tried and failed 
 I tried hard to like it and I failed 
 First off, I know that this is fiction and reality gets exaggerated in fiction. I guess I'm just hoping that young adults who're in love don't move too fast just like the characters in this book. 
 Tea is a foul mouthed girl who's a love child of a man who had a very big family. She gets accepted into the fold when her mother dies and eventually earns everyone's love. She's an insensitive character as evidenced by her not knowing that everyone in the whole family loves her (can we all spell INSECURE?). Now Declan, on the other hand isn't perfect either. He's a boy who has been ignored by parents (together with his brother), he's also that boy who had been with the same bitch-of-an-xgirlfriend for 6 years (S-T-U-P-I-F-Y me please!). He was actually sweet at some point in the story. I think Teagan was more aggressive! 
 Teagan and Declan embark on a secret relationship (as secretive as they can be anyway, seeing as they were both being ruled by their hormones) because Tea's brothers were very protective of her. One of them, Jaden, is Declan's bestfriend and is extra protective of Tea. While being secretive, these two become really really really close, if you get my drift. And then comes the conflict. This is when their true colors come out. They're both RUNNERS. I hated the two of them! Their reaction to the bad news were sooooo frustrating and frankly speaking, disappointing. (view spoiler)[ I mean really, did Declan arrange for you to miscarry your baby, Teagan? The most stupid thing that you did in this book is drive him away when YOU BOTH lost a child! and Declan? You antagonized everyone after Teagan drove you away, you didn't even fight for her right away. It would have been better if you made an effort to get her back during those tough times. You believed her on the spot! (hide spoiler)] Even though eventually, they were able to get past it, I still can't get over the fact that they both ran! ugh. 
 Even with all the typos in this book (I don't usually notice typos in books. But in this book, I totally noticed them which gives y'all an idea of just how many there are) , I still gave it a shot and finished it. I don't think I want to read the next book though. Jaden and Caden's story is just... too complicated? hmmm... 
 Oh by the way, I think the length of the book is one of the factors why I wasn't able to fully like this book. I mean, at one point, one of the characters said that "it" (view spoiler)[ having sex (hide spoiler)] wasn't all that they do. They also go out on dates, etc. But you know what, it's hard not to jump to that conclusion (that it's definitely all that they do) when it's all I get to read about. ~,~