my opinion, and I was getting very emotional while I was reading.
Jacqueline goes through so much over the course of the book, and she changes as a person and that is fantastic. I loved her, and I was cheering for her the entire way through. The classes she was taking, the email exchanges, the self defence classes, were all brilliantly done and helped to develop Jacqueline’s character further, and Webber has created a brilliant character with Jacqueline.
The secondary characters are freakin’ awesome. I loved Jacqueline’s friends because they were constantly reassuring her and were so patient and kind. Lucas, the love interest, was also great, and totally not my type but I still wanted him and Jacqueline to get together. But, for me, the love story wasn’t the most important part of the book. At all. It was all about Jacqueline, and the overall message behind the story.
I did kind of enjoy the forbidden love thing, because that’s usually awesome, but in the grand scheme of things it didn’t really matter to me. Because I didn’t really feel much for Lucas… as in, I wasn’t attracted to him and I thought he was only important because Jacqueline considered him to be so, I won’t be reading the sequel to this book, because it’s all about him. I don’t really care about finding out more about him, which may sound harsh, but Easy was all about Jacqueline and her story, so I have no feelings towards the companion book.
If you enjoy reading contemporary stories that deal with darker, yet very important topics such as assault and rape, then I would highly recommend this book. Easy can be triggering, I’m sure, but it’s a fantastic book about a woman who survives a horrible attack with the help of her friends, and who comes to recognise that sexual assault would never be her fault.
Rowena
Written on Oct 31, 2013
I really enjoyed this book and am super thankful to my besty Ames for turning me on to this author. I’m very wary of trying out self-published authors because I’ve had my fair share of pissed off self-published authors after reading my reviews. I’m actually not even accepting self-published authors for review but Ames assured me that this book was good and she’s never steered me wrong so I went ahead and got down to reading it.
So the story follows Jacqueline as she makes her way in life as a sophomore in college. She’s not at a performing arts college like Juliard because she followed her high school sweetheart to college, something that her music teachers and parents weren’t too happy about. But she’s in love and she goes anyway. When he dumps her so that he can sow his wild oats at college, two months into their sophomore year, Jacqueline finds herself single in a school that her ex-boyfriend is pretty popular at. It takes her two weeks to start failing a class for the first time in her entire life.
When she leaves a party by herself, she’s almost raped by one of her ex-boyfriend’s frat brothers. Before that could happen though, Jacqueline is saved by a stranger who would later because very important to her.
I really enjoyed Webber’s writing style, her words kept me invested in not only Jacqueline but the other characters as well. Jacqueline had a fabulous support team in her dorm roommate Erin and in Lucas. I really liked the way that Webber strung us (the reader) along with the whole who is Lucas and who is Landon and why are they the same person? I thought Lucas’ back story was heartbreaking and it made so much sense, considering the kind of man Lucas grew up to be. I heart that guy so much and was thrilled with the way that this story ended. The romantic in me was on cloud 9 by the time I finished this book and a little bit bummed that I had finished the story.
As a character, I loved Jacqueline. I thought that the way that she was portrayed and the way that she slowly came back to life after first the break up and then the attempted rape was done in a way that felt real and authentic. As frustrating as it was to see Jacqueline not report the incident to the police, it rang true with how I think that a person her age would handle the entire situation. As the story continued and the more that I got to know Jacqueline, I really came to like her character. She was strong and the way that Lucas was with her was so sweet, that I ate it all up. I loved it. I really loved the friendship between Jacqueline and Erin. Erin is one of those friends that you want in your corner, she does what she has to, to take care of the people she cares about and she takes stands that need to be taken. I admired the hell out of her.
I can’t recommend this book enough. To read it, is to love it I think and I don’t think very many people will be disappointed with it so really, do yourself a favor and get this book. It’s a good one.
EBookObsessed
Written on Jun 11, 2013
At first I couldn't understand why so many people had recommended this book to me.
About halfway through the book, Jacqueline started growing up and standing up for herself and I enjoyed the second half of the book much more.
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Angie
Written on Mar 29, 2013
One thing that I really loved about Easy was how balanced it was. It could be categorized as an issues book, since it deals quite heavily with sexual assault. But it’s also very much a romance book, with plenty of steam and swoon! I was amazed how seamlessly both of these plots fit together, since Lucas also has experience with rape, although very different than Jacqueline’s. They’re each able to comfort each other about their demons, and Lucas pays a pivotal role in helping Jacqueline become empowered.
The romance was also great! I absolutely loved the set up of Lucas being Jacqueline’s tutor. It’s a forbidden romance without being totally over-the-top or cliche. I actually wasn’t even aware that tutors couldn’t be involved with students in the class they tutor for. It makes perfect sense, but it’s not something I ever thought about. It definitely adds some tension to the relationship, since we know they’re not suppose to be having one. It’s hard to want them to follow the rules though, because holy crap, their chemistry is through the roof! I was dying waiting for them to finally go all the way!
I guess I’ll end with one negative, and that was how in the beginning Jacqueline seems more concerned about being dumped than being almost raped. This drove me crazy, probably because I was still dealing with reading the assault and couldn’t care less about her ex-boyfriend. It was just frustrating, and made me not like her for several chapters. Other than that, Easy is a great read. It takes a tough subject and educates readers about it, while still providing entertainment.
Read more of my reviews at Pinkindle Reads & Reviews.
blackbibliophile
Written on Feb 16, 2013
anastasia
Written on Jan 4, 2013
Review posted at So Many Books, So Little Time