Simple Perfection
By Abbi Glines
Publisher: Simon
and Schuster Australia
Woods had his perfect life mapped out for him. Rise up
the ranks of the family business. Marry the rich girl of his parent’s dreams.
Pretend that wealth and privilege are all he’d wanted. Then a girl named Della
breezed into town, a basically imperfect stranger who captured his heart and
opened into town, a beautifully imperfect stranger who captured his heart and
opened his eyes to a new kind of future. Woods is ready and willing to
sacrifice everything for her when the sudden death of his father leaves him
with his mother to care for and a business to manage.
Della is determined to be strong for Woods, even as she’s
quietly falling to pieces. No matter how far from home she’s run, the ghosts of
her past have never stopped haunting her. Struggling to hide her true feelings
from Woods, Della fears she can’t be his rock without dragging him down into
the darkness with her. But is she strong enough to let go of the last thing
holding her together?
My review
Plot: Simple
Perfection is the second book in the Perfection Series and is told once again
from the points of view of Della and Woods and one chapter from Becky. It
starts a little bit after where Twisted Perfection ended. Due to Wood’s dad
death, Wood’s learns that the club that he has worked his ass off for was
promised to him by his grandfather when he turned 21. Well now he is the
manager of the club and has decided to sack everyone off the current board of
directors and make a whole new one featuring young fresh faces that he can
trust. Meanwhile Della starts feeling like Woods would be better off without
her and her mental state so she takes off with Tripp and leaves Woods. What was
surprising when this all happens is that Woods just lets her go as he discovers
that she needs to find out who she is and where she comes from. While spending
time away from Woods, Della learns a massive secret that was being kept from
her, her whole life. Once she finds out what the secret is she starts to second
guess everything that she knows about herself and she starts the long journey
into finding who she is and where she belongs.
What I liked about
the book: What I liked most about Simple Perfection was the way that Wood’s
and Della’s relationship progressed (I don’t think that’s really the word I’m
looking for but it is close enough). They both seem to go through so much this
book in their own personal lives, that most people wouldn’t be able to fight
through it all to stay together, but somehow they do (even if there are a few
hick ups along the way). Once again Abbi
Glines has written another relationship that every girl would dream of being in
(well I know I certainly would).
What I didn’t like
about the book: When is there ever anything not to like about Abbi Glines
books besides that I think they are all too short and that I seem to read them
way too fast. Although it was sad that one of the characters that we have come
to know through both this series and the Too Far series had to die. I know I
shed more than a few tears when it came to that part and will defiantly miss
the character, but I am interested to see where Abbi goes with it in the rest
of the series.
Favourite
character: I can’t just pick one character, but I can pick two. It would
defiantly have to be Wood’s and Della. They both learn so much about themselves
in Simple Perfection. Upon learning a massive secret, Della learns that she can
be anyone she wants to be and that the past doesn’t have to be your future. Whereas
Woods learns to stand up for himself and the people around him, which is
evident when he fires all the old members of the club’s board and hires new
fresh young people like himself who he knows that he can trust and depend on.
Favourite
part/quote: I know this bit is sad and it brought more than a tear to my
eyes but I think it is such an impacting part of the story that a lot of people
who have gone through the same thing can relate too.
Woods held on to my hand like it was his lifeline. He hadn’t let it go
since we arrived. Rush also held Blaire’s hand just as tightly. Nate wasn’t
with them today.
Grant stood on the other side of Rush, his hands tucked in his front
pockets and his face pinched in a permanent frown. It looked like he was trying
not to cry.
The others were there, too, but I couldn’t see them from where we were
standing.
Each one of them
had an impact on the other’s lives.
They all had stories.
They had all loved,
and many had lost.
They had expected to grow up and become adults together. Get married
and let their kids play together.
They’d planned on being the next generation in Rosemary.
What they hadn’t planned on was losing one of their own. Losing a
member of their tight group. They hadn’t seen their future minus one. Death
hadn’t touched them before. Not like this. Not one of them.
Everything was about to change.
5/5
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