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Love Story [Paperback]

Jennifer Echols
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)

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Book Description

July 19, 2011
SHE’S WRITING ABOUT HIM. HE’S WRITING ABOUT HER. AND EVERYBODY IS READING BETWEEN THE LINES.

For Erin Blackwell, majoring in creative writing at the New York City college of her dreams is more than a chance to fulfill her ambitions—it’s her ticket away from the tragic memories that shadow her family’s racehorse farm in Kentucky. But when she refuses to major in business and take over the farm herself someday, her grandmother gives Erin’s college tuition and promised inheritance to their maddeningly handsome stable boy, Hunter Allen. Now Erin has to win an internship and work late nights at a local coffee shop to make her own dreams a reality. She should despise Hunter . . . so why does he sneak into her thoughts as the hero of her latest writing assignment?

Then, on the day she’s sharing that assignment with her class, Hunter walks in. He’s joining her class. And after he reads about himself in her story, her private fantasies about him must be painfully clear. She only hopes to persuade him not to reveal her secret to everyone else. But Hunter devises his own creative revenge, writing sexy stories that drive the whole class wild with curiosity and fill Erin’s heart with longing. Now she’s not just imagining what might have been. She’s writing a whole new ending for her romance with Hunter . . . except this story could come true.


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About the Author

Jennifer Echols was born in Atlanta and grew up in a small town on a beautiful lake in Alabama—a setting that has inspired many of her books. Her nine romantic novels for young adults have been published in seven languages and have won the National Readers’ Choice Award, the Aspen Gold Readers’ Choice Award, the Write Touch Readers’ Award, the Beacon, and the Booksellers’ Best Award. Her novel Going Too Far was a finalist in the RITA and was nominated by the American Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults. Simon & Schuster will debut her adult and new adult romance novels in 2013, with many more of her teen novels scheduled for the next few years. She lives in Birmingham with her husband and her son. Visit her on the web at Jennifer-Echols.com.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: MTV Books; Original edition (July 19, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1439178321
  • ISBN-13: 978-1439178324
  • Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jennifer Echols was born in Atlanta and grew up in a small town on a beautiful lake in Alabama--a setting that has inspired many of her books. Her nine romantic novels for young adults have been published in seven languages and have won the National Readers' Choice Award, the Aspen Gold Readers' Choice Award, the Write Touch Readers' Award, the Beacon, and the Booksellers' Best Award. Her novel GOING TOO FAR was a finalist in the RITA and was nominated by the American Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults. Simon & Schuster will debut her adult romance novels in 2013, with many more of her teen novels scheduled for the next few years. She lives in Birmingham with her husband and her son.

Customer Reviews

I LOVE Jennifer Echols stories! R. Lane  |  30 reviewers made a similar statement
Hunter was a very unique male character and I loved watching his and Erin's relationship develop. The Book Scout  |  17 reviewers made a similar statement
I like the book, but I thought the ending was too abrupt. Joseph Black  |  21 reviewers made a similar statement
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The Title Tells All! July 18, 2011
Format:Paperback
Love Story is my first Jennifer Echols' book and I was not disappointed. Love Story was creative, unique, and full of funny moments. I loved the premise of this novel, that Erin and Hunter used their creative writing class assignments to send heated messages back and forth to each other. Learning their backstory along the way only added to the richness of the tale.

I enjoyed Erin as a lead female. She was smart, and had her mind set on what she wanted to be. Although she had came from money, she was determined to work as hard as possible to get to her goal, even if that meant eating nothing but peanut butter crackers to do it. Hunter was a frustratingly fantastic lead male. One second you want Erin to smack him and the next you want her to kiss him senseless, which makes for a fun romance!

My only problem with this book, and the reason it was a 4 star instead of a 5 star for me, was that I desperately wanted another chapter at the end. I just felt like I didn't get enough closure with the storyline, or the romance, or the family dynamic that I was already so invested in. I think even one more chapter could have wrapped this up better for me, but it just wasn't there.

Overall, Love Story was exactly what it's title tells us it will be, but it is a fantastic one! This is a light-hearted and funny love story for the romantic in all of us! I enjoyed being swept away with Erin and Hunter and if you like funny or romance I think you will too.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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I love a great romance with all its conflicts, embarrassing moments, and quirky friends which capture my emotions and leave me breathlessly waiting for the beautiful, passionate resolution. Well, I am still waiting! As great as the beginning of this story is, it just ends - abruptly.

****Some Spoilers throughout****
Erin has grown up rich by not emotionally unscarred. Her mother was beat-up by her father and after leaving him, found love then, was accidentally killed by a started race horse on her mother's horse ranch. Erin was raised by her emotionally distant grandmother who wants her to take over the family business by majoring in business in college. She refuses, and her grandmother gives her college money to Hunter along with the promise of the ranch as an inheritance.

