David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite! discussion

Jen and I are doing a buddy read of this one starting Monday, June 3rd.

This buddy read is open to everyone who would like to join us!! There are no set chapters per day, we just read at our own paces and start each post with how far along you are, i.e., Chapter #, %, or page #, using spoilers where needed. Have fun!

I have this one, and I've been meaning to get to it. I would love to join and finally read it! :)

I recently read Beautiful Disaster back to back with Walking Disaster. However, I'll be interested to follow your progress and see what you think of it. Personally, I really enjoyed it.

Oy! The drama. Can't wait to see peoples comments on this one. Get ready for some serious dysfunction people :)

Yay, Holly glad you are joining us! Can't wait for the lively discussion!

I'm 63% of the way in. (view spoiler)[ I'm so glad they finally got on with it! It was driving me crazy how Abby was trying to date Parker while living with Travis! I am really concerned about his possessive temper though! (hide spoiler)]

I'm only 35% in, so I won't read your spoiler. :) And let's just say, I love Travis. A lot. <3

I have this on my shelf...I might join in..Do you know when this is going to finish??

You just go at your own pace. I just finished it!!! I couldn't put it down, it was so good! I'll leave my thoughts later!

Here is my review with no spoilers. I posted my spoiler comments below.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

(view spoiler)[ I could not believe they got married at the end! I really think this was a mistake. She basically married him to make him feel more secure. He has a lot of work to do, to deal with his issues. I think marriage should have waiting a bit!
I did like that they finally got it together enough to admit their mistakes. I don't blame the fault entirely on Travis, Abby was really stupid at times. But when she walked away after Vegas, I completely agreed with her. I think she should have forgiven him a little sooner, though. She made her point! (hide spoiler)]

I just finished the book! I loved it!

Here's my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Great review! I agree with almost everything you said, and I can't wait to read the sequel!

I liked your review! :) I guess we differ on Travis, but then again, he's one of the most controversial bad boys I've read about.

Jenny wrote: "Here is my review with no spoilers. I posted my spoiler comments below.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I could not believe they got married at the end! I really think this was ..."

I agree with you about your spoiler info and I agree with you about Travis. Based on these same issues I rated the book much lower because I think it sends a bad message and IMO is NOT a love story. I can see why someone would rate this book higher based on mere entertainment value and the actual writing itself was good. I just became really upset about the amount of women who seemed to idolized Travis after I read this and made this out to be some grand love story and those reactions impacted my overall rating. Does that make sense??

Jenny wrote: "Here is my review with no spoilers. I posted my spoiler comments below.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I could not believe they got married at the end! I really think this was ..."

You have to read Jenny. You will change your mind about a lot of things.

Yes, it completely does, Heidi! I really just liked it for the entertainment value, like you said. But if I hadn't been so entertained, it would have gotten a lower rating. I have to hope that most women who would read this would agree with us about Travis--but who am I to judge? I just know he wouldn't be right for me! I was more concerned with young girls who don't know much about life yet idolizing him...
Maybe I'll change my mind a little after I read the next one, it tells the story from his POV.
And I mean, honestly, Abby wasn't a prize, either, lol! They were probably made for each other!

Jenny wrote: "Yes, it completely does, Heidi! I really just liked it for the entertainment value, like you said. But if I hadn't been so entertained, it would have gotten a lower rating. I have to hope that m..."

Oh yes they deserved each other if only so they did not impact anyone else's lives - hahaha! I think I originally rated this 2 or 3 stars but kept seeing review after review saying things like "I want to be Ms. Travis Maddox" or "Abby is so lucky" and I was like "Huh??" It also started to bother me that this is being marketed as a YA book (the sex scenes alone are not YA IMO) and I kept thinking what if my beautiful 16 year old niece read this and thought this was what love should be?? That may not the the right way to base a rating but it bothered me enough to lower mine eventually. Like I said, I get why people were entertained by the book and hate to be the champion of women's rights here - that is not really my thing.

Heidi, I've seen is classified as both YA and NA. I would definitely classify it as NA, because of the age and the sex scenes. Its graphic enough to not be YA IMO. I don't know why anyone would classify is as YA!

I know Jenny! At my local Target I always see it is right in the middle of all the YA books and it drives me batty!

What does NA mean?

New Adult--college aged and more graphic sex then YA
Its a fairly new category

Aha... got it!