Southpointe High is the last place Lucy wanted to wind up her senior year of school. Right up until she stumbles into Jude Ryder, a guy whose name has become its own verb, and synonymous with trouble. He's got a rap sheet that runs longer than a senior thesis, has had his name sighed, shouted, and cursed by more women than Lucy dares to ask, and lives at the local boys home where disturbed seems to be the status quo for the residents. Lucy had a stable at best, quirky at worst, upbringing. She lives for wearing the satin down on her ballet shoes, has her sights set on Juilliard, and has been careful to keep trouble out of her life. Up until now…
Jude's everything she knows she needs to stay away from if she wants to separate her past from her future. But she's about to find out that staying away is the only thing she's incapable of.
What a roller coaster! First I liked the charcters, then hated them for a while, then found them silly. But by the end I liked the characters, especially Jude. He grew from hating himself and life, to learning that the past doesn't define your future.
Not sure how much Lucy grew, or if she grew at all. But she did learn to stop feeling guilty for the death of her brother. Which is something.
Although I was annoyed at how all the guys were drooling over her, and I'm not even sure if she thought of herself as very pretty. Although she did excert an heir of confidence, and she wouldn't take crap from anyone. Which made her strong.
I felt so bad for her father, a shell of his former self, because of the death of his son and collapse of his company.
A roller coaster of a book, and I'm glad that there will be more in the series. Lucy and Jude had a pretty belivable love story, and I'm glad that Jude grew as a character because of Lucy. I liked that he was protective, but not in the overly creepy Edward way. He just didn't want to see the girl he loved.
