Alex+G.

=Alex G.= //Rules of Attraction// by Simone Elkeles

Carlos Fuentes doesn't want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him in Boulder, Colorado. He wants to keep living on the edge, and carve his own path just like Alex did. Unfortunately, his ties to a Mexican gang aren't easy to break, and he soon finds himself being set up by a drug lord. When Alex arranges for Carlos to live with his former professor and his family to keep him from being sent to jail, Carlos feels completely out of place. He's even more thrown by his strong feelings for the professor's daughter, Kiara, who is nothing like the girls he's usually drawn to. But Carlos and Kiara soon discover that in matters of the heart, the rules of attraction overpower the social differences that conspire to keep them apart. As the danger grows for Carlos, he's shocked to discover that it's this seemingly All-American family who can save him. But is he willing to endanger their safety for a chance at the kind of life he's never even dreamed possible?
 * Book Review by La Femme Readers**

When my sister first let me borrow //Perfect Chemistry//, the first book in the series, I completely fell in love with Alex Fuentes. When I heard that there was a second book, I was so excited! I rushed to Barnes and Noble and picked up the first copy I saw. It took me exactly one day to read and finish //Rules of Attraction// because I honestly could not put it down. Simone Elkeles keeps the action, comedy, and romance dancing around on every page. I love this book because you can feel the intensity of Carlos and Kiara's relationship throughout the book. This story kept me interested and enthralled and i recommend it to everyone that enjoys, action and romance.
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//Along for the Ride// by Sarah Dessen The novel follows Auden, an insomniac overachiever who doesn’t really know how to let loose, live, have fun, and connect with people, through the summer after she graduates high school and before she starts her freshman year at a prestigious university. Rather than staying at home with her overbearing, intellectual, egotistical mother, she decides to visit her father, his new wife, and her new sister in the beach town of Colby. When she packs, she fills an entire suitcase with her textbooks to get an early start on college reading–that’s the kind of girl Auden is, but that’s not who she’ll be at the end of the summer. In Colby, Auden finds her father too immersed in his novel to care about his new family. She finds herself wandering the town at night, first alone, and then with Eli, a local guy who also doesn’t sleep at night. Eli is dealing with his past, and helping Auden rediscover hers and do all the things she missed out on for the past eighteen years, when her parents expected her to be a miniature adult rather than a child or teenager. She also, after a rough start in which she hooks up with a guy who turns out to be the recent ex-boyfriend of a girl who works in her stepmother Heidi’s store, finds herself some surprising new friends, once she learns to stop judging people at first glance, something she learned from her holier-than-thou mother. A lot happens in Auden’s summer of transformation, and it all comes down to connecting with people and living life.
 * Book Review by Teen Book Review**

Sarah Dessen is one of my favorite authors of all time. She brings stories that any girl could relate to with family, friend and boy drama. This book shows growth and change although the main character, Auden, does not believe in it at first. I believe change and growth is important to any teen girl going through this crazy world. Sarah Dessen is one of my favorite authors because of her relatability to teen girls and I believe //Along For The Ride// shows it.
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