book review "Walking Disaster " by JamieMcGuire

In my my review of Jamie McGuire's amazing Beautiful Disaster, I said in it was like crack. Well, her spectacular sequel, Walking Disaster, is a speedball of cocaine and heroine combined! I was euphoric, angry, depressed, insanely happy, and I was beyond addicted! Travis Maddox's scarred psyche + a deep soulful love + maintaining that love through sheer force of will = the trifecta of amazingness! There were some seriously painful moments but they were brilliantly balanced with moments of pure hilarity. There were so many LMAO moments I'm sure I did permanent damage to my stomache muscles because of laughing so hard and so often. Being in Travis' head was painful, fascinating, and funny as hell! This boy's psyche needs to be in the Louvre – because it's a work of art!

After spending sixty seconds in the pigeon's presence, I discerned two things: she didn't talk much, and when she did she was kind of a bitch. But I don't know... I kind of dug that about her.

Seeing Abby sit across the table, cranky and annoyed, cheered me right up. 

 The door slammed, and Shepley's shoulders tensed. Those moments bothered him. I, on the other hand, had a shrew [Abby] to tame..."

book review "Beautiful disaster " by Jamie McGuire

Beautiful disaster by Jamie McGuire is the equivalent of crack cocaine! I could not put it down, I got the shakes, I experienced some sky-highs some hellish lows, and it ruined several nights of sleep. This book turned my life into a chaotic mess... and I loved every second of it! The characters were enthralling and the story was spellbinding.

The story begins at Eastern University with college freshmen Abby Abernathy, her feisty best friend America, and America's sweet boyfriend Shepley attending an underground fight club, called The Circle, run by a guy named Adam. The Circle is held in different basements on the Eastern U campus where bets are placed and big money is won. The fighters that evening were Eastern University's star wrestler Marek Young and Eastern University sophomore and undefeated underground boxing champion Travis 'Mad Dog' Maddox. Excited but unable to see the fight, Abby pushes her way ringside just in time to be splattered with Marek's blood. Travis wins the bout, sees Abby ringside, and is immediately enchanted. Travis wipes the blood from her face and stops her from being trampled by the unruly crowd. Wearing a cardigan and pearls and a wide-eyed expression Travis nicknames Abby, 'Pigeon'. Travis and Abby are thrown into each other's orbit when Shepley and America (Travis' cousin and roommate and Abby's best friend, respectively) begin dating.

I tried to ignore him as long as possible, but when I looked up, Travis was staring at me.

"You know her, Trav. America's best friend? She was with us the other night," Shepley said.

Travis smiled at me in what I assumed was his more charming expression. He oozed sex and rebelliousness with his buzzed cut brown hair and tattooed forearms, and I rolled my eyes at his attempt to lure me in.

"Don't you remember, Travis," Shepley continued, "you ruined her sweater."

"I ruin a lot of sweaters."

"Gross." I muttered.