The Vincent Boys (The Vincent Boys, #1) in The Indie Bookshelf

May 18, 2012 Splage rated it liked it

Shelves: cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater, bicker-bicker-bicker, in-love-with-hero-since-young, 1st-in-series, 2012-read, alpha, ebook, friends-to-lovers, jealousy, contemporary

Review posted to: Swept Away By Romance

2 ½ Stars

Genre: Contemporary Young Adult Romance
Heat Barometer: 2 out of 5 stars
Written from alternating POV’s of Beau & Ashton

I was so excited to start this YA series because I heard it had a more mature rating for YA and a big love triangle. It just didn’t do it for me, I think mainly because I didn’t feel any warmth for the characters. They seemed selfish and immature, I do realize it was YA and they were only 17 years old and I think they definitely act Review posted to: Swept Away By Romance

2 ½ Stars

Genre: Contemporary Young Adult Romance
Heat Barometer: 2 out of 5 stars
Written from alternating POV’s of Beau & Ashton

I was so excited to start this YA series because I heard it had a more mature rating for YA and a big love triangle. It just didn’t do it for me, I think mainly because I didn’t feel any warmth for the characters. They seemed selfish and immature, I do realize it was YA and they were only 17 years old and I think they definitely acted their age, but I didn’t really like Beau or Ashton, the H&h. The sexual tension was off the charts, there were huge build ups, raging hormones, and virginity lost, even some slightly graphic dialog, but then there was just nothing…over…end…deed done…new chapter. For YA to really hit me, the story has to be deeper and developed so I can get the emotion and connection to touch me since it is missing the sexual aspects. YA books such as Slammed or Easy are perfect examples of well written, touching, and emotional stories. This YA book didn’t live up to my expectations. I felt sometimes the author would just say or write something, but the development wasn’t there to make me believe or feel the emotions that were intended. Although there were a few very touching moments such as Beau and Ash’s first confessions of hidden love and even a moment when I had a gulping sob.

Even though I didn’t love the book overall, the story moved very fast, and it was a quick read. Three best friends are from a small town of Grove, Alabama; Sawyer, the golden boy, Beau, the bad boy, and Ashton, the preacher’s daughter. They are inseparable from a young age and as they grow older both boys fall for their best friend, Ash. Sawyer makes the move to claim Ash as his girlfriend and Beau pulls away angry, but because of his love for his cousin, Sawyer, Beau hides his emotions and becomes a bad boy, a partier and player. Sawyer knows how strong Beau’s feelings are for Ash, but his are just as strong and what was funny is they both saw her as completely different. Beau saw her as a free spirit with intense, wild passion. Sawyer put her on a pedestal, made her untouchable, and she acted like the perfect girlfriend for him, but the whole time she wanted to let her hair down, break the rules, and run wild.

“So while the cat is away, the mice will play.” Sawyer goes on a family vacation and Beau and Ash are thrown together several times and eventually give into their feelings for each other. I felt sorry for Sawyer because he was a good guy, somewhat clueless, somewhat weak because he didn’t want to see Beau and Ashton's true connection.

There was one random, big bomb dropped towards the end, but again there wasn’t much elaboration on it, and because of this huge twist I think heads should have rolled, lawsuits should have been filed, and retribution should have been demanded. If this would have happened I think good qualities could have shown through in these young characters to make them more appealing to me.

I keep going back to these YA stories because I love young love, but I seem to find I always want more steam, which due to their target audience I know is not going to be there. Will I ever learn?? Obviously not because I am going to pick up Book 2, The Vincent Brothers, so I can see Sawyer find his happiness.
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Oct 11, 2012 Tarah Hodges-Wilkins rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite, ya, love-triangle, series, second-chances, bad-boy, 5-stars, made-me-cry, highly-recommend, need-more

Hands down my favorite book by Glines! I LOVED this story!!

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Nov 13, 2024 Shelly rated it really liked it

It's been on my to read list for years and I finally got round to it. Nice, quick read, intense story but easy to get through. Characters are pretty great. Not much that annoyed me which is unusual. ...more

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