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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
I absolutely loved this book. In my opinion, this is one of the best books Ms. Walker has ever written... ranking right up there with Her Best Friend's Lover and His Christmas Cara which are my two favorite Shiloh Walker books evah.
Del is a strong heroine who has overcome so much and is still working her way back to normality. She comes home, though she doesn't want to, but after running into her cousin Vance, he passes her address on to Del's best friend from high school, Manda, who basically forces her back to Prescott, Tennessee. So, Del decides to face the past, deal with it once and for all, and hopefully move past it. She just didn't count on it being able to, after 12 years, bring her to her knees.
After 12 years away, Blake still pines for Del, not really knowing the depth of that emotion until he sees her. But the Del he once knew is no more. This is a harder Del, a cautious Del, and the fear he sees in her eyes makes him want to pound something or someone into the ground. Oh how I love him. He is a sigh-worthy hero, one that touched me and had me falling in love with him from the first moment of introduction. By no means has his life been easy since Del has been gone. Oh, no. He's had his own issues to deal with, but now, she's back, and he wants her to stay... with him. He makes no qualms about his feelings for her, no excuses. He's a man who admits to his feelings and doesn't pussy-foot around, hemming and hawing, and that to me makes him a unique hero as of late. When he finds out what happened in Del's past, he really wants to kick someone's ass, and who could blame him? But instead of doing that, he's there for Del, supporting her, helping her work through her issues, and giving her the one thing she needs: Love.
Beautiful Girl is Shiloh Walker at her best. The characters in the story come alive from the first page, and the emotions... This book is packed with emotional intensity that is so vivid, so real you can't help but want to protect Del and hug her, and fall in love with the amazing man that is Blake. God, what Del has had to deal with. The intensity of it broke my heart. I'm not ashamed to tell you I cried for her and with her. I also, like Blake, wanted to beat the hell out of someone, and also hug her and protect her from the horror that has haunted her since she was 16. I felt Del's pain, her fear, her torment. I felt Blake's anger, rage, and love.
I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for more than a superficial read, for someone who is looking for a story with substance, grit, and emotion. I recommend Beautiful Girl anyone and everyone. This story IS. THAT. GOOD.
The only thing I would liked to have seen was for Del, just once, to have had the chance to belt Louisa Prescott Sanders. God, just once to give that amoral witch a good fist in her face would have had me clapping aloud.
Go buy the book. You're going to love it!
Del is a strong heroine who has overcome so much and is still working her way back to normality. She comes home, though she doesn't want to, but after running into her cousin Vance, he passes her address on to Del's best friend from high school, Manda, who basically forces her back to Prescott, Tennessee. So, Del decides to face the past, deal with it once and for all, and hopefully move past it. She just didn't count on it being able to, after 12 years, bring her to her knees.
After 12 years away, Blake still pines for Del, not really knowing the depth of that emotion until he sees her. But the Del he once knew is no more. This is a harder Del, a cautious Del, and the fear he sees in her eyes makes him want to pound something or someone into the ground. Oh how I love him. He is a sigh-worthy hero, one that touched me and had me falling in love with him from the first moment of introduction. By no means has his life been easy since Del has been gone. Oh, no. He's had his own issues to deal with, but now, she's back, and he wants her to stay... with him. He makes no qualms about his feelings for her, no excuses. He's a man who admits to his feelings and doesn't pussy-foot around, hemming and hawing, and that to me makes him a unique hero as of late. When he finds out what happened in Del's past, he really wants to kick someone's ass, and who could blame him? But instead of doing that, he's there for Del, supporting her, helping her work through her issues, and giving her the one thing she needs: Love.
Beautiful Girl is Shiloh Walker at her best. The characters in the story come alive from the first page, and the emotions... This book is packed with emotional intensity that is so vivid, so real you can't help but want to protect Del and hug her, and fall in love with the amazing man that is Blake. God, what Del has had to deal with. The intensity of it broke my heart. I'm not ashamed to tell you I cried for her and with her. I also, like Blake, wanted to beat the hell out of someone, and also hug her and protect her from the horror that has haunted her since she was 16. I felt Del's pain, her fear, her torment. I felt Blake's anger, rage, and love.
I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for more than a superficial read, for someone who is looking for a story with substance, grit, and emotion. I recommend Beautiful Girl anyone and everyone. This story IS. THAT. GOOD.
The only thing I would liked to have seen was for Del, just once, to have had the chance to belt Louisa Prescott Sanders. God, just once to give that amoral witch a good fist in her face would have had me clapping aloud.
Go buy the book. You're going to love it!
Del Prescott ran away from home twelve years ago without saying goodbye to anyone in her life. When she returns to her hometown, she has to face those she left behind as well as the demons that have haunted every day since she left home.
Beautiful Girl deals with some pretty heavy issues, and rather than keep the reader in suspense, waiting to find out what caused Del to leave home, the reveal of what happened to Del comes pretty early in the book. I really appreciated knowing what had happened to Del. It was horrific and there were some scenes in the book that were a bit difficult to stomach, both dealing with rape and suicide.
Del had been through a lot, and it's said often enough throughout the book that the girl she used to be is nothing like the woman she grew up to become.
Blake was Del's boyfriend and first love when they were both in high school. Life hasn't been easy for him since Del left, but he's hung in there.
When Del and Blake see each other again for the first time in twelve years, I was kind of nervous about how that would play out, but I thought it was handled so well, and I think it really set the stage for how Blake and Del would react to each other through the rest of the book.
I found Del's mother and stepfather to be absolutely deplorable people. As far as I could see, there was nothing redeemable about either of them. It made them really easy to hate.
The plot felt very straightforward. There was an element of suspense that I enjoyed. It added another layer to the story that went beyond Del just coming home to confront the past.
Overall, I really enjoyed the story. My only complaint is that there were several typos throughout the book. None of them were necessarily huge errors, but it was enough to take me out of the story for a bit, so I think the book could have stood to have another edit before going to print. Other than that, I really enjoyed the book.
Beautiful Girl deals with some pretty heavy issues, and rather than keep the reader in suspense, waiting to find out what caused Del to leave home, the reveal of what happened to Del comes pretty early in the book. I really appreciated knowing what had happened to Del. It was horrific and there were some scenes in the book that were a bit difficult to stomach, both dealing with rape and suicide.
Del had been through a lot, and it's said often enough throughout the book that the girl she used to be is nothing like the woman she grew up to become.
Blake was Del's boyfriend and first love when they were both in high school. Life hasn't been easy for him since Del left, but he's hung in there.
When Del and Blake see each other again for the first time in twelve years, I was kind of nervous about how that would play out, but I thought it was handled so well, and I think it really set the stage for how Blake and Del would react to each other through the rest of the book.
I found Del's mother and stepfather to be absolutely deplorable people. As far as I could see, there was nothing redeemable about either of them. It made them really easy to hate.
The plot felt very straightforward. There was an element of suspense that I enjoyed. It added another layer to the story that went beyond Del just coming home to confront the past.
Overall, I really enjoyed the story. My only complaint is that there were several typos throughout the book. None of them were necessarily huge errors, but it was enough to take me out of the story for a bit, so I think the book could have stood to have another edit before going to print. Other than that, I really enjoyed the book.