Title: Fallen Crest Public (Fallen Crest High #3)
Author: Tijan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Fallen Crest High
Fallen Crest Family
Fallen Crest Public
4 Manipulative, Bitchiness
Overload, Badass Kade Brother Angst Packed Stars
Have you ever transferred schools? Or heck
even the first day of high school makes you a bundle of nerves. Well imagine
both scenarios intensified by 100! Samantha is finally joining both Mason and
Logan at Fallen Crest Public. These three have proven time and time again in
book 1 and 2 they are the only family each other needs.
Since the blowout with Samantha’s wretched mother, Analise, these three are living on their own shaking up with their partner in crime Nate. You know going into this book that Samantha’s transfer to Fallen Crest Public is not going to be easy; but wow I didn’t see all the drama waiting for her. Drama also known as the Tommy Princesses with queen bitch Kate. This group of girls is a mix of Mean Girls and Clueless but add in some psychoticness from the Heathers. Damn Kate is a psychopath; seriously move over Georgina there is a new wench of a bully in town! Mason and Logan Kade they are Gods in school everyone listens and no one goes against them. So if you can’t take them down you go for their weakness right? Unfortunately for Samantha she is their weakness. Both brothers love Sam like something fierce. Whereas they may be brothers by blood, they have adopted Sam as their own knit of kin.
I like Samantha as a heroine and have
enjoyed her POV from the beginning, but wow did I love how Tijan included
Mason’s POV in this third book! Not only do we get some insight into how Mason
feels, thinks, also how he, Logan, and Nate scheme. To Sam, Mason and Logan are
literally her rock that she relies on since her family dynamic has broken
into a puzzle that cannot be put back together. On the other hand, I don’t
think I have grasped the extent of how much the brothers love Sam until Mason’s
POV.
"She had no idea how rare
she was. She had no fucking clue, and I didn’t have the words to tell her. Even
if I did, she’d be uncomfortable at the idea. She’d fidget, look anywhere other
than at me, and then convince herself that I was being overdramatic. Samantha
didn’t know how to be loved—her mother made sure of that—so she’d never
understand how special she truly was.”
Talk about SWOON!!
Whew
and the sexual tension between Samantha and Mason is scorching hot! I really
respect how Tijan writes up the tension enough to get you hot and bothered but
tasteful true to the roots of high school. However, Samantha and Mason’s
relationship is constantly tested throughout the book as are friendships,
especially in relation to Nate. You don’t question he is a loyal friend to
Mason but damn if you don’t contemplate his character is as shady under an oak
tree in the summertime. I had a lot of WTF was he doing, did he do, whose he
doing?
Samantha wasn’t the only one that I was
worried about. Logan, my poor man whorish, goof-ball, enticingly sexy younger
Kade. All I wanted to do was jump into the book, write myself as a character and
be his girlfriend. I have been his number 1 cheerleader since book 1 hoping
he’d find his own “Samantha”. Someone who wouldn’t break his heart but also
convince him he can love. Yet, NO Grade A Skank - Tate had to come back into the
equation.
Couldn’t stand Tate in any of the books
especially because of how she has treated Logan in the past. This book
doesn’t change your perspective on her. She is still a skank who wants to have
her cake (Logan) and eat it too (wants to have every other guys attention). Not
only is she untrustworthy as a companion she is also a crappy friend. Prime
example is how she was to Heather. Heather is by far my favorite secondary
character. The dynamic between her and Sam is so realistic to how bffs should
be to one another. While Sam struggles to make friends she is loyal to Heather
so thank goodness they have one another; Kate threatens and terrorizes them
both.
Samantha gains more of her voice and
feistiness back in this book but her stubbornness remains front and center
stage. After two books it is a tad eye rolling that Sam still seems shell
shocked by the power Mason and Logan hold in school.
"Being loved and
protected by Mason and Logan was like holding a loaded gun. I could pull the
trigger at any moment, but the consequences could be
disastrous."
I was impressed, rather than going for the gun
each time drama was directed at her, Samantha fights some of her own battles
and wow is she kickass! I also respect the way she handles her frustrations
with running. Sure does she need to deal with her daddy issues, YES, but it
takes time; time she has to sort out.
In addition to the bat shit crazy Queen
Bully Kate, Mason and Logan have added problems in the form of the Broudou
brothers. So Beau is as scummy as the crap you get on the bottom of your shoes,
however, the other brother Brett all I can say is AWE. The
book starts out as a unified front, them three against it all, but as the story
progresses Mason and Logan formulate their own plans and exclude Sam and my heart
broke for all of them. None of this drama is easy for them to handle and puts a
strain on all of the relationship dynamics. Tijan has done it again. She takes
us on a helluva of a roller coaster that you can't and don't want to get off
until all the loops, curves and twists have been revealed and settled! Samantha
is truly the bigger person in all of this. The pain she endures from Kate yet
in the end helps Kate, yup Nobel Peace Prize to her. I know it should probably
be a tad scary/intimidating how manipulative Mason and Logan’s minds are but NO
damn they are hot!
~ Review by Tori
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#1 Fallen Crest High
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Tijan
started writing later in life, after she had already graduated college with a
different direction in mind and a different degree under her belt. Hitting the
brakes on that path, she taught herself how to write a good book and began
posting at sites such as Fictionpress, along with Wattpad. After receiving such
encouraging messages from readers, she self-published Fallen Crest High and has
continued throughout the year. She continues to keep writing NA books!
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