Review of Shallow (A Going Under Novel) by Georgia Cates

Description:

Payton Archer's best friend, Claire, strives to be perfect in every way. Payton doesn't and this is her story.

Nick Hawke likes his car fast and his girls even faster. He blows through females quicker than his muscle car races down the "The Strip" in Collinsville and he wouldn’t have it any other way. Determined to avoid the devastation he has watched his father endure in the aftermath of his mother leaving, he believes there is no room in his life or his heart for a relationship lasting more than one night. He seeks happiness in things that won’t let him down...fast cars, adrenaline and one night stands. To his absolute dismay, all of that changes when he unexpectedly runs into an old friend and is introduced to Payton Archer, the first girl he ever wanted for more than one night. There’s only one catch...she is completely immune to him and his smooth talking ways.

Payton Archer is looking for what Claire has with Jessie, but she has given up on finding it...at least until she leaves for college in the Fall because she is certain that is where she will find the perfect guy to fit into her perfect world. She plans on Summer being nothing but three uneventful months of fun, but it turns out to be anything but ordinary when Payton is introduced to Nick Hawke, one of Jessie’s old Collinsville friends. She is shocked by her immediate and intense attraction for “Hawke” because nothing about him is what Payton is looking for. Sure, he’s hot and sexy but he comes from Collinsville and that is definitely not on her list of prerequisites. Everything about him makes Payton’s heart speed because he is exciting and dangerous, but his fast car and the dangerous chances he takes aren't what scares Payton the most...it’s the way Nick Hawke makes her feel every time he looks at her. Can Payton find that moment of total fearlessness and make the decision to leave the safe, shallow end of love to risk going under completely?

Review:

 I loved this book:)  It was beautifully penned and written as a true teenage story, slang and all.  I was pleasantly surprised, not having read Going Under.  I didn't know what to expect.   

The main characters in this book were great.  I admired Payton's morals that were about as far from Nick's as possible.  I loved the relationship that unfolded in a perfect way.  

The author's writing style had a way of pulling you in and keeping the tension alive.  I was on pins and needles waiting to see what was going to happen.

After reading this stellar book from Georgia Cates, I will be going out and getting Going Under stat.  I can only hope it's just as good as Shallow.  I give this sexy new adult read five glittery stars for being awesome!


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