The only person poetry-loving Cali Monroe hates more than herself is Logan Waters, the geeky kid who lives in the dorm building next to hers.
Ever since Cali’s parents told her she would amount to nothing, she has felt entirely inadequate. Friendless and alone, she takes on the mean girl role in hopes it will make her feel better–and Logan serves as the perfect target. He infuriates her with his obnoxiously long lashes, his all too perfect dimpled smile, and his complete lack of personality outside of his intelligence. It doesn’t hurt that he’s part of the reason her brother is dead, either. So Cali hates him, and he returns the favor. Thus, their prank-filled, insult-driven rivalry is born, and torturing Logan quickly becomes the highlight of her life.
But when Cali’s parents set them up on a blind date, she begins to realize Logan might not be as boring as she always thought. He shares her love of poetry, takes a sadistic pleasure in making fun of crepes, and he makes her blush when he calls her smile pretty.
And hey, maybe those long lashes of his aren’t that obnoxious after all…
Two Roads is New Adult Romance about finding love, standing out, and learning to embrace who you are. It contains some language and mild sexual content.
Stephanie’s 4 Star Review:
I received an ARC of this book for an honest review.
There are several paths people can take in life. One of easy and one of hard. Troubled or Smooth. Cali Moore has thought for years that Logan Waters is part of the reason her brother is dead. She has chosen a path of destruction. The mean girl. The one who puts down others to seem like she gets a kick out of putting people down and using guys for her pleasure with no commitment. That’s who she portrays to be but not who she really is. She’s stopped being Cali. The guilt of her brothers death weighing heavily on her shoulders….she stopped having a relationship with her parents and pushed everyone away. Logan was her nemesis.
He transferred to the same college as her and she tried her hardest to pull the biggest pranks on him she could. They both took our their hurt on each other. Insults and relentless pranks. She tried to deny herself the feelings she’s always had for Logan.
They both share a love of poetry. She never knew he loved it as much as she did. Their parents set them up on a blind date and that’s when they figured it out. They were connected by something else. Friendship, death, school, pranks, and poetry. Try as she might Cali can’t fight her feelings for Logan. She wants so badly to tell him how she feels. She wants to give into his stares. To really truly allow herself to love.
I found this story to be slow to start but interesting to finish. I would put it down then pick it back up. It didn’t capture me at the start but I kept reading and by the end I enjoyed the story much better. These two kids have a lot to bond over and their story is typical but unconventional with the death of the one person that always was the center between the two. They have to learn how to let go of the grief to allow love in and chose which road they will take. Hard or easy….which one will be worth it?
“Then go to him,” I say quietly, and now I look up to meet her gaze. Her brown eyes are hard and strong, watching me intently. “Go out with him,” I continue. “Or don’t. But don’t let him go. Because if someone can be constantly on your mind like that, if they can always make you smile, if they can cheer you up one way or another, then you have to go to them. You have to tell them what they mean to you and then you can go out with them or you can stay friends or you can barely ever talk to them, but you enjoy yourself, you have fun, and then you hold fast to them and never, ever let them go. Because if someone, just by their existence, can brighten up your whole day, you have to try like hell to keep them in your life.” I take a long breath as soon as the words finish tumbling out of my mouth, a jumble of thoughts and feelings that, for me, couldn’t be more true. I don’t know where they came from other than straight from that goddamn unpredictable heart of mine, and as soon as the words leave my mouth, I know my subconscious has been working on them for a long time.
L.M. Augustine is a YA romance author who is obsessed with writing about dorky teenagers, love, and happy endings. He currently lives in New England, where he spends far too much time reading books and screaming at his computer, and he believes that the solution to the world’s problems can be found in chocolate cake.
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I have not read this but really want to! It sounds scrumptious!
I bought the book on its release but have not read it yet. I’m looking forward to it!
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I have this ebook but have not read it yet. It has great reviews.
I have not read yet but it sounds great so I will as soon as I can, Thank you for the giveaway.
No I have not read the book but would love to