My Favorite Things: Blog Tour: Jade #1: Choosing You by Allie Everhart

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Blog Tour: Jade #1: Choosing You by Allie Everhart

About The Book:

Title: Choosing You

Series: Jade #1

Author: Allie Everhart

Genres: Contemporary, New Adult

Published: September 21, 2013

Purchase: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | iTunes

When Jade is given a scholarship to an elite private college in Connecticut, she sees it as a chance to finally escape her painful past and get a fresh start. She’s determined to succeed and that means keeping her focus on school and not guys. But her plan falls apart her first day on campus when Garret, a rich prep school boy with swimmer abs and a perfect smile, offers to help her move in.

Jade tries to push him away, but she can’t deny her attraction to him and Garret won’t let her. Things quickly heat up between them, but then come to a sudden halt when reality hits and Jade realizes that a relationship with Garret may never be possible. He comes from a world of wealth where there are rules, including rules about who he can date. And not following those rules has consequences.

As the two of them try to overcome the obstacles working to keep them apart, Jade is confronted with another challenge. On her 19th birthday, she receives a letter that her now deceased mother wrote years ago. In it are revelations that explain her traumatic childhood but also make her question the past she’s been running from.

Note: This is a New Adult novel and contains mature language and situations.

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Description of The Jade Series

The Jade Series is a New Adult Romance that follows the relationship of Jade and Garret in their first year of college.

In Choosing You (Jade #1), Jade and Garret meet on Jade’s first night at Moorhurst College and despite their strong attraction to each other, they’re not allowed to date because of the strict rules that control Garret’s life.

In Knowing You (Jade #2), Garret breaks the family rules and begins dating Jade. Their relationship grows deeper but issues from Jade’s past complicate matters.

Now, Loving You (Jade #3) shows Jade and Garret growing closer as a couple but also hints at the trouble that lies ahead in Promising You (Jade #4), which comes out late January 2014, and wraps up the storyline.

My Review:

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Choosing You by Allie Everhart is the first book in her Jade series. It is a romance that is low on explicit steam but high on the butterflies list. It has a cliffhanger ending, but fear not, the other books in the series are already out. Phew! Well-paced and well-written with just enough angst to make you hurt for them, the characters in this book will endear themselves to you very quickly.

Jade has had a ridiculously tough life but catches a break hen she earns a scholarship to an elite private school. This is where she meets Garrett and the connection between them is there right away but the walls she has up are in the way of them exploring this connection. She knows Garrett is from a rich, entitled family and that they basically won't approve of her. So why bother?

With a few surprises and many obstacles these two young people battle adversity and their own personal demons to find love.

About The Author:

Allie Everhart writes about dating, love, and romance. She’s also a freelance writer for magazines and websites. Before freelancing, she was a book editor for a publishing company where she worked on several NYT bestselling nonfiction books. She loves to read as much as she loves to write. And when she’s not reading or writing, she’s outside running, which is when she gets her best book ideas.