- Title: Wait For You
- Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout, writing as J. Lynn
- Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
- Pub. date: 2 April 2013
- Series: Wait For You #1
- Pages: 389
- Genre: new adult, romance, contemporary
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SOME THINGS ARE WORTH WAITING FOR…
Traveling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape what happened at the Halloween party five years ago—an event that forever changed her life. All she needs to do is make it to her classes on time, make sure the bracelet on her left wrist stays in place, not draw any attention to herself, and maybe—please God—make a few friends, because surely that would be a nice change of pace. The one thing she didn’t need and never planned on was capturing the attention of the one guy who could shatter the precarious future she’s building for herself.SOME THINGS ARE WORTH EXPERIENCING…
Cameron Hamilton is six feet and three inches of swoon-worthy hotness, omplete with a pair of striking blue eyes and a remarkable ability to make her want things she believed were irrevocably stolen from her. She knows she needs to stay away from him, but Cam is freaking everywhere, with his charm, his witty banter, and that damn dimple that’s just so… so lickable. Getting involved with him is dangerous, but when ignoring the simmering tension that sparks whenever they are around each other becomes impossible, he brings out a side of her she never knew existed.SOME THINGS SHOULD NEVER BE KEPT QUIET…
But when Avery starts receiving threatening emails and phone calls forcing her to face a past she wants silenced, she’s has no other choice but to acknowledge that someone is refusing to allow her to let go of that night when everything changed. When the devastating truth comes out, will she resurface this time with one less scar? And can Cam be there to help her or will he be dragged down with her?AND SOME THINGS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR…
I picked up this series because I need more JLA in my life and it’s as simple as that. What more reason could I possibly need to read this book?
Quite simply put, this is one of JLA’s contemporary romances; it is a college romance set in West Virginia University centered around freshman Avery Morgansten, who pretty much running from a past. She meets new people, among them the rather charming and handsome Cameron Hamilton.
The main character, Avery, is the most complex character here, in my opinion, and this is a good thing because if she is the protagonist I wanna know more about her, to dissect her, to understand her! I think she is a great character, very nicely multi-faceted, and very intriguing from the get go.
Cameron is a complete heartthrob! Cam is officially joining the ranks of my book boyfriends because of how husband material he is. He is a great guy and a great complement to Avery, I think.
The side characters here were just so good! They had some amazing lines and I just loved their appearances, especially Jacob and Britt. I am just in love with the whole gang!
Wait For You starts out like any normal college romance, but ends up being so much more. I love how JLA really built up the content in this book because I started getting worried that just one book on Cam and Avery might not suffice. But JLA really took her time and nicely stretched out the story so there was this really nice, smooth flow.
There were so many iconic moments in this book; so much so that I am considering a reread once I am done with the whole series! Would be totally worth it! Also, can we appreciate how the story was not always just Avery and Cam? There were a good, realistic mix of Avery’s everyday life while giving us a generous dose of the romance here! Bravo!
Wait For You is a contemporary novel, so not really much world-building going on, but I still felt quite a bit of it. First of all, I have never been to college; the way my curriculum goes is that we finish high school with our A-Levels and go straight into university (and I was 17 when this happened!), so I felt like I had a bit of an atypical academic journey there. So, these college romances are my guilty pleasures; I am living my life voraciously through these.
I am thrilled to say that JLA literally made me want to go to college with this novel! Thrilled because that’s great writing, not because I love living my life in education institutions. So, I am gonna say props for world-building! Love it!
Let’s go with the biggest theme here first: romance. JLA’s portrayal of relationships here, meaning Avery and Cam, was just amazing!. I love how they go through this journey, but they have their own bits that they need to work on their own to meet the other halfway. I am a huge fan of the chemistry between these two and I am in desperate need of a Cam in my life! HAHA!
The really heavy theme here was the sexual abuse and the stigma that comes with being a survivor. Having no personal experience, I feel uncomfortable discussing this on a public platform, but what I liked about this book was how JLA brought in many different issues around that theme from multiple points of view.
I can safely say that Wait For You is officially one of my favourite reads of 2021! And I was shocked that my second book of the year just blew away like this! I would totally recommend this book to anyone who loves a good romance with lots of chemistry, steam and substance!
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