Thursday, 4 July 2013

Clash by Nicole Williams (New Adult, 7/10)


6th June 2013, Simon and Schuster, 282 pages, Paperback, Review copy,

Themes: fleeting moments of ballet, jealousy, trust issues, stupid college traditions, being insecure, listening to your inner doubts and letting others cloud your judgement, frequently being an idiot, semi-awesome roommate, hazardous driving conditions, taking risks, declaring and turning down love in public, acting on impulse, following your head/heart, getting good advice from parents, life being its unpredictable self, holing up in a hotel, pity parties, hurting others

Content: lots of strong and frequent adult situations, some fighting, moderate bad language, tissues needed

Summary from Simon and Schuster

For Lucy Larson and Jude Ryder, love might be the thing that just isn't enough.
The only easy thing about Jude and Lucy's relationship is their love for one another. Everything else is hard. Especially when it comes to reining in Jude's trigger touch temper and Lucy's increasing jealousy of the female attention that Jude attracts. Feeling the stress of trying to hang on to her quintessential bad boy while becoming the foremost dancer in her class, Lucy knows something's going to break. She wants both. She needs both. But if she doesn't make a choice, she risks losing everything. - See more at: http://books.simonandschuster.co.uk/Clash/Nicole-Williams/9781471117633#sthash.6OeBwETu.dpuf
For Lucy Larson and Jude Ryder, love might be the thing that just isn't enough. The only easy thing about Jude and Lucy's relationship is their love for one another. Everything else is hard. Especially when it comes to reining in Jude's trigger touch temper and Lucy's increasing jealousy of the female attention that Jude attracts. Feeling the stress of trying to hang on to her quintessential bad boy while becoming the foremost dancer in her class, Lucy knows something's going to break. She wants both. She needs both. But if she doesn't make a choice, she risks losing everything.
 

Nayuleska's thoughts 
There was a little more ballet in this book, but the focus was all on Jude. Lucy is a prize nitwit when it comes to her trust issues, although I confess to having the same reaction as her when she finds out a pivotal piece of info. I didn't like her roommate's principles but I loved her straight talking and how she and so many others told Lucy what she needed to hear - although that got repeated several times over which annoyed me. I will read book 3 Crush just to find out what happens next after the extremely dramatic and unexpectedly moving ending. 

You can find out more on Nicole's website 

Suggested read
Read book 1, Crash, which has less ballet than I expected and lots of trouble between Jude and Lucy.

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