Title: Go Your Own Way
Series: N/A
Author: Zane Riley
Genre: Young Adult Romance
Length: Novel (326 pages)
Publisher: Interlude Press (May 5th 2015)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 4.5 Hearts
Blurb: Will Osborne couldn’t wait to put the roller coaster ride of his public education behind him. Having suffered bullying and harassment since grade school, he planned a senior year that would be simple and quiet before going away to college and starting fresh.
But when a reform school transfer student struts into his first class, Will realizes that the thrill ride has only just begun.
Lennox McAvoy is an avalanche. He’s crude, flirtatious, and the most insufferable, beautiful person Will’s ever met. From his ankle monitor to his dull smile, Lennox appears irredeemable. But when Will’s father falls seriously ill, Will discovers that there is more to Lennox than meets the eye.
ISBN: 978-1-94153-034-4
Product Link: http://www.amazon.com/Your-Own-Way-Zane-Riley-ebook/dp/B00WOP7OGM
Reviewer: Aerin
Review: For a debut novel, this was fantastic! I loved reading it from the beginning to the end, and the author earned himself a new fan girl: me!
This is a character driven novel that beautifully shows us the journey of two young men, bad boy Lennox McAvoy and the innocent Will Osborne. It was a pleasure to go along with these two fantastic characters through their first true love experience while they take their first baby steps towards romance.
This book is written from both characters’ point of view and I really liked that, especially since we got to see Lennox in a different way from that which he showed the rest of the world. The first half of the book might seem a bit slow-paced, and Lennox might get on the reader’s nerves, but please do not give up.
This book grown in the second half, especially towards the end. It becomes more intense and while heartbreaking, it gives you hope. This book is the perfect example to that saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, and it shows us the struggles that people who are different from “the norm” are going through.
If you’re not a fan of New Adult books because sex doesn’t always happen in them, give this one a chance. They boys do have sex, in every way you can think, so your pervy side should be satisfied.
Lennox broke my heart! Literally, as a mother, I cried for him and my heart bled for him, because no young person should live the way he does. His situation is completely heartbreaking, and I was keeping my fingers crossed the entire time that someone would step in and show this darling boy that there’s still hope for the humanity.
Will was a romantic at heart, so totally different from Lennox who truly believed there’s no such thing as love. Will was a virgin while Lennox was quite experienced, Will wanted romance, and love while Lennox wanted to get in his pants. Lennox’s crude language and obnoxious personality was bothersome, but not in the way you’d think. I wasn’t offended by it, but rather frustrated that people always had so little faith in him. He decided to give them a reason to dislike him since they would anyways.
Their relationship started out as enemies, progressed to friendship and from there it flowed to love easily. Will saw Lennox in a way other people weren’t likely to see him and believed in him when nobody else would. I loved them together, their chemistry was great, and the night when Will loses his virginity to Lennox will stay with me forever.
I was just so heartbroken with the way it started and I was so happy with the way it ended. Lennox really did get the best birthday present ever, even if it wasn’t planned: Will’s complete trust and utter surrender.
The secondary characters were so different from each other. They were at opposite ends of the spectrum. We have the bullies, the drunks, the animals who are nothing more than a piss poor excuse for human beings. I really hated them with all my heart! Karen and Ben, Will’s parents, were amazing! I loved the relationship they had with Will and I thought Karen was an amazing person, more than a stepmother, more than a friend. She’s that person that would make anyone lucky to have on their side.
The ending felt a bit rushed to me, a tentative HFN instead of the HEA I was looking forward to. I hope we get a sequel in the future because I’d love to see if Will and Lennox make it together as a couple and how their lives are 10 years for now. I’d love to see how Will’s plans for the future turned out, and what role Lennox plays in it. I need more!
Recommended!!!
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