Turmoil: A Dark High School Romance (Elite of Elmwood Academy Book 1)

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I turned my gaze out the window before Grayson caught the sudden water that sprang to my eyes. Don´t cry. Don´t cry. Plus, no WAY are these guys 17, in High School, planning there futures together, with all this plotting, when their first reaction to a crisis is to hit the hard liquor (bourbon) or F it out of their system.

There were parts of this book that were worth reading plot wise, just as there were parts where the author over indulged in her descriptive writing, & over explaining dept,. It also felt like the author was desperate to insert sex into every couple of chapters just to remind us she she was getting off writing about these two. His eyes returned to the road, mouth flattening. "Well, my triplet telepathy is calling bullshit." [...]Book Genre: Academic, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Dark, High School, New Adult, Polyamorous, Reverse Harem, Romance, School, Young Adult Speaking of the car racing, how did I know Josie would end up riding ‘ shotgun’ for one of the guys???….Oh yeah! Because I have read it before in a dozen other books. It’s fascinating in these stories how many female characters let guy’s off the hook for their behaviour because, they subconsciously want to hook up with them/ be their girlfriend. Alright....I hate read this book after the first few chapters....which is not a healthy thing to do but I wanted to finish it even if it was such a bad time.

Josie - she is hella bad ass! She’s such a tough, don’t-mess-with-me type of cookie. She stands her ground and gives as good as she gets. I don’t mind a damsel in distress female lead character, but it’s completely refreshing when I find a book with a heroine like Josie.The middle of the book is great and we find out that Josie really is not the daughter of the family she lives with, because her mother stole her from the hospital when her real baby girl died. So Josie has lived a life of a lie. Leaving us with an..OH! FFS moment, with the Scooby gang all punching the air with glee, hugs all round, and Josie being officially welcomed into the Elite in front of the attending student body…Aww …groan! Josie is caught in the throes of a mystery and she finds her REAL family and begins the process of getting to know them. Josie was pretty strong heroine, she wasn't unnecessary cruel towards future GFs, but still she had that inner strength that most heroines of bully books miss.

I apologies to the author in advance, I don't think you made a bad book. In fact, for New Adult I think this is perfect. I was just not the target audience and I don't think I ever would have been. All of my critiques work the best in the style chosen but unfortunately I am gonna let people know my true thoughts. If you enjoy steamy, drama-filled reads, with a dose of suspense and a cliffhanger ending then this book is for you. No. It shouldn’t, as this girl is an expert at letting her emotions rule her and making stupid decisions.There is a lot of scenes and situations that she shows weakness and stupidity. If you have such evil creatures surrounding you, been kidnapped, almost raped, when will you take better caution and care of yourself? Now the Elite (this includes Josie) have to hold on to their little secret a bit longer so they can break the new to Greyson’s parents first, that there daughter is alive, while dealing with Angie.