I'm so excited to be a part of the Promise of Amazing blog tour hosted by The Fantastic Flying Book Club! I have a post packed full of fun for you today. First, I have my thoughts on this adorable, adorable book. Then I have my dream cast AND a playlist for you.
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Review
This book is super adorable. It’s full of awkward, sweet moments of that come with falling in love for the first time. It seems this book is getting a lot of heat for its instalove aspect, however, I found that part of the book genuine. We are talking about teenagers here, and maybe it’s not really love, but to them it seems real. Teens tend to fall faster and often nonsensically, so rather than being annoyed that they didn’t really know each other and they were tossing the “L” word around, I found it to be pretty spot on with how relationships tended to happen in high school.
What I actually found great about this book were the two different groups of friends driving the plot. On one hand you have Wren’s friends who are energetic, girly and have a tendency to overthink everything. I loved them because they’re exactly how my group of friends was in high school. Something would happen with a boy and we’d immediately all discuss the meaning, implications, and further course of action before anything else could happen. They know one another and support each other. It’s great. On the other end you have Grayson’s friends who are exactly the opposite. They’re manipulative and mean. I was a little sad Grayson didn’t have better people to watch his back, but then again he has a sordid past he hasn’t quite escaped yet.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and it’s something light , which was exactly what I needed at the time I picked it up. If you’re just looking for a good, quick and sweet read then this is definitely one to check out.
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Dream Cast
Wren - Dayeanne Hutton (she plays Harriet Smith on Emma Approved)
Grayson - Daren Kagasoff (Yeah, the dude from Secret Life...)
Grayson - Daren Kagasoff (Yeah, the dude from Secret Life...)
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Playlist
For Wren:
"Talkin' Smooth" by Kate Vougle
"I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift
"Can't Seem to Let You Go" by Carter's Chord
For Grayson:
"These Times" by SafetySuit
"Unforget You" by The Friday Night Boys
"I Saw" by Matt Nathanson
For both of them:
"Falling" by Keri Noble
"Chasing You" by City Drive
"Kiss Me Slowly" by Parachute
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About the Book
The Promise Of Amazing
by Robin Constantine
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Release Date: December 31st, 2013
Wren Caswell is average. Ranked in the middle of her class at Sacred Heart, she’s not popular, but not a social misfit. Wren is the quiet, “good” girl who's always done what she's supposed to—only now in her junior year, this passive strategy is backfiring. She wants to change, but doesn’t know how.
Grayson Barrett was the king of St. Gabe’s. Star of the lacrosse team, top of his class, on a fast track to a brilliant future—until he was expelled for being a “term paper pimp.” Now Gray is in a downward spiral and needs to change, but doesn’t know how.
One fateful night their paths cross when Wren, working at her family’s Arthurian-themed catering hall, performs the Heimlich on Gray as he chokes on a cocktail weenie, saving his life literally and figuratively. What follows is the complicated, awkward, hilarious, and tender tale of two teens shedding their pasts, figuring out who they are—and falling in love.
Grayson Barrett was the king of St. Gabe’s. Star of the lacrosse team, top of his class, on a fast track to a brilliant future—until he was expelled for being a “term paper pimp.” Now Gray is in a downward spiral and needs to change, but doesn’t know how.
One fateful night their paths cross when Wren, working at her family’s Arthurian-themed catering hall, performs the Heimlich on Gray as he chokes on a cocktail weenie, saving his life literally and figuratively. What follows is the complicated, awkward, hilarious, and tender tale of two teens shedding their pasts, figuring out who they are—and falling in love.
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About the Author
Robin Constantine is a born and bred Jersey girl who moved down South so she could wear flip-flops year round. She spends her days dreaming up stories where love conquers all, well, eventually but not without a lot of peril, angst and the occasional kissing scene.
Her YA debut, THE PROMISE OF AMAZING, will be released in 2014 by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
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