Reading Group Rating: M for Mature
Personal Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Given Summary: There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and then there’s everything AFTER... Life will never be the same.
Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way.
But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to.
But he’s also rude—to the point of cruelty, even. For all his attitude, Tessa should hate Hardin. And she does—until she finds herself alone with him in his room. Something about his dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss it ignites within her a passion she’s never known before.
He’ll call her beautiful, then insist he isn’t the one for her and disappear again and again. Despite the reckless way he treats her, Tessa is compelled to dig deeper and find the real Hardin beneath all his lies. He pushes her away again and again, yet every time she pushes back, he only pulls her in deeper.
Tessa already has the perfect boyfriend. So why is she trying so hard to overcome her own hurt pride and Hardin’s prejudice about nice girls like her?
Unless…could this be love?
Cover: The cover of this novel is covered in dark blue-green clouds. The clouds show that a storm is coming and it almost stands as a warning. However, rain itself is very cleansing and shows rebirth. So maybe this cover is saying that although a big storm is coming and it may destroy some things, there is also a new start on its way afterwards.
My Review: I did read this novel on Wattpad so I know what happens. I think that's why I was a little hesitant to to read it again. It also makes it a little harder to write this review because I have to focus on just this part of the story, even though I know what happens next.
The story itself is great. I like that they fight and struggle to understand each other, but still love each other. I mean obviously Hardin is hiding something so he sometimes acts like it and gets mad seemingly out of no where.
I think you also have to give a lot of credit to Anna Todd for this story. She wrote it chapter by chapter and uploaded everyday (for the most part). She wasn't able to go back and change anything and she didn't change that much when it was printed into a real book. It just shows hoe good of a writer she actually is, no matter what people may say about her writing a FanFiction online.
I did notice that during Tessa's first meeting of Ken Scott he is said to have brown eyes, but then later he has green eyes. I also didn't like how much Tessa yelled. She's always yelling at Hardin. Maybe it's because I can't relate to that, I don't scream at people even when I'm mad so I just couldn't take it seriously when she was yelling at Hardin all those times.
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