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My Review:Title: Lucas (Preston Brothers, #1)
Author: Jay McLean
Published by: Indie
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 354
Genres: Young Adult, Romance
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:In a sprint, every millisecond counts. When you’re waiting for love, those milliseconds can feel like eons.
High school senior Lucas Preston has it all: star of the track team, a scholarship waiting for him, an apartment to himself and a revolving door of girlfriends. He also has an older sister, five younger brothers and a father who relies on him to make sure those brothers don’t kill each other. His saving grace? Lois “Laney” Sanders, a girl he started to fall in like with when he was just eleven. A girl who became his best friend, his confidant, his courage.
It took only sixteen clicks and eight seconds for Lucas to realize that his like for Laney had turned into love. Eight life-changing seconds. It’s also the exact length of time it took to lose her.
Favorite Quotes:
It’s the most she’s said to me since that night, and I bask in her voice, in her words, one after the other, and I wish she were holding me like she did in the tunnel because her touch is like oil, and my pain is the water. She creates a divide when I could be drowning.
“One day, Lucas, you’re going to fall in love with a girl, like your father fell in love with me, and you’ll understand.” “Understand what?” I asked. “That it’s not about the dance. It’s about moving, as one, with a person whose heart beats to the same rhythm as yours. It’s about love, about life.”
“Good is the enemy of great, Lucas. I want to be great.”
The poor Kennedy kid, the builder’s daughter, and the Preston punks—the topic of all gossip. But gossip is like dust, floating in the air, temporarily marring the things it lands on. It’s not forever. It’s not us.
I literally JUST finished this book and I need to get it out now! This one hit me in directly in the heartstrings. I knew it was gonna twist me up but I didn’t expect to FEEL so much about these characters.
For one thing, most of this POV is from Lucas. And I frigging love it! I always find myself wanting to be more in the males head for some reason. Maybe it’s because I’m a female and I usually already know what they are thinking. This boy ya’ll!
He is the sweetest, caringist, most lovable guy in the world. I love his family loyalty and his dedication to his sport. He just really holds my heart. He wants to be a better person because he feels undeserving of Laney at first. His story is so intense and you just can’t help but feel for him. I love how he showed his emotions, like it didn’t make him less of a man. It was very attractive and came off as very mature. Of course he had to be being the oldest boy of six. And losing what he did. This family dynamic was so wonderfully chaotic.
The side characters in this were fully developed and I can’t wait to see where the author goes with them. Logan was great comic relief and Lachlan, that little boy was super adorable. They carried this story with their realness, personality and ability to work through their family issues. It was a wonderful example of a family dynamic that just works.
Laney seemed like a weak character at first and I was less interested in her because of her lack of dimension. But as I read on and got to see how she dealt with Cooper and Lucas I realized that kindness doesn’t necessarily mean weakness. And by the end I was wanting to hear more of the story from her perspective. I had no idea that Cooper would go as far as he did. It escalated so quickly but knowing what I know, it didn’t seem like it was too much or too fast ya know.
The whole thing from start to finish kept my attention and honestly,I’m still processing all the emotion. Totally going to read the next one.
I have this one!!! I will definitely be reading this one after Book Bonanza!
Yes, yes, yes!!! I love this review!
Have you guys read the More Than series? If not, you need to read them!!!