While cleaning out Jake's room, Noah and Jake's
dad make a startling discovery. Instead of the obligatory porn collection or
pot stash, they find a ring, but not just any ring. Its half a carat of
commitment in a platinum setting-proving even man whores have taste. After
Jake's mom pleads with Noah to find the girl who meant so much to Jake, Noah
begins a modern day Grail quest to track the girl down.
Since Jake was a notorious player with a legendary
collection of trophy panties, Noah finds himself in over his head. There are
the usual suspects like Avery, the Ice Princess Jake dated for appearances, or
Presley, the school mattress Jake dated for convenience. But the trail begins
to point to the most unlikely of suspects: Maddie, the Valedictorian and choir
girl who was trying to help the unmotivated jock graduate--the girl who also
has surprisingly caught Noah's eye and meddled with his heart.
Hanging out with Maddie shows Noah a different
side of Jake--one that was deeply human and surprisingly douche-free. And the more he tries to solve the mystery of
the ring and of Jake, the more Noah starts to discover about himself and of
love.
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Review
For all of our YA fans out there, you will
definitely enjoy this one. The idea behind this story is very interesting.
Right away, you love the main characters! Noah is a great kid, but is quite the
honest teenage boy. Maddie is sweet and an overall good girl that you can’t
help but adore.
Watching the journey Noah takes throughout this
story, is as heartbreaking as it is sweet. In just a matter of weeks, his
entire world shifts. If it is life altering, it happens between Spring Break
and graduation for Noah. I can’t imagine that he would have survived without
Maddie’s support. I loved that he was pretty about his emotions and his lack of
display of them.
Maddie. Ah sweet Maddie. What a good girl. She is
the sweet Pastor’s daughter who loves everyone. She seems like a great girl and
Noah is very lucky to have her support. She provides a great new perspective
whenever Noah is struggling and helps to alter his outlook.
Even though Jake is never alive during the story,
you felt like you knew him through Maddie and Noah. He was quite the complex
kid and it seems that he was quite misunderstood by his peers. I would’ve loved
to have seen Jake before his death to truly understand him.
Overall, it was a very sweet, but heartbreaking
story. If you are a fan of YA, you will enjoy this one.
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About the
Author
Katie Ashley is the New
York Times, USA Today, and Amazon Best-Selling author of The Proposition. She
lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her two very spoiled dogs and one
outnumbered cat. She has a slight obsession with Pinterest, The Golden Girls,
Harry Potter, Shakespeare, Supernatural, Designing Women, and Scooby-Doo.
She spent 11 1/2 years
educating the Youth of America aka teaching MS and HS English until she left to
write full time in December 2012.
She also writes Young
Adult fiction under the name Krista Ashe.
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