Review- Easy by Tammara Webber

Goodreads Summary:

Rescued by a stranger.
Haunted by a secret
Sometimes, love isn’t easy…

He watched her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior…

The attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he’d worked so hard to overcome, and the future she’d put so much faith in, threatened to tear them apart.

Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the truth—and find the unexpected power of love.

A groundbreaking novel in the New Adult genre, Easy faces one girl's struggle to regain the trust she's lost, find the inner strength to fight back against an attacker, and accept the peace she finds in the arms of a secretive boy.

REVIEW:

I'd been hearing some absolutely great stuff about Easy and it clearly seemed like it is the best book of 2012. The blogosphere was swooning over it and I thought it was high time I read this book too. I've read that readers found it difficult to express how much they liked Easy. The book, however, didn't do much for me. It was like I read it only because I would have felt bad to have not read a Contemporary YA/NA book that garnered so much praise and because I don't like to leave a story halfway. Don't get me wrong, the whole concept of Easy was absolutely different and exciting, but maybe it's just the pace or the characters or the predictability of the plot or simply my reading phase (which tends to see a dry spell at times), that made the book a little frustrating. 
Easy is the story of Jacqueline who nearly escapes getting raped by her ex boyfriend's kind of enemy and her best friend's boyfriend's best friend, Buck. She is saved by Lucas,an absolutely gorgeous and mysterious boy. 
I had a few issues with Jacqueline. There were times when I thought she could have done something in a another way or just not done what she did. Although she was a well developed character, I couldn't exactly relate to her in any way. Lucas or Landon was a tortured boy. His revelation comes at a later stage in the book and getting to know his past and his demons was one aspect that was totally worth the wait. He was a nice guy- protective, gentlemanly, compassionate, hardworking, dark, and mysterious all at the same time. I really liked reading about Jacqueline and Lucas. They are truly made for each other. The romantic scenes between the two were hot and lovely. 
Side characters like Jacqueline's best friend, Erin, Jacqueline's ex, Kennedy, her Economics teacher, Dr. Heller and her almost rapist and stalker, Buck, each had a significant role to play. My favourite was Erin, who was everything every best friend should be. She was supportive, encouraging and absolute fun to have around. Her relationship with her boyfriend Chaz was more happening and interesting than Jacqueline's and Lucas'. Jackie's ex Kennedy was a total jerk, in my opinion, and I found Dr. Heller to be quite confusing. 
Overall, I didn't exactly hate Easy but I'm not head over heels over it either. It was a book that I'm glad I read since it took up an extremely  important issue. It was just awe-inspiring to see how, in the end, no one really understands a woman better than another woman and how we should stand up for the right thing. 
Author Tammara Webber has taken up a consequential issue with poise and deep consideration. Easy was a  different read that just wasn't there for me. It was nice but predictable. I don't know how, but since the beginning I had a clue about what all would happen and I was right (yay?).  I seriously wanted to love this book as much as the other readers did, and I liked it, just not as much as I would have loved to like it. 

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