Hunter is the son of the work hand her mother fell in love with when she was killed. They were friends before the accident, but Erin withdrew after her mother's death and now is furious with him for taking her inheritance. On the day her first writing assignment is to be critiqued by the class, Hunter is admitted into the group and hears her first story - it's about him.

He definitely has feelings for her, but she refuses to see them as anything but hate and her own feelings of resentment prevent her from really looking closer. But they are in the same dorm and they have two class together and end up spending some time together as they write their assignments about each other for class.

Erin starts to believe that his feelings for her are real when she overhears a conversation between him and her grandmother. Now she knows the truth - or she thinks she does.

This was definitely an entertaining story with great secondary characters that made the plot more fun. Summer was a great friend to play off of and her relationship with Hunter's roommate was a fun secondary romance. Staging it at college was also more interesting and helps set the maturity level a little higher than high school. It is a good place to see relationships away from parental authority but still subjected to it.

But, still the ending - so unsatisfying. All this angst and feuding to be just summed up in the last two pages. I would have preferred more dialogue and more romance to this resolution. It just felt sudden and tentative. These two are never congenial for long, so a more convincing declaration of forgiveness and love would have been more satisfying.

I am definitely a Jennifer Echols fan and loved "Going Too Far "and "Forget You". I actually think I like "Love Story" the best, although, "Going Too Far" was really great. I would definitely be willing to read a sequel to Love Story and consider this ending a cliff hanger (cough, Ms. Echols, cough).

Would I/Did I buy it? Yes
Would I read it again? Yes
Would I recommend it to friends? Yes
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Not one of Ms Echols' better efforts November 21, 2011
Format:Paperback
I was really quite angry at the end of the book. I had expected so much better from this author. I don't know when she wrote this book but I can only hope it was years ago, before she developed her skill, because that's the only excuse she can use.
The plot was just all over the place. I was never sure of what the characters truly felt, despite the heavy doses of introspection by the female protagonist. The minor characters were treated like so much excess baggage, shedding them abruptly after giving us a whole bunch of irrelevant information.
The apparent main plot - a grandmother disowning her own grandchild and handing over the reins of the property to the stable master's son to teach her a lesson on obedience - is trampled under the granddaughter's messed up relationship with the 'stable boy', both of who believe the other hates them.
It's a goddamn mess and Ms Echols did hardly anything to untangle it well. In the end their issues were only partly resolved and happy ending was an uncertain hope.
Maybe all the angst in the book and general feelings of betrayal would have flowed better from a more mature Jennifer Echols' hand, but I doubt it. The plot just plain sucked.
The only parts I truly enjoyed were the two short stories that Hunter wrote for their creative writing class - One was a gritty yet touching piece on his longing for Erin (the spoilt, angst-y granddaughter) and his determination to ignore it; the second was a rather poignant one about a child and his curiosity that drives him to experiment on long stretches of fields, trying to estimate exactly how big the universe is.
Those stories showed Echols' potential.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesomeeeee
This book is amazing, although every book I read is pretty great I would definitely consider buying this particular one. Go go go.
Published 2 months ago by Kyla LaMasters
4.0 out of 5 stars Really?
Okay I would recommend this to all my friends and anybody wanting to read a "love story" cause it's just that. I loved this book and would read it again but, the ending SUCKED! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ashley Nichole Wieland
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not the best.
Good but not the best. I love Jennifer Echols. Love love her! This was not my fav, but I'd buy and read it again. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Summer Simpson
4.0 out of 5 stars Where's the ending???
"Love Story" was an interesting book on modern day romance but I felt like the ending was way too sudden and you never found out if Hunter and Erin's relationship ended on a high... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Romancereader
2.0 out of 5 stars Was Good Up to the End
The story was good up until the end. I was glad it was not going to be super long because I hate romance novels that drag on and on and on. Read more
Published 2 months ago by TB2
3.0 out of 5 stars I Could Take it or Leave it
There were times in this book where I was so captivated with it and couldn't put it down, then other times where I didn't want to keep reading. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Katie
3.0 out of 5 stars ehhhh.
Randomly searching for entertaining books to read and I stumbled upon this one. I have never read any books by Jennifer Echols before this, so I wasn't familiar with her writing... Read more
Published 4 months ago by randomgirlwithopinions
4.0 out of 5 stars fjvgk
The book was really good but i was disappointed with the ending. i really feel as if it could have gone on for a bit longer as to me it seems unfinished. Read more
Published 4 months ago by ..
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
18 year old daughter read this book. She really liked it and was a easy to read book. Couldnt put it down!
Published 5 months ago by Laura R Mohr
5.0 out of 5 stars All the chapters I need!
I have been holding of reading this because of the mixed reviews - but I really really enjoyed it. As per usual in Echols' books issues are hinted at but not hashed to death, which... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Anne
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