Title: Love Story
Author: Jennifer
Echols
Genre: Young
Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: MTV
Books
Publication
Date: July 19, 2011
Pages: 243
Out in
Paperback?: Yes; July 19, 2011
My Rating: 3/5
Goodreads Summary:
She's writing
about him. he's writing about her. And everybody is reading between the lines..
For Erin Blackwell, majoring in
creative writing at the New York City college of her dreams is more than a
chance to fulfill her ambitions--it's her ticket away from the tragic memories
that shadow her family's racehorse farm in Kentucky. But when she refuses to
major in business and take over the farm herself someday, her grandmother gives
Erin's college tuition and promised inheritance to their maddeningly handsome
stable boy, Hunter Allen. Now Erin has to win an internship and work late
nights at a coffee shop to make her own dreams a reality. She should despise
Hunter . . . so why does he sneak into her thoughts as the hero of her latest
writing assignment?
Then, on the day she's sharing that
assignment with her class, Hunter walks in. He's joining her class. And after
he reads about himself in her story, her private fantasies about him must be
painfully clear. She only hopes to persuade him not to reveal her secret to
everyone else. But Hunter devises his own creative revenge, writing sexy
stories that drive the whole class wild with curiosity and fill Erin's heart
with longing. Now she's not just imagining what might have been. She's writing
a whole new ending for her romance with Hunter. . . . except this story could
come true.
Characters:
I think this is
what really lost me throughout the story.
I did not connect with any of the characters. Erin is a rich girl from Kentucky, who was raised on a horse
farm and moved to New York to pursue her education at college in creative
writing. I was initially
interested in this dynamic; however, Erin turned out to be too obsessed with
her writing career. I am all for
motivated, but certain moments, like when she was defending her story to
constructive criticism, annoyed me as she seemed too irresponsible. I didn’t find it believable that she
was college-aged. Hunter, the
handsome stable boy, seemed a bit more realistic and tolerable. The miscellaneous friends seemed very
random, with little to no development, similar to Erin.
Plot:
I thought I
would really enjoy this story – New York City, a creative writing class, and
two people with a past meeting in a new city. However, the whole dynamic between them seemed really
fake. As stated in the Goodreads
summary, Erin wrote a story about Hunter in her creative writing class, before
she knew he was in the same class.
Throughout a majority of the novel, Erin is trying to prevent Hunter
from telling the professor that he is the guy in that story, so that she can
pursue a writing internship. First
of all, why would he tell the professor?
How would that help him?
Also, how would that hurt Erin’s chances at the internship? I guess I just didn’t understand why it
was that big of a deal for Erin, going back me not connecting to the
character. This whole dynamic just
felt like a weird set-up to what you can only assume is them getting together.
Writing Style:
Similar to other
books by Jennifer Echols, I did enjoy the writing style. I didn’t think it was amazing, however,
it wasn’t too young or immature. I
think the characters’ personalities were really what caused me to lose interest
in this book thus taking me about a month to get through it.
Have you read this book? Have you read other books by Jennifer
Echols? What did you think?
FTC Disclaimer:
All items
mentioned were purchased by me. This is not a sponsored post. All
opinions are my own. No affiliate links were used.
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