Dakota McCloud has just been accepted into a prestigious art school.
Soon she'll leave behind the artists' colony where she grew up―hippie dad, tofu
since birth, yurt―and join her boyfriend and best friend on the East Coast. It
was the plan…until Dakota finds out her boyfriend and best friend hooked up
behind her back.
Hurt and viciously betrayed, Dakota pours out her heart on a piece of
paper, places it in a bottle, and hurls it into the ocean. But it doesn't quite
go where she expects…
Jack Sauