I was so not up to reading about a girl recovering from some horrid rape.

Now I’m dreading it and so disappointed I could choke on something. Damn, she was going to get raped–and in the first scene of the book no less. I started reading and immediately got this sinking feeling in my gut. Now I’m thinking, this book has to at least be OKAY so I plunked down my hard earned $3.99 and bought it. BUT–and here’s the big but–I really did enjoy her other books. And I wasn’t getting a firm grasp of the plot when I read it. The blurb made it sound like she was juggling one too many men–maybe even two. I have to say at this point, I’m very hesitant to read it. So once I finished the series I really eyed EASY up and down. I especially loved WHERE YOU ARE (Book 2). I digress, let’s move on shall we? Okay, so I polished off the series like I’d never read a book in my life before. I ended up reading the entire series in two days flat. That’s why I finally decided I would at least give Tammara’s first book, BETWEEN THE LINES a try.

Suddenly appearances are everything, and knowing who to trust is anything but easy.Īlthough I was venturing out of my normal element–historicals and contemporaries–I was looking for an angsty teenage/early adult romance that was notwritten in first person but written in third person. Then Jacqueline discovers a withheld connection between her supportive tutor and her seductive classmate, her ex comes back into the picture, and her stalker escalates his attention by spreading rumors that they’ve hooked up. When he asks if he can sketch her, alone in her room, she agrees–hoping for more. At a downtown club, he disappears after several dances that leave her on fire. Nothing like her popular ex or her brainy tutor, Lucas sits on the back row, sketching in a notebook and staring at her. Meanwhile, a guy in her econ class proves his worth the first night she meets him. There’s just one problem–their only interactions are through email. As Jacqueline becomes interested in more from her tutor than a better grade, his teasing responses make the feeling seem mutual. Her econ professor gives her an email address for Landon, the class tutor, who shows her that she’s still the same intelligent girl she’s always been. After two weeks in shock, she wakes up to her new reality: she’s single, attending a state university instead of a music conservatory, ignored by her former circle of friends, stalked by her ex’s frat brother, and failing a class for the first time in her life. When Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the last thing she expects is a breakup. Will what they find in each other validate their conclusions, or disprove them all? A boy who believes truth is relative, lies can mask unbearable pain, and guilt is eternal. A girl who believes trust can be misplaced, promises are made to be broken, and loyalty is an illusion.

Easy tammara