Sunday, February 05, 2012

REVIEW: Love Story by Jennifer Echols

Oh I wanted to love Love Story by Jennifer Echols a lot more than I did. I liked it, it was an enjoyable read, but the magic and tension of say, Going Too Far, was a bit missing in this book. I felt that in some parts of the story it felt like too much of a stretch to believe the character's decisions and motivations. And because of the distance between myself and the story, I didn't become as emotionally attached as I'd have liked. Still, Jennifer Echols does know how to tell a good story!

Love Story is the story of Erin, a girl in college, who wants to be a writer and decides to pursue this dream even though it means giving up her family and their support, as they'd rather Erin manage their family's affluent racehorsing farm. So we begin our story with a story - a historical romance that Erin has written heavily based on real events that took place and on people that Erin believed would never appear in her creative writing course! But then in walks Hunter and it is the start of a lovely little book filled with denial and attraction and unravelling the secrets that fill Hunter and Erin's past.

I just generally love when stories and storytelling appear within books, and when it happens in Love Story, it seems to take on a whole different meaning. Both Hunter and Erin use the stories written for this creative writing course to anger, upset or make jealous the other person, and at the same time, we as readers are given a closer insight into who these two characters are and what they are about.

This isn't my favourite Jennifer Echols story, but there was plenty here to enjoy. I love that Erin and Hunter are both older teens, dealing with college and future employment. There is a lot of family drama that unfolds and a quick peek into their very different social circles. There's plenty of arguing and stubborness here, but there's also some really sweet and heartfelt moments. I look forward to more by Jennifer Echols.

10 comments:

  1. Hi =) This review is really great. I'll have to keep an eye out of this book <3

    (pheebs20 on Twitter) x

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    1. Oh I hope you do, I think Jennifer Echols is a wonderful author!

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  2. Oh this sounds really good, I do like the idea of fiction set at the college age.

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  3. I love the sound of this! It seems like the perfect kind of book for me. I'm glad you enjoyed it, even if it wasn't your favourite Echols book.

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    1. I really did enjoy it, I think I was just expecting more because of how much I loved Jennifer Echols' previous books :)

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  4. I really should get myself as copy of this as I've really enjoyed the other two books of hers that I've read.

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  5. I've wanted to read Echols' novels for ages! It's a shame you didn't like this one as much as you hoped, but I'd like to try it at some point :)

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    1. It's definitely an interesting story, and I do really love how much stories play a part in this relationship.

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