VBT# This One's For You - Brandy Jellum

 

Review: This One's For You - Brandy Jellum - July 2015

When I saw this one on offer, I knew I had to read it as I had quite enjoyed the author's other series and one of my favourite genres is the Edgy New Adult novels, especially ones that are set in College dorms. Possibly this could be because in New Zealand, the college experience isn't as amazing as the American one and I have always wondered what it would have been like to attend a college in America. In This One's For You , we meet Brennan who we learn that over the summer before College she lost her best friend Rae and we know that their was an accident but not sure who caused it, but we can tell that Brennan blames herself for it. The other thing is that Brennan chose to go to a college where nobody knows her past and she hasn't driven since the "accident".  Just before college, Brennan and her friend made a pact not to date any guys their first year of college and Brennan plans to keep the pact - that is until she meets Owen who has the room opposite her. She can't help but feel attracted to him, even though he has this "stay away from me, I'm bad for you " vibe. Yep, he is one of those damaged souls that sleeps around and can't keep a relationship due to a bad past incident which resulted in someone close to him dying. The pair obviously both damaged and feeling broken were destined to eventually end up together and that is the romantic angle of This One's For You - the rest of course is just like any formulaic new adult fiction where you know that their will be a "push away" moment and eventually Brennan and Owen will get their HEA.

This One's For You by Brandy Jellum is the type of book that we can read if we A) don't want to think about much , B) if you love New adult college romances and C) you want a HEA for the broken and damaged couple.