Title: Unmaking Hunter Kennedy
Author: Anne Eliot
Published by: Butterfly Books, LLC
Published on: October 17, 2012
Source: own copy
After a car accident--an event he considers a prank gone bad--pop star, Hunter Kennedy is forced to hide out with his aunt in small-town Colorado. He’s supposed to rest, heal his scars and attend high school in disguise until the press dies down. But he only wants to get back to work.
Worse, the girl who’s been assigned to make him over into a geek is a major geek herself. Vere Roth is a chattering pixie, a blushing tornado and a complete social disaster. He’s never met a girl who’s never-been-kissed, believes in romance and thinks Hunter’s a 'nice' guy.
Funny thing is...Hunter is nice around Vere because she’s his first real friend. He also can’t seem to stop sharing his secrets or keep her out of his heart. Knowing he’d never deserve a girl as sweet as Vere, he resigns himself to the friend zone, and helps his new bestie with her own makeover.
She tortures him daily for ridiculous guy advice on how to snag her life-long crush. A guy Hunter thinks is totally wrong for Vere, and sadly, one who has taken note of Vere’s transformation.
When Vere asks her best friend for some kissing advice, Hunter can’t resist...
And that’s when things get out of control...
High School Romance, first love, sweet romance(goodreads)
My Thoughts:
Aww, heck, that was one sappy ending!
Unmaking Hunter Kennedy is the kind of novel that makes you want to keep on reading it. Though there were some parts that needed more editing, but the story has a LOT of potential. The story it has is not a plain light read but it also hold good values we can learn from. It talked about some heavy and sensitive issues such as depression and suicide. Miscommunication really leads to more complicated problems, such as what was told in the story.
Hunter Kennedy is one funny guy but you can already tell at first that he has some heavy baggage with him. He's a cool rockstar who went in disguise and hid out at Monument, Clorado, a small town adrift from all the glitz and glamour in LA. There he met and became best friends with Vere, who made him change his perspective of the world. It's not all one-sided, and that's what I liked in the story. Vere also needed help, and they both did help each other. It was not one simple thing, and ough the story is common and clich'ed, but Anne Eliot was able to spin it and turn it into something different altogether.
And you have to agree the cover's gorgeous. And I do recommend this book for everyone who loves a simple, coming-of-age, stories.
Unmaking Hunter Kennedy is the kind of novel that makes you want to keep on reading it. Though there were some parts that needed more editing, but the story has a LOT of potential. The story it has is not a plain light read but it also hold good values we can learn from. It talked about some heavy and sensitive issues such as depression and suicide. Miscommunication really leads to more complicated problems, such as what was told in the story.
Hunter Kennedy is one funny guy but you can already tell at first that he has some heavy baggage with him. He's a cool rockstar who went in disguise and hid out at Monument, Clorado, a small town adrift from all the glitz and glamour in LA. There he met and became best friends with Vere, who made him change his perspective of the world. It's not all one-sided, and that's what I liked in the story. Vere also needed help, and they both did help each other. It was not one simple thing, and ough the story is common and clich'ed, but Anne Eliot was able to spin it and turn it into something different altogether.
And you have to agree the cover's gorgeous. And I do recommend this book for everyone who loves a simple, coming-of-age, stories.
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