Monday, December 15, 2014

Book Review, Blog Tour and Giveaway: Begin Again by Brittney Mulliner


Book: Begin Again by Brittney Mulliner
Genre: YA Romance
Rating:★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
For: Blog Tour
From: Book Blast Blog Tours. All opinions are my own.

Short Synopsis: Escaping her past, Aubrey Tate moves to Southern California for a fresh start with her older brother, Brandon. Starting over at a new school seems easy with her cousin, Mckayla, and her two best friends at her side, but handling the new guys is another matter. Aubrey ends up in the middle of three rivals that each want her to themselves. Mike claims her first and declare himself her friend and protector. Luke is the school heartthrob that stops Aubrey in her tracks, speechless. Gage is the mysterious, dark outsider that Aubrey can be herself around. How will she navigate her new life while she's still haunted by her past?


My Response: A fun and fluffy story about a rich privileged girl, which I found interesting because it seems most of the YA stories are about characters who are struggling to survive. But this girl has it all, except one thing, she has crappy parents. Also, some pretty scary stuff happened that made her leave to go live with her brother. We only get a little taste of this incident and I was curious to know more. Maybe that's to come in the following books. But anyway, she acclimates really well and really fast and soon has her pick of several guys. While I enjoyed the story, I found myself rolling my eyes at much that happened. Maybe I just couldn't relate. It was almost like things were too easy... until the end when we get a glimpse that maybe all is not well after all.

Bottom Line: Fun, cute, easy to read romance full of a bunch of interesting characters.

Other Reviews:

Check out the other links on the blog tour including reviews, spotlights and more:

December 12th
A Writer’s Dream – Spotlight
BiblioSmiles – Spotlight
BookHounds YA – Interview
Coffee Books & Art – Spotlight
Home Is Where the Wine Is Book Blog – Spotlight
Margay Leah Justice – Review
December 13th
Getting Your Read On – Spotlight
carolmalone.net – Spotlight
Michigan Saving and More – Spotlight
Susan Heim on Writing – Spotlight
December 14th
Booky Thoughts and Me – Spotlight
CBY Book Club – Spotlight
Mythical Books – Spotlight
December 15th
Cassandra M’s Place – Spotlight
Mom With A Kindle – Spotlight
It’s All About Books – Review
December 17th
LOVE. WITHOUT YOU – Interview
Kelly P’s Blog – Spotlight
Simply Sweet – Spotlight
KindleObsessed – Review
Mel’s Shelves – Review
Shelf of Imagination – Review
December 19th
Bound 2 Escape – Spotlight
Just Jeanae – Spotlight
ReadWriteLove28 – Review
Unwrittenwords – Review
Katie’s Clean Book Collection – Review

About the Author Brittney Mulliner:

Brittney has been an avid reader since she can remember. Her parents' form of punishment for her growing up was taking away her books and making her go outside to play. She was born and raised in Southern California, with a brief hiatus in Arizona. She loves the beach, exercising, sleeping in, and cookies. She is an obsessive dog lover, although her affection currently has no outlet. Something that she is planning on remedying soon. She currently lives in Utah while she and her husband finish college.




 Blog Tour Giveaway : $25 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash Ends 12/29/14

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1 comment:

  1. It sounds like there were threads here that could have been explored more. It's an interesting setup, leaving her parents to go live with her brother.

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