Book Reviews: Wait For You by J. Lynn

Hey there again! Today I had Mathematics paper in my SPM. Paper 1 was quite easy but Paper 2 was quite tough. But, I think I did well. Now, the problem is Additional Mathematics. What a big problem that is...

        Anyway, that is not what I want to talk about today. Lately, I always filled my times with reading and I want to tell everything that I'd learnt in the book I've read. So for today, I want to talk about a novel that I've read quite some times ago and it completely took my breath away.

         I read WAIT FOR YOU during the last Eid Ul-Fitr. Again, I took a chance when I read this novel without even checking out the general reviews.

Some things are worth waiting for…

Traveling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape what happened at the Halloween party five years ago—an event that forever changed her life. All she needs to do is make it to her classes on time, make sure the bracelet on her left wrist stays in place, not draw any attention to herself, and maybe—please God—make a few friends, because surely that would be a nice change of pace. The one thing she didn’t need and never planned on was capturing the attention of the one guy who could shatter the precarious future she’s building for herself.

Some things are worth experiencing…

Cameron Hamilton is six feet and three inches of swoon-worthy hotness, complete with a pair of striking blue eyes and a remarkable ability to make her want things she believed were irrevocably stolen from her. She knows she needs to stay away from him, but Cam is freaking everywhere, with his charm, his witty banter, and that damn dimple that’s just so… so lickable. Getting involved with him is dangerous, but when ignoring the simmering tension that sparks whenever they are around each other becomes impossible, he brings out a side of her she never knew existed.

Some things should never be kept quiet…

But when Avery starts receiving threatening emails and phone calls forcing her to face a past she wants silenced, she’s has no other choice but to acknowledge that someone is refusing to allow her to let go of that night when everything changed. When the devastating truth comes out, will she resurface this time with one less scar? And can Cam be there to help her or will he be dragged down with her?

And some things are worth fighting for…


           This story is about Avery Morgansten who has a dark past and run away to another state to escape from her nightmare. She expected nothing and just want to go through her days one day at a time and forget everything about her past. Then, she met Cameron Hamilton, the campus's famous loverboy.

Racing up the wide staircase, I barreled through the double doors and smacked right into a brick wall.

...

Oh dear God, I was going down. There was no stopping it. Visions of broken necks danced in my head. This was going to suck so—

Something strong and hard went around my waist, stopping my free fall. My bag hit the floor, spilling overpriced books and pens across the shiny floor. My pens! My glorious pens rolled everywhere. A second later I was pressed against the wall.

The wall was strangely warm. The wall chuckled.

“Whoa,” a deep voice said. “You okay, sweetheart?” 

            Somehow, they always bumped into each other. She even found out that he was her neighbour and her assignment partner. Things were getting delicious right then.

“Sorry Raphael. My friends are complete, fucking….” He looked up.

I tried to jerk back inside, but it was too late. Cam saw me. 

“Assholes…” He did a double take. “What the…?”

Would dive bombing into my apartment seem weird? Yes—yes it would. So I went with a very lame, “Hey…” 

         Cam was relentless in asking her for a date over and over.

“Good God, you don’t give up.”

“Nope.”

I laughed, couldn’t help it, and his smile spread in response to the sound. “I’m sure there are plenty of girls who want to go out on a date with you.”

“There are.”

“Wow. Modest aren’t you?”

“Why should I be?” he shot back. “And I want to go out on a date with you. Not them.” 

         After a gazilion (okay, not gazilion) times, she agreed. Just like Avery, Cam also had a dark secret about his past and he's afraid of telling her. They went back and forth and finally, Avery opened up. Cam told her his secret and it took awhile (and an almost-break-up) before Avery told Cam what happened to her in that Halloween party 5 years ago.

              Cam is, although, being said as some playboy at the beginning of the story, didn't turn out to be a douchebag, you know. He's sweet and like to tease Avery. When I was reading this story, I didn't get too much of angst from their relationship. I like angsty romance but not too much. Just enough to put the flavour in the story and make it fun. Plus, what's precious about this novel is the humour and the Cam's charms.

“I'm beginning to think cookies is a code word for something else." 

"Maybe it is." He tugged on my bag again as he took a confident step back, forcing me down another step. "And just think about it. If cookie was a code word, whatever it symbolizes, it's been in your mouth, sweetheart.” -- Wait for you.

         I like this one reference about The Notebook. You know, this is not my first time seeing The Notebook being labelled as typical chick flick. I watched it and I thought it was a fine movie.

“The Notebook? You own The Notebook?"

Cam stared at me blankly. "What's wrong with that?"

"Oh, nothing is wrong with that. It's just such a...uh, chick flick."

"I'm confident enough in my masculinity and sexuality that I can say that Ryan Gosling is just dreamy in this movie."

My jaw hit the floor.

The blank expression slipped away and he started laughing. "I'm joking. I don't own The Notebook. Never watched it. Didn't bring any romance movies.” -- Wait for you.

        And Avery? She's a sweetheart. I thought, as someone who's gone through what she'd been through, she would end up as this one ball of messed-up emotional girl or something, but she didn't. Of course, she would fear intimacy but as far as I'm concern, she's a fine girl though with her doubts.

Sleep just go to sleep.

Cam lived across the hall?

You need to get up early. Go to sleep.

How in the world was that possible? He was everywhere I went.

Go to sleep.

And why did he have a pet turtle and did he seriously name it after the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, because that was kind of funny.

Morning's going to come soon.

Did he only wear a shirt during class? Oh my God, he seriously lived across the hall. Jacob was going to flip...and probably move in. That would be fun. I really liked Jacob, but I had a feeling he'd borrow my clothes.

Go the fuck to sleep.  -- Avery, Wait For You.

        And their relationship? Precious. The main thing that was discussed in this was TRUSTING SOMEONE. I was a little bit annoyed at first that it actually took Avery times to trust Cam completely. She needed that 'OMG, I've made a mistake' moment before she wet to Cam and revealed everything. But, it didn't actually affect the story too much for me.

“Fuck, Avery. You think I don't want you? There's not a single part of you that I don't want, you understand? I want to be on you and inside of you. I want you against the wall, on the couch, in your bed, in my bed, and every fucking place I can possibly think of, and trust me, I have a vast imagination when it comes to these kinds of things. Don't ever doubt that I want you. That is not what this is about.” -- Cam, Wait For You.

        If you didn't notice, J. Lynn is the same author who made The Lux Series and to see her making a novel that didn't involve fantasy or paranormal stuffs. Plus, I really love her humour.

A sleepy smile pulled at my lips as I rolled onto my stomach, stretching my legs out and pointing my toes. The sheets slipped over my bare skin and ended up somewhere at the foot of my bed. There was either a perverted ghost in my bedroom or Cam was wide awake. -- Avery, Wait For You.

         Overall, this novel located in my Top Five. It's a sweet but in the same time a light reading. I love Avery and so do Cam. (Especially Cam!) At first, I thought this novel would be another mediocre novels but it didn't. It actually took me a couple of days to get over it. When a novel takes times for me to get over, it means that it's a good one.

         So, that is all for today. Bye, guys!

Novel-holic,

Liely

P.S. Raphael is Cam's tortoise.