why I picked itIt's a young romance novel. About high school lovers. Written by James-Freaking-Patterson (and Emily Raymond). I saw James Patterson's name plastered on the front of this very obviously ooey-gooey romance, and I was ready to be…honestly I don't know what I was ready for. I was just so intrigued that an author so well known for his thrillers had written a young romance book. I didn't know if I was going to be pleasantly surprised or completely put off by this author stepping out of his typical genre. (Review spoiler: I was very pleasantly surprised.) summaryThis is a story about two high school sweethearts. Axi is a goody-two-shoes. She is in multiple AP classes, she loves literature and can quote many well-known authors. She takes care of her alcoholic father and still manages to hold a 4.0 GPA. Robinson is a "bad boy" as Axi's dad likes to put it, and she can't say that he's wrong. But Robinson is also her best friend. They've been through a lot together (and I mean a lot). So when Axi decides it's time to shed her "GG" (good girl) attitude by taking an impromptu road trip with Robinson, he's all about it. Of course, by impromptu, I mean that Axi has the route and transportation all planned out to a T. Soon, though, the two of them are breaking the law, running from the cops, and trying to outrun their secrets. Will their journey end faster than they planned? what I likedHonestly. Patterson and Raymond captured the teenage girl overthinking love thing perfectly. As a girl who went through a MAJOR life stage of obsessing over a boy who just happened to give her plenty of little signs to overthink and obsess over, I totally felt for Axi. She is maybe starting to feel more for Robinson than she ever planned, but she isn't sure that he feels the same, yet he keeps calling her his "beloved Axi" which could either be a friendly pet name or an actual term of endearment meaning he loves her. She can't tell. And we can't either for a long time! I also like the banter between Axi and Robinson. "You're crazy." "But you love me." Honestly, I say this to my friends and my fiance all the freaking time. It's so totally true. There's also the whole "what is their secret?" thing going on throughout the book. It wasn't a HUGE surprise to me when it finally came out, but it was good, nonetheless. what I didn't likeAxi is portrayed as such a good girl. But honestly, there were a lot of crimes that Robinson talked her into WAYYYY too easily. Once again, as a girl after Axi's own heart (I'm definitely a type-A goodie-two-shoes), I can almost guarantee that she would have put up a bigger fight, no matter her feelings for Robinson. So I guess what I'm saying is, she shouldn't have been portrayed as quite such a good girl, or she needed to fight back more and not just give in to Robinson every time he did something insane. Also, how likely is it that a couple of high school kids would actually make it from Oregon to New York to the Carolinas without getting caught? Especially with a trip they have to make to a hospital at some point. You'd think that they would have gotten caught at some point. Somewhere along the line. And maybe I wonder about this because I have a partially written book that I battled myself on this at one point. overall impression 🌟🌟🌟🌟This was a really good book. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I think that Patterson and Raymond did a great job portraying the young love, and I liked the characters (minus the whole, Axi-isn't-as-good-as-you-think thing). My biggest problem is the reality of it (and I know, it's a romance, reality isn't really the point here). But the love, the travel, the lessons they learned about life and one another, those were all very good. Overall, good read!
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