Title: The
Problem with Crazy (Crazy in Love #1)
Author: Lauren
K McKellar
Genre: New Adult/Young Adult
Publication date: 13
February 2014
Series: Crazy
in Love
Purchase Link: Amazon US
(by Trish)
5 EMOTIONAL, HEARTBREAKING STARS
My heart hurts….
I'm so lost for words right now.... I finished the Problem with Crazy a
few days ago and was a sobbing mess.... I wasn't expecting the turn of events
and it really left me heartbroken.
I'm having trouble putting my thoughts into a review. I really loved the story but just can't get over
what happened towards the end, it had my crying big fat tears. I really didn’t see it coming. But I will say – make sure you have a box of
tissues close. You will need them.
This is a heart wrenching story of one young woman’s (Kate) struggle
with “what next” when her carefully planned out future comes crumbling in on
her. Everything she knew is now not the
way it seems. Her family, friends, boyfriend,
health and career goals change almost in the blink of an eye. She’s confused, scared and feels lost and
alone in so many ways.
How will she survive? What does
the unknown all mean? What does her
future hold for her now?
You really need to experience this story for yourself. It will have you feeling a whole lot of
emotions. I laughed and it made me
cry. But it left me shattered and a
total mess - mostly as the turn of ending was one I did not foresee and hurt so
damn much.
But it will leave you also feeling that life happens, life goes on, make
the most of it. It really is an
incredible journey of a young woman’s self-discovery.
I highly recommend reading The Problem with Crazy. The story will immerse you into Kate’s
world.
It is wonderfully told and beautifully written.
Thank you Lauren McKellar for an impressively heartbreaking and
meaningful story.
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Title: Eleven Weeks (Crazy in Love #2)
Author: Lauren
K McKellar
Genre: New Adult/Young Adult
Publication date: 27 January 2015
Series: Crazy
in Love
Purchase Link: Amazon US
(by Trish)
4.5 CRAZY IN LOVE STARS
Stacey and Michael’s story. What
a journey that is.
This story is about finding it within yourself to truly believe you are
Good Enough – for whatever it is you want to do.
Stacey is Kate’s best friend and in her story, we see the parallel of
where she was at the same time as in Kate’s story. I loved reading it and understanding where Stacey
was at, and what she was feeling at the same time as Kate and placing it with
the Problem with Crazy.
She doesn’t want to burden her friend with her own problems. She really is selfless when it comes to her
friend Kate. Almost to the point of her
total breakdown.
The Eleven Weeks of her tumultuous life.
Her decisions, her tragedy, her disappointment, her elation, her
beliefs, her love.
Stacey is one confused and mixed up young woman. She is impulsive and very good at pretending to
be someone she is not – or someone who others believe her to be. She is constantly pushing the good things
away and pretending they don’t matter when they do.
Coming from a large family with over achieving siblings who look down on
her and not encourage her to do much with her life. This enabled Stacey’s low self-esteem to the
point where she felt she couldn’t trust in her family and their support.
Stacey’s journey is rocky. She
has a secret, she doesn’t remember much about how it happened. It’s this
suspense that keeps you turning the pages to find out what’s going to happen. Eleven weeks full of drama, misfortune, self-discovery
and love.
But I loved her determination to see her decisions through. Her mistakes were hers, she worked with what
she had.
And Michael. He was all together
beautiful. Always there for Stacey at
the right times and always so forgiving.
He was caring and affectionate and always BELIEVED IN HER. Always encouraging her to believe in
herself. He never once thought she was
the person she pretended to be.
This confused Stacey and she would always push him away, getting the
signals wrong most of the time and thinking she wasn’t good enough for
him.
I loved the way this book worked – I loved that Stacey had more depth to
her than I expected. So many issues, so
many secrets, so many things she was unsure of in herself.
I adored the way Stacey finally realizes that she is good enough. That Michael is her rock. The ending made me smile, made me cry. I was cheering for Stacey all the way.
Lauren’s truly has a way with words and a way with giving you all the
feels you need in a good story. Her writing
style is smooth, witty and funny. It’s
easy to read and flows beautifully.
I’m so looking forward to book 3 to see where this series goes to from
here.
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