Book Info-

Title: Crush

Series: Crush #1

By: Lacey Weatherford

Publication Date: October 20th, 2012

Blurb-

Cami Wimberley has a plan, and that plan includes no room for boys—especially the big time party animal, Hunter Wilder, no matter how handsome and charismatic he is. She’s beautiful, a senior, extremely talented, gets good grades, and is working her way toward her dream college to be a musical theater major. Everything is perfect.

Hunter Wilder does not want a girlfriend—that would complicate his life way too much right now. He especially doesn’t want this girl, Miss-Goody-Two-Shoes, so how come he can’t keep his eyes off her? He tries to keep her at arms length, but fate seems to keep pushing them together. Before long, it’s obvious to everyone they’re crushing on each other.

As sparks begin to fly, Hunter finds himself sinking deeper and deeper into hot water. Soon he’s scrambling to keep Cami from discovering his dark secret—one that can destroy their entire relationship.

Review

The underlying Phantom of the Opera theme was not lost on me. I appreciate a good Phantom theme. So much so, that when I finished the book, I had to go watch my favorite movie of all time. But enough about Phantom, let’s review the book.

Crush was a good story with a good premise. It kept me engaged throughout. This story deals with drugs and the horrors that come with it. It also deals with a star-crossed love of sorts. Like Phantom of the Opera, you have a decent man in love with a woman who is obsessed over by a mentally and emotionally deranged man. In the end, someone is going to end up dead. I would go as far as to say that this is a modern, loose retelling of the Phantom of the Opera story and I applaud Ms. Weatherford for that.

There were a few times when I got lost. Perhaps I missed something? But there was one incident with Cami’s best friend Clay standing under her window at night. It is my understanding that he wasn’t just watching her, if you know what I mean, but I never read anything about it happening. I also felt Cami’s dealing with Hunter’s drug use was immature for a seventeen year old, but it also showed that she didn’t really know anything about drugs. So, it was sort of…hard for me to make issue with it. People who have never been around drugs like that don’t really know how to handle that situation and I felt that was made plain through the way Cami handled it.

All in all, this was a good, short read. I give it three stars. It’s worth your time and I can’t wait to dive into the second in the series.

Links-

Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16045855-crush

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Book Info-

Title- Smitten

Series- Crush # 2

By-Lacey Weatherford

Blurb-

Life is good. Cami is away at her dream college with her dream man by her side. She thinks if she can just get through with meeting Hunter’s family that everything will be perfect. Little does she know that life’s about to turn upside down again when Hunter is called to infiltrate a gang whose specialty is chopping and racing cars. His contact happens to be a beautiful curvy girl who is the gang leader’s sister and he has to pose as her boyfriend. Communication with Cami is basically forbidden to help keep his cover.

Hunter, however, can’t stand being away from the girl he really loves, and he sneaks away one night to meet her across town. He doesn’t know the gang leader, Ripper, has suspicions about him already and he’s following him to see where he goes. He surprises Hunter and Cami, and Hunter quickly introduces her as his cousin who is having some car trouble. He thinks all is well until he discovers he has one serious problem. Ripper likes Cami and decides to pursue her, drawing her into the same dangerous world he’s supposed to bring down.

Can he keep his cover without having Cami get caught in the crossfire? Will the two of them survive having to watch each other fake it in the arms of another? Or will their hot stolen kisses destroy everything?

Links-

Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17252101-smitten

Kindle- http://www.amazon.com/Smitten-Crush-ebook/dp/B00DJSQYJQ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1383255647

Amazon Paperback- http://www.amazon.com/Smitten-Crush-Volume-Lacey-Weatherford/dp/1484109724/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1383255647&sr=8-1

Nook- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/smitten-lacey-weatherford/1115793676?ean=2940016536958

Barnes & Noble Paperback- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/smitten-lacey-weatherford/1115793676?ean=9781484109724

Smashwords- http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/328748

Kobo- http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/smitten-5

About The Author-

Lacey Weatherford was born in Ft. Meade Maryland while her father was serving in the military. She has been a life long resident of Arizona, spending most of her time growing up in the small rural town of Clay Springs.

It was while she was attending the small country school in Clay Springs, that she read her first “big” book at the age of eight. It was a Nancy Drew novel and Lacey was instantly hooked. She read every book that she could find in the series and decided that she wanted to write stories too.

Lacey spent a lot of time at the library from that time forward, even volunteering in her later teen years and early twenties. She would don a crazy clown outfit for the Friends of the Library fundraisers in an effort to help get the new town library built.

When she and her husband moved away from the area, Lacey took the opportunity to take some creative writing classes at the local college to help further along her interests. Several years later, they were blessed with the opportunity to move back to Clay Springs with their family. The town had finally succeeded in building their library and Lacey had the opportunity to be President of the Friends of the Library for a very short time, before relocating.

Lacey and her family still live in the White Mountains of Arizona, where she continues to write young adult novels that have a fantasy/fairytale or paranormal bent to them, as well as being sure to include a great romantic storyline!

Author Links-

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Website- http://www.laceyweatherfordbooks.com

Amazon Author Page- http://www.amazon.com/Lacey-Weatherford/e/B0033DCQBC

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