Title: Out of Line (Out of Line #1)Author: Jen Mclaughlin (aka Diane Alberts)
Published: September 1st 2013
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Desperate to break free…
I've spent my entire life under my father’s thumb, but now I'm finally free to make my own choices. When my roommate dragged me to my first college party, I met Finn Coram and my life turned inside out. He knows how to break the rules and is everything I never knew I wanted. A Marine by day and surfer by night, he pushes me away even as our attraction brings us closer. Now I am finally free to do whatever I want. I know what I want. I choose Finn.
Trying to play by the rules...
I always follow orders. My job, my life, depends on it. I thought this job would be easy, all the rules were made crystal clear, but when I met Carrie Wallington, everything got muddy. She's a rule I know I shouldn't break, but damn if I don’t inch closer to the breaking point each time I see her. I’m ready to step out of line. And even worse? I’m living a lie. They say the truth will set you free, but in my case…
The truth will cost me everything.
When I
first saw this book as an option for review, I jumped into action and requested
immediately. The cover is awesome, the blurb sounded good and what more could I have wished for to allure me in? Exactly! So I hopped on the review tour and was
super excited to give this New Adult novel a try. I’m sure you’re all here to
see what I thought, so I won’t waste your time any longer, let’s get down to
business.
"I was done fighting her. From now on, I would fight for her."
The story. Carrie is a very privileged young woman what
with being the daughter of a senator. She has a reputation and an image to live
up to and when she sets off to college, it’s the tiny bit of freedom she has
been craving for forever. There she meets Finn, a free-spirited marine, and she
has the choice—to overcome her issues of trust and have the time of her life
with someone who may be the one or sail on a sinking ship to loneliness.
My thoughts. Look, as you gathered from my updates, me and
Carrie didn’t get off to a good start. She said something in the first chapter
that rubbed me the wrong way and I truly thought she’d be one of those
extremely annoying main characters who’d constantly annoy the jazz out of me.
Lucky for her, she was able to somewhat redeem herself as the novel progressed. Since we
have a dual point of view, we know from early on who Finn is and if you’ve seen
and enjoyed Chasing Liberty starring Mandy Moore, you’ll probably want to watch it again sometime by the time
you’re finished with this pretty. Just as Mandy's character, Carrie grows tremendously throughout the novel. Same goes for First Daughter starring Katie Holmes.
Finn was a great character to spend time with. He was wicked, smexy, laid-back and fun, but strict when it came to his job. I’d like to make a comment about something related to him: I want to study like that. Any chance Finn would want to do some cramming and reward me whenever I get a correct answer? I’m totally up for that *insert innocent face* Whaaat? Can you blame me? I don’t think so. That was… *ahem* nice *ahem* to read about.
Finn was a great character to spend time with. He was wicked, smexy, laid-back and fun, but strict when it came to his job. I’d like to make a comment about something related to him: I want to study like that. Any chance Finn would want to do some cramming and reward me whenever I get a correct answer? I’m totally up for that *insert innocent face* Whaaat? Can you blame me? I don’t think so. That was… *ahem* nice *ahem* to read about.
I liked the
parts where Finn taught Carrie how to surf the best. Also, the smexy was hot in
this book, let’s be honest. When Carrie found out what Finn was hiding from
her, I understood her anger and frustration. It was hard to watch it all
unravel since we know how Finn truly feels, but Carrie with all her trust
issues thanks to her parents had a hard time seeing through all the lies and
realizing that Finn did love her. I had a tough time with one thing though: I
didn’t understand how much time had passed between certain scenes hence me thinking
some things happened faster than they were supposed to happen.
The plot is
pretty much predictable from the start and offers nothing new. However, I found
it to be a like a great beach vacation read or suitable if you’re having hard
time letting go of summer, for instance. The ocean scenes made me want to experience some hot sunshine and nice, cool water for a while longer. I’m more than sure that people will
love this book, I just wanted something different in addition to all that we
got, because there are lots of similar books out there and it needs to stand
out with something. I think people who loved Lengths by Steph Campbell and Liz Reinhardt would find this
enjoyable.
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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