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You Before Anyone Else by Julie Cross, Mark Perini
3.0
Summary
You Before Anyone Else by Julie Cross and Mark Perini is a young adult contemporary romance novel, with themes on the brink of the new adult genre.
It alternates between the first person points of view of 19-year-old Finley and Eddie who meet at a party through mutual friends.
Finley wants to reopen her mother's dance studio in Connecticut. She's working as a model in New York City trying to earn money. She isn't landing any high paying jobs due to her good girl demeanour.
Eddie is working as a model at the same modelling agency as Finley, in order to earn money. He's hiding a big secret from Finley.
Finley and Eddie start falling in love with each other. However, Eddie's having a hard time keeping his secret from Finley and worries when it surfaces, it will break them apart.
Review
The first half of the novel was filled with intense romance. It abruptly changed to intense drama in the second half.
I liked the secondary characters. They were well developed and had distinct personalities. I especially liked Finley's strong relationship with her family and modelling friends.
After the announcement of Eddie's secret and his plan to handle it, I could see where he was coming from. Although, his plan wasn't very logical and it kind of annoyed me.
I loved how the story ended. It was positive and hopeful.
I liked the messages the authors portrayed of doing what you want to do and not what others want you to do.
The story was long for a romance novel. There were times where I felt it dragged on and it could have been cut down.
I recommend this book for anyone who's 16 years and older and wants to read a romance with familial drama and new adult themes.
You Before Anyone Else by Julie Cross and Mark Perini is a young adult contemporary romance novel, with themes on the brink of the new adult genre.
It alternates between the first person points of view of 19-year-old Finley and Eddie who meet at a party through mutual friends.
Finley wants to reopen her mother's dance studio in Connecticut. She's working as a model in New York City trying to earn money. She isn't landing any high paying jobs due to her good girl demeanour.
Eddie is working as a model at the same modelling agency as Finley, in order to earn money. He's hiding a big secret from Finley.
Finley and Eddie start falling in love with each other. However, Eddie's having a hard time keeping his secret from Finley and worries when it surfaces, it will break them apart.
Review
The first half of the novel was filled with intense romance. It abruptly changed to intense drama in the second half.
I liked the secondary characters. They were well developed and had distinct personalities. I especially liked Finley's strong relationship with her family and modelling friends.
After the announcement of Eddie's secret and his plan to handle it, I could see where he was coming from. Although, his plan wasn't very logical and it kind of annoyed me.
I loved how the story ended. It was positive and hopeful.
I liked the messages the authors portrayed of doing what you want to do and not what others want you to do.
The story was long for a romance novel. There were times where I felt it dragged on and it could have been cut down.
I recommend this book for anyone who's 16 years and older and wants to read a romance with familial drama and new adult themes.