Review ~ Love, Lex by Avery Aster

Title: Love, Lex
Author: Avery Aster
Series: The Undergrad Years #1

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

Published: April 14th 2014

This summer, I’d planned to celebrate my eighteenth birthday in Europe with my fellow Manhattanites—Taddy Brill, Blake Morgan, and Vive Farnworth—until I caught my boyfriend screwing my mother. According to the police report, this vomit-inducing incident happened around the same time I’d supposedly blown-up my mother’s penthouse. Like I’m walking around Soho with a stick of dynamite in my Louis Vuitton purse—not! Now, my besties and I are in jail.

Officer Ford Gotti, the Harley-wheelin’ biker cop who arrested us, keeps sticking his perfectly-sculpted nose into my case. His inked body is jacked like a superhero, and he says I can trust him. He wants me to fess up. I won’t. Not again. Why should I? My friends and I had a previous stint in juvie that nearly destroyed us. I gotta protect them and keep my mouth shut. Right? —Lex Easton, women’s studies major, motorcycle enthusiast, and virgin.

The Undergrad Years is a New Adult contemporary miniseries about first loves, independence, and everlasting friendships.

Reader warning: Contains mature content intended for readers 17 and up.

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Love, Lex was a quick read that I devoured in a few short hours. It is a good introduction to the series and I got a lot of information about these four friends. Love, Lex is Alexandria's story, and how one day changed her life.

Lex has had a difficult life, being the overweight daughter of world famous singers. She is starting to feel good about herself and is excited about her birthday, going on a trip with her friends, boyfriend and losing the big V. A situation at her mother’s changes her plans and her friends come to her rescue. One thing leads to another and she is being pulled over by a sexy cop and the three of them land in jail.

I enjoyed the storyline in this book but I felt there was too much inner dialogue at times, and I often skimmed parts to get into the conversation. Lex revealed a lot of her past with the inner dialogue, but I really wanted her to get to the point. She seems to get swept away in her thoughts and has fantasies that seem to go for too long. It was nice to see she had good friends to rely on, but when they were in jail things weren't as smooth as I'd hoped. I got a little frustrated with Vive; they have been through so much in the years they knew each other and she nearly flipped out. I liked how she had a connection with Ford – the cop, and he saw past the curvy girl she is, to the broken girl who had her world turned upside down in a day. I felt their relationship moved a little too quickly and then the ending felt rushed too. However, I did enjoy the story and I would like to see how things go for the rest of Lex’s friends.

Complimentary copy provided by the Publisher, via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.