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Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

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Jul 20, 12

bookshelves: female-narrator, contemp, read-2012, new-adult, txla13, autographed
Read from June 16 to 18, 2012 — I own a copy, read count: 1

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Jennifer Echols has a way of creating this incredible tension between characters that always leaves me grinning like a fool. I enjoy it, oh, so much, and Such a Rush delivers plenty delectable tension.

Probably in the most entertaining, unconventional love triangle ever, Leah, Grayson, and Alec take us on a path full of yearning, excitement, laughs, frustration, and, oh yeah, sexytimes. Leah is unlike any female character I’ve yet to read. She’s gutsy, yet vulnerable. She’s aware of how people perceive her and plays into that part, which made me want to reach into the book and hug her. I love how she can be tough and a tomboy, yet also play the sexy vixen.

Leah had a relationship with her best friend that I found to have a great core, though at times their motives for certain situations were questionable. I never doubted that they cared for one another, even when they were throwing insults back and forth.

The Hall boys. Oh, man, did they make this book interesting. Alec was such a nice guy. And a model gorgeous one, at that. He was easy-going, and always ready with a smile for you. It’s impossible not to love him. The thing is, his twin brother, Grayson, had that edge that makes guys irresistible. He’s one of those boys that will say something to you so mean in the heat of the moment it will make you want to cry, then make it all better with one burning look or a passionate kiss. And you can’t help yourself! Even though he’s mean one second, and thoughtful the next, you fall hard for him anyway. That’s Grayson…and I wanted him all for myself. :) Now, go forth and fall for the Hall boys.

I was extremely surprised by how much I enjoyed learning about airplanes. Jennifer Echols wrote it into the book so seamlessly and expertly that by the end, I felt I could fly plane myself! It really should come with a “Do Not Attempt This At Home” warning, haha. There were a couple of scenes of them in the air that had me on the edge of my seat and others where I felt so serene. I just felt like I was in the plane with them.

In so many respects, never have I read a book whose book title delivered in spades. Such a Rush: you betcha!

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Quotes Jess (Gone with the Words) Liked

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“Love isn’t something you have to deserve.”
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“It’s easier to remember your lies if they’re close to the truth,”
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“I had wanted something from him. Even expected a confrontation. To be ignored was a sentence without a period.”
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“When I’m with you," he began again, "it’s like… I still don’t feel normal. But I can see normal at twelve o’clock on the horizon." He pointed past me, through the windshield of an imaginary airplane. "At least I know normal is still out there. I’ve spent the last three months not sure of that at all.”
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“On a sigh he brought up his hand and used one long finger to brush a dark curl away from my face. With the saddest look in his eyes, he said, "A girl needs to be held right now, and comforted, and told that everything is going to be okay. I'm sorry I can't do that for you. I don't have any of that left."

"I have a little," I said, "and I'll lend it to you.”
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“But when I was a little girl, my mom always told me to be nice to everybody, no matter what they looked like or how they treated me, because I never knew who might be an angel God had sent to Earth in disguise.”
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“When something awful happens, sometimes people get stuck.”
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“We wanted to enjoy the afterglow and we were trying our best to bond, but it was difficult with so many people between us, even though most of them were ghosts.”
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Reading Progress

06/16/2012 page 29
9.0%
06/17/2012 page 115
36.0% "Her books are always hard to put down!!"
06/18/2012 page 185
58.0% "SO GOOD!" 1 comment
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