Hello & welcome to my tour stop for the New Adult Contemporary, Lennon's Jinx! This tour was organized by ATomR Tours (: And don't forget to check out the rest of the tour here!
Enjoy!
About the Author:
Chris Myers suffers from an overactive imagination. In second grade, Sister Bernice produced Chris's first play about pumpkins mauling and eating children. Apparently, the nuns didn’t catch the underlying meaning. This instantly raised Chris to stardom amongst her peers for the several days off from schoolwork while in production. She spent her high school years writing torch songs for fantasy guys then moved onto writing thrillers and young adult. Chris lives in Colorado with her daughter, her better half, and BeBe, a rambunctious Bichon.
Chris literally has very few photos of herself, even though photography put her through college. Here she is with her sisters and daughter. Chris is the one with the vino.
Chris started out as an art major, then moved to bio-chem, hoping to play Victor Frankenstein as a genetic engineer or messing with people's minds as a psychiatrist. Just as she was about to graduate, she decided being broke for another four to ten years wouldn't work out for her adventurous spirit and traveling. She ended up with an electrical engineering degree then a masters. As it turns out, she should've finished her first novel twenty-five years ago and stuck in the make-believe world where she is happiest.
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Review:
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Series: Lennon's Girls, #1
Publisher: Books on the Edge
Age Group: New Adult
Pages: 315
Source: Review copy provided for the blog tour - thanks!
Interest: New Adult Contemporary
Buy the Book: Amazon US | Amazon UK
Sometimes, you don’t get to choose who you fall for...
Lennon spends most of his time raising his little sister Currie while trying to skate through his senior year of high school. He prefers groupies with no-strings attached but finds himself strangely attracted to Jinx, the straight-A student in his choir. Lennon’s curiosity overrules his good sense as he tries to peel away the layers to discover the reason for Jinx’s skittishness.
Jinx conceals the black truth about herself from her friends. She won’t admit to them that she screwed up big time, losing her first love and what she once held most precious.
When Lennon’s band holds auditions to replace their keyboard player, Jinx comes to tryout and almost leaves after seeing Lennon. Despite the fact she despises him, she joins the band to nurture her love of music that will hopefully ease the guilt gnawing away at her.
Like the rest of his band mates, Jinx soon witnesses Lennon battling his infamous father for the custody of Currie. While confronting his pent-up anger at his dad, Lennon exposes vulnerabilities he had no intention of letting any girl ever see, especially Jinx. Their reckless pasts may bring them together or further complicate their already messy lives.
Rating: 3 / 5 Riceballs
Book Review:
I'm actually more of a new reader to the New Adult genre, but lately I've been reading a lot of NA Contemporary. In terms of Lennon's Jinx though, I have to say except for a few tweaks here and there, it's not the MOST original. Nevertheless, it did have some entertainment value as well as a lot of heartbreak too. My review is organized into sections, and whether or not you might enjoy the plot, characters, or the book in general really depends on what type of reader you. However, most NA Contemporary readers will probably enjoy this book!
Characters:
Despite the classic "bad boy" persona, I ended up really liking Lennon. As you can probably tell, of course there's a softer side to him, but I was amazed at his kindness and dedication to Currie and to her best friend, Zoe. Throughout the book, I was softened by his prince-like manner! So I suppose if you're the bad-boy loving type of reader, you'll love Lennon!
Jinx, on the other hand, had annoyed me throughout a lot of the book. For one, you're told she's a "good girl", but honestly I didn't see that personality reflected in her behavior except that she was known as a virgin (she drinks, goes to clubs, has parties, etc. - I guess I'm more familiar with a different type of "good girl"?). Another personal irk was that she didn't want to admit she liked Lennon when she clearly did, which is something that I'm really getting tired of. By the end of the book, she does become a better character, but overall I think my enjoyment was probably brought down by her voice :/
Plot:
For the sake of this review, the plot will be split into the general storyline and the romance (which I'll talk about in the next section). In general though, storyline was gritty and was able to brought out the more raw, emotional, but . When one of the most precious characters die, it really broke my heart, too </3
Romance:
Personally, I'm not the type of person that NEEDS to have romance in every book, but when I was reading I found that I was more focused on the characters' individual storylines. It was kind of like my experience with Pushing the Limits - I didn't feel like the romance was absolutely necessary to the plot, but by the end, it added something to the book, even if it was a bit cliche.
Overall:
I did end up liking the book (there is a twist and heartbreaking loss in the end </3), even though Jinx's voice bothered me in the beginning. Nevertheless, NA Contemporary or Romance fans will probably enjoy this book! If you're iffy about the book, I also suggest checking out other reviews on the tour, since I'm actually more of a YA rather than a NA reader.
Anyways, thanks for reading!
Characters:
Despite the classic "bad boy" persona, I ended up really liking Lennon. As you can probably tell, of course there's a softer side to him, but I was amazed at his kindness and dedication to Currie and to her best friend, Zoe. Throughout the book, I was softened by his prince-like manner! So I suppose if you're the bad-boy loving type of reader, you'll love Lennon!
Jinx, on the other hand, had annoyed me throughout a lot of the book. For one, you're told she's a "good girl", but honestly I didn't see that personality reflected in her behavior except that she was known as a virgin (she drinks, goes to clubs, has parties, etc. - I guess I'm more familiar with a different type of "good girl"?). Another personal irk was that she didn't want to admit she liked Lennon when she clearly did, which is something that I'm really getting tired of. By the end of the book, she does become a better character, but overall I think my enjoyment was probably brought down by her voice :/
Plot:
For the sake of this review, the plot will be split into the general storyline and the romance (which I'll talk about in the next section). In general though, storyline was gritty and was able to brought out the more raw, emotional, but . When one of the most precious characters die, it really broke my heart, too </3
Romance:
Personally, I'm not the type of person that NEEDS to have romance in every book, but when I was reading I found that I was more focused on the characters' individual storylines. It was kind of like my experience with Pushing the Limits - I didn't feel like the romance was absolutely necessary to the plot, but by the end, it added something to the book, even if it was a bit cliche.
Overall:
I did end up liking the book (there is a twist and heartbreaking loss in the end </3), even though Jinx's voice bothered me in the beginning. Nevertheless, NA Contemporary or Romance fans will probably enjoy this book! If you're iffy about the book, I also suggest checking out other reviews on the tour, since I'm actually more of a YA rather than a NA reader.
Anyways, thanks for reading!
The author is giving away 3 print copies of the book (US) & 8 Kindle copies (International) for the tour! Good luck!
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