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Easy (Contours of the Heart, #1)

Tammara Webber

Start date: February 1, 2014

Finish date: February 28, 2014

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Jun 27, 2013 Alicia rated it it was amazing

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Easy by Tammara Webber...
Where can I begin with this beautiful story? It was so amazing and I loved it so much. It is now easily my favorite book.
As soon as I started it- I couldn't put it down. It engaged me, since the beginning line, "I had never noticed Lucas before that night."
It was such an easy read (haha get it?); and the way the author decided to write out the events was perfect. The book was written in first person and not only did it contain dialogue, but it displayed flashbacks of s Easy by Tammara Webber...
Where can I begin with this beautiful story? It was so amazing and I loved it so much. It is now easily my favorite book.
As soon as I started it- I couldn't put it down. It engaged me, since the beginning line, "I had never noticed Lucas before that night."
It was such an easy read (haha get it?); and the way the author decided to write out the events was perfect. The book was written in first person and not only did it contain dialogue, but it displayed flashbacks of specific events to help the reader understand it better.
The characters were perfectly flawed and they each had their own secrets and fears, but they also gave me, as a reader, hope.
Strange, right? Not many books give us hope, even those that were written for that specific purpose. Now, I'm not saying that other books haven't given me a nice and warm feeling inside my stomach, but it didn't touch my heart. Many books that I have read have given me understanding, inspiration, happiness, and a sweet sense of nostalgia, but never hope.
Now, at first I didn't understand the title of the book because the protagonist, Jacqueline, and her best friend, Erin, are anything but easy. But as the story progressed, i began to understand why Webber chose it.
The book revolves around rape, and even though it is not mention in the review or summary, that's what it revolves around.
Yes, it is a love story, but the main message and theme of the novel revolves around rape.
I'm not going in to detail because my reviews house the purpose of just expressing my opinion.
I wish it would have mentioned something about the topic in the summary so I could have been prepared, but either way. Now, the story didn't go into horrible detail of the accounts, but it did explain the aftermath and how the victims felt afterwards and the things they did to help them get through it.
And because I always have to add my favorite character, Landon Lucas Maxfield is amazing, sexy, intelligent, caring, understanding, and what I love most of all, he understands the meaning of "no" and "stop". Did I mention he can fight and draw? Oh well, let me just throw that in there.
Also, I really loved the female character, Jacqueline. She was strong, talented, and brave. She's a fighter and I guess I had Webber to thank for that. Many books portray the female characters as weak and dependent and they do grow, but towards the end and they don't recognize their worth, but in this novel, it was different.
Jacqueline was dependent on her ex, Kennedy, but throughout the entire book she grew and became a strong and brave young woman. She also began to believe in herself and have hope. Ah, yes, that word comes back. But I'm not going to go into details.
This book declares a woman's right to fight back and to never back down from a rape assault. It inspires us and gives us hope that we do matter, and that nothing, nothing is our fault.
I suggest everyone reads this book. It's amazingly written with great and loving characters and it sends such a beautiful and hopeful message.
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Mar 12, 2013 Kristen Tarzwell rated it it was amazing

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Juliet a talented musician gives up a performing arts school to go to university with her high school boyfriend Kennedy only to be dumped by him two weeks later. After suffering through a party where her ex-boyfriend is interested in everyone but her she leaves and gets attacked but lucky for Juliet she is saved by a handsome guy from her economics class.
I loved this story, it was such a pick me up after reading ‘Beautiful Disaster’. Easy shows you how a guy can be ...more

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Jan 31, 2013 Beth Michele rated it it was amazing

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I finished reading this last year, and let me just say that I couldn't put this book down. Lucas, Lucas, Lucas. Sweet, hot, sexy, protective. I loved Jacqueline too (not in the same way of course) :)

One of the funniest lines that still sticks with me from the book was "I'll take hot tutors for a thousand Alex" (I think it was a thousand)

I mean, if you need a tutor, they might as well be hot right? ...more

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