INTENSE. DANGEROUS. ADDICTIVE.
SUMMARY Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend America or the one she called "Mare", her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand. Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants—and needs—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match. With too much craziness and madness,they got married in Vegas one spring break.Then after 11 years,it was revealed by Travis that he had been working as a secret agent under his brother Thomas to catch Benney and next in line was Mick Abernathy for illegal gambling.Abby had it all figured out but she's not mad.She understood what her husband had been doing and she knew it is to protect her.They have twins and abby is pregnant with their third.And they have just celebrated their 11th year "on-your-face-we made-it" marriage anniversary ! Who says,what happens in Vegas ends in Vegas? Well not all are! Apparently for Abby and Travis,what happened in Vegas 11 years ago is the beginning of a beautiful marriage! MY REVIEWThis writing style is absolutely new to me and I like it! It was wild,crazy,confusing,disastrous and sensual! Again,very sensual ! Imagine me reading those hot love scenes as early as midnight! It was so Horny-fic! (Horny+Epic) Oh dear,I can't believe I'm such a pervert! Trav and Pidge's relationship is actually sort of my fantasy.You know,I fall in a trance imagining what it's like to fall in love to a rough unpredictable guy.Someone you can have a love-hate relationship that worked in years! I actually kinda have that fantasy.I imagine my guy as some sort of rugged look.Callous hands for working under the sun.And you know has that typical rock star hair and a well toned body(not for working out in a gym but mostly for working ) Okay,that's enough.It's too much already.I have imagined things way too far. I'm just so in love with this Travis guy .I mean I'm not admiring him for banging women as her past time but it's the other part of him.The one that resurfaced when he met Abby.Well,fair enough he said it himself those women don't respect themselves ,they are vultures.But it was such a noble deed that his heart was reserved for his very own pigeon.ANd when he fell in love with Pidge,he kept messing up one after the other.It is because he was trying to be just himself.He is willing to loose his cool or his temper because he wanted to protect the girl he loves in every possible way he could. Usually,for starters suitors will put their best foot forward.But as for Travis she met this woman by making fun of her or even enjoying making her mad.Eventually he became close to her.Earned her trust and friendship before finally admitting he is falling in love with her.I was talking to a close friend the other day and she said something so beautiful that I would never ever forget.She said,she should probably want to restart the relationship she had with this guy dating her by slowing down and start as friends instead.She believes that if ever they will be together,there's got to be something else aside from the feelings they feel for each other.She said in time,the feeling might probably fade or what ever that they admire with each other will fade and there would be nothing left.That is why she wanted to establish friendship so that they will have a foundation in their relationship and I so admire her for that.How I wish I can have that level of maturity when it comes to handling my own relationships.I'm so happy and thankful I have people like her in my life.I thought I was the one who is to give her words of encouragement.Turned out,I was the one who learned so much for that single day. And that's what Travis and Pidge's relationship was.America is Pidge' BFF and she's logical and protective when it comes to Pidge.She knew Travis too well that's why she don't want him anywhere near her.Even Travis' cousin Shelpley warned him to keep his distance.Perhaps it is why it's called Beautiful Disaster.Their love stories didn't start as something typical.Like flirting someone you like or making an impressive stunt infront of that person you like.As for Travis,he got her attention when he's playing the bad guy.It was like,here I am woman,the guy that everyone probably hated.It's like he has nothing to hide from her aside from the fact that he has to think creatively to keep her .Pidge on the other hand is secretive and very reserved when it comes to her personal life.The only person who knew her story or her past is her best friend.Her character actually got me thinking recently and I'm kinda trying to adopt it.I know this is fiction and non of it is real.But the way the writer put the character on Pidge is kinda what I'm supposed to be even years ago.It's not too late and I will do my best not to talk much about who I am to anyone else.My life has been an open book ever since and I harvested pity from people.In fact,it is where I got my support.I'm so used to it that I didn't realized these people don't stay forever in my life.In fact,I have been completely alone for quiet sometime now and It's making me lonely at times.I think this is the result of being used to be supported emotionally. Two weeks ago,on my 27th birthday I didn't do anything much.I don't feel celebrating and sharing time with my friends or anyone.I just stayed home.This year,in fact since last year I'm feeling empty and lonely and felt like I lose all my support system.The people who use to be my support system are