Subject To Change by Alessandra ThomasDate Released:June 25th 2013
Format: ARC
Pages: 300 pages
Date Read: June 30, 2013
Source: Ink Slinger Blog Tours.
Summary:
Joey made her dad a deathbed promise that she would become a doctor, and dedicate herself to fighting the very cancer that took his life. There’s just one problem -three years into her pre-med classes, she's struggling to stay on top of the curve, let alone prove she's dazzling enough to earn a spot in an Ivy League medical school. In a Hail Mary move, she throws a basic Business 101 class into her semester schedule, banking on a perfect score to boost her GPA.
That is, until she’s paired for a final project with Hawk, the bartending, motorbike-riding, gorgeously bedheaded loser who falls asleep in class and communicates in one-word sentences.
Hawk does whatever he wants, whenever he wants, which sets Joey on edge – in every possible way. As they get to know each other, her urge to scream at him is curbed only by her fantasies of tearing his clothes off. Soon those fantasies become reality, and Joey realizes Hawk makes her feel more fully herself than any of the rich boys her mother and sorority sisters approve of.
But the promise to her father hangs over her head, and the harder Joey tries to succeed in her chosen career, the faster everything falls into a hopeless tailspin of bad grades, broken promises and guilt. It doesn't help to have Hawk sitting like a devil on her shoulder, insisting she should be free to live however she wants to live - like he does.
The only thing Joey knows is that her neatly organized life is crushing her - and Hawk's bad attitude might be the only thing that can save her.
Joey made her dad a deathbed promise that she would become a doctor, and dedicate herself to fighting the very cancer that took his life. There’s just one problem -three years into her pre-med classes, she's struggling to stay on top of the curve, let alone prove she's dazzling enough to earn a spot in an Ivy League medical school. In a Hail Mary move, she throws a basic Business 101 class into her semester schedule, banking on a perfect score to boost her GPA.
That is, until she’s paired for a final project with Hawk, the bartending, motorbike-riding, gorgeously bedheaded loser who falls asleep in class and communicates in one-word sentences.
Hawk does whatever he wants, whenever he wants, which sets Joey on edge – in every possible way. As they get to know each other, her urge to scream at him is curbed only by her fantasies of tearing his clothes off. Soon those fantasies become reality, and Joey realizes Hawk makes her feel more fully herself than any of the rich boys her mother and sorority sisters approve of.
But the promise to her father hangs over her head, and the harder Joey tries to succeed in her chosen career, the faster everything falls into a hopeless tailspin of bad grades, broken promises and guilt. It doesn't help to have Hawk sitting like a devil on her shoulder, insisting she should be free to live however she wants to live - like he does.
The only thing Joey knows is that her neatly organized life is crushing her - and Hawk's bad attitude might be the only thing that can save her.
From Goodreads
My Review:
It's
official, I'm an Alessandra Thomas fan. I read her debut novel Picture
Perfect in the beginning on the year, and I loved it so so much. I
thought it was honest, romantic, fun, and that it touched very important
subjects. I had very high expectations for Subject To Change, and it
did not disappoint.
First,
I have to say that this is a fast paced book, in no time I was finished
with it and I was honestly craving for more. Hawk and Joey's
relationship was great, they had so much chemistry, and even if Joey was
a bit of a snob at times, you couldn't help but like her. Same with
Hack, he was rough around the edges and a bit of a jerk at times, but
you still liked him!
I feel like I need to explain all of the great aspects of the story, so here I go:
Fast Paced.
I already mentioned this, but it really did went fast! I was so
surprised at how easily things flowed, and how immersed I was in Joey's
world
Hot. It was a sexy novel, with beautiful and at the same time hot sex and make out scenes.
Meaningful. Just
like Picture Perfect, this story was very meaningul in may ways, and I
loved watching Joey discover herself as well as watch Hack learning to
loosen up and letting go.
No stupid drama. There is always always
conflict in books. That is part of what makes a story an actual story.
Sometimes, when I'm reading a book and I am around 80% in I'm like 'Oh,
it's near, I can feel it. The stupid annoying misunderstanding and
stupidly stubborn characters are coming." and for a moment I braced
myself for something similar with this one, but that moment never
came!!!! I mean, of course there was a conflict but Joey handled things
so well! and she came around, and Hack came around too! There was no
unnecessary or tedious drama, it was simply perfect.
This
book was simply everything I could have hoped for. The perfect book for
summer and when I finished with the story I could not get the stupid
grin out of my face. I was smiling so much through the last chapter that
my cheeks hurt! Loved it!
About Alessandra Thomas: She is a New Adult writer who swears she was in her twenties yesterday. Since she's not, she spends her time looking back on her college years fondly, and writing sexy stories about guys and girls falling in love and really living life for the first time. When she's not writing, you can find her with a spoonful of ice cream in one hand and the newest New Adult release in the other.
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Epic
Great review. :) <3 Glad you liked it too!
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