Tuesday, March 12, 2013

It Was You by Anna Cruise




Warning: This book is about teens behaving badly. If you like your teenagers sweet and cuddly…move on to the next book. Otherwise, carry on.

Okay. They don’t act too terrible (just hooking up, drinking and fights terrible. Not gang banging and prostitution terrible). But I’m getting ahead of myself and should back up a bit.



Abby and Annika Sellers are twins. The identical kind (even though Abby wishes they weren’t). In fact, after one last night of Sodom and Gomorrah the high school graduation version, Abby wishes they didn’t live in the same planet. 


But she’ll settle for going to different colleges.  She’s sick of being the second half of a train wreck and wants to start over where nobody knows her as “the twin that doesn’t put out.”
Why Abby thought that moniker was a bad thing? No clue.

The new school comes with a new boy. Obnoxiously hot Wes Montgomery (nice name).  Even though Wes is a little too cocky for her tastes, she can’t help how her ovaries react to him. And the longer they interact, the more Abby comes to realize that Wes, while irritatingly arrogant, is not such a bad guy after all.

Especially when that hot a*s guy is coming right after her despite all her misgivings. The bulk of my interest in this book is Wes interacting with Abby. It’s just….

Wes Montgomery had it going ON! Sometimes you’re in the mood for your MC to be a little edgy without veering into the Edward Scissorhands category. He wasn’t perfect. He was a little possessive. He had a little bit of a temper (that he showed to others but not Abby). And he was more than a little bit of a Neanderthal. *Droooool*

(I know…I know. Don’t judge me)


I generally liked the book. It was a solid first effort for this writer. My only complaint would be her twin Annika. I know that a villain had to be cast for the story to be told but that chick was way too one sided. Annika seemed to have no other interest than stalking her sister and making her life miserable. Instead of coming out as the selfish and cruel twin, it was more like….


Writing: Decent
Plot: Predictable but still good
Recommend: You betcha

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