busy with their own lives now.Some busy in their married lives and some to their commitments and jobs.And I avoid them for two things.I don't want to disturb them from their busy lives and I don't want to put more pressure to myself.Every time I'm with the happy couple,they constantly remind me that I am a 27 year old virgin who still a single maybe for now or for ever.And I hate that feeling. Anyway,going back to the story I probably loved it because I have so much emotional connection to all the characters.Like Abby's father Mick.He reminded me of my brothers who are mostly drunk at the end of the day or if not,gambling.And those memories are not so pleasant at all.Like Abby,my family is the reason why I wanted to run away to a far away place where no one knows me or anything about me.Where I can restart my life.Where I can even change my name if I like to.I always wanted to be far long gone.I wanted to be emotionally free.As long as I'm living near them,I can't be free from this sour feeling.I have too much bad memories and emotional baggage that I so desperately wanted to unload. America makes me cry because I use to have people like her in my life but they eventually faded.And all my life,I had been praying for just one real friend where I can have that endless relationship.Though I don't know how to do it today without mistakenly interpreted as having sexual relationship with them considering how boyish I am.Just that person who can be a friend,a mother,a judge,a father,a brother,a sister ,a teacher a councilor.Just that person where you can be at your best and worst and still be able to keep each other company and just laugh about it.To be with that person where they can protect you genuinely.America makes me so envious.Abby might not have a family to call her own or people to protect her but she's got America.What more can she ask for. Abby is more the person I wish I was and will be.A person with dark secret, complicated and not socially inclined.A person who had reserved all herself because she believe it should be only be given to the person who loves her for life.I wish I had her strength.I wish I had her coldness on the outside yet warmth on the inside.I wish I had her unpredictable character.I wish I was like her who don't give a damn to anybody but just being himself.One thing though that we share,I also feel far away from my family but once they are in trouble I can't help but be there even if I don't like them,I guess I love them as my family.I wish I was like her who don't blab about her life but let others discover it themselves.I wish I was like her who is not a social climber or at least don't chase people but let people chase her.I wish I can be as wild as she is like I don't have any care in the world or stop worrying what other people think about me.I wish I had her charm that made other people pay attention to her.I like her character and reading the story on her own POV makes me feel better and inspired and captivated. and finally Travis.I had talked much about his charm and power and charisma.I talked about him as my fantasy and I think no woman can ever ignore such an interesting man.Well,nothing can go wrong if you have a Travis in your life.Because you get the assurance that no matter how he had this bad boy image and fucked up life and personality he will do everything to defend and protect the woman she loves.Travis has put so much effort in the open.Not trying to be someone else just to be impressive but he is putting all of him in the open so Pidge can see how messed up he is in love with her. And to the people who judged him,they deserve a middle finger from him.It's so sad sometimes that even our closest friends who thought has knew us much probably has the wrong judgement on us.People can't put you in a box.They can't put their perceptions on you on hold,immovable and unchangeable.This is a lesson I learned here.SOmetimes,we are so quick to judge others based on who they were previously.Judgement is not ours.We are individuals who are subject to change.We change from time to time.How much more for a person who fell genuinely in love?Who are we to tell they can't be better? This story is really a lot of things.It's like a little bit of everything all shaken and combined as one.And I thought it's epic to be able to be that different in the name of love ! One of the many things I like about them is the ability to be crazy yet whole.Trav's ability to have that bad boy image but in his own way,He is very sweet and commited.Reading this story is like being in a roller coaster ride where it makes your heart beat fast and dizzy and afraid but is a lot of fun! I feel like riding in a roller coaster as early as midnight. The story is like a tattooed packaged that I so wanted to experience or at least see with my own eyes.I wish the movie that they are planning to do will be beautifully and marvelously done.Will be waiting for it. The betting thing reminds me of the movie "Love me If you Dare".It was also a disaster but beautiful love story.Everything started as a bet and ended together still with a bet on.It sounds abnormal but its very interesting.It makes you excited and thrilled! Well,this is an epic and very interesting novel.Cheers to the Travis' and Pigeons in our lives! and Cheers to Mcguire.That makes me interested where did she get the Travis POV when she's a woman herself? It makes her novel more appealing!
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