Bloom

Bloom

Elizabeth Scott

Lauren has a good life: decent grades, great friends, and a boyfriend every girl lusts after. So why is she so unhappy? It takes the arrival of Evan Kirkland for Lauren to figure out the answer: She's been holding back. She's been denying herself a bunch of things (like sex) because staying with her loyal and gorgeous boyfriend, Dave, is the "right" thing to do. After all, who would give up the perfect boyfriend? But as Dave starts talking more and more about their life together, planning a future Lauren simply can't see herself in -- and as Lauren's craving for Evan, and moreover, who she is with Evan becomes all the more fierce -- Lauren realizes she needs to make a choice...before one is made for her.

Review: I actually liked this book more than I would rather say aloud. It wasn't a hard read, but there were parts of the book hard to read due to the events taking place. But that was oddly in a good way, it made me feel for certain characters and want to scream at them as if to say "What are you doing?! This is bad! I want you to, but don't!" The perfect boyfriend was quite the Plain John, with seemingly no faults, but that only made Evan more of a complex character with more of a story. Elizabeth Scott even throws in a few much needed emotional scenes that help tie up loose ends and patch up some rough spots. One thing that I didn't fully understand was why Lauren's self-proclaimed average life was constantly thrown in there. I didn't find her average at all, even next to Mr. Perfect Pants. Especially when  Evan made an appearance.

Stars: 3 out of 4. Very nice (: