Wren Gray has spent her life trying to please her parents and make them proud. She didn't date, she focused on her studies, and she applied for early admission to Emory College where her mother works on a path to be a doctor just as her father wants. But high school is over, and Wren is starting to see that what she wants is not what her parents want, and maybe it's time for her to focus on herself for once.
Charlie Parker had a tough childhood, and has developed a deep need to be needed from that. But when he's alone, all he wants is to be with Wren Gray. He thinks she is everything, and if soul mates exist, she has got to be his. It isn't until just before graduation that they finally meet, but when they do, their souls touch and they are swept into a summer romance so strong, it can only be the beginning of forever.
At least, that's what Lauren Myracle would have the reader believe. I wasn't buying it. I felt like this book lacked substance. There were a few parts I enjoyed, a few quips during dialogue that were cute, but overall, I felt like the whole book read like a MarySue fan fiction. There was a lot of sexual moments, which I have not encountered in YA fiction like this. Generally there's a lot of innuendo and fade to black in the books I read. This was more graphic. I wouldn't say it was pornographic, especially since she only went halfway with her descriptions (at one point Charlie was fingering Wren and his "thumb stroked other places" - really? Lazy, Lauren).
The writing was not overly advanced, but the content is for a more mature reader, definitely. I wasn't a fan. That isn't to say I disapprove of smut (I don't - I love a good smutty romance), I just found this to fall short of my standards.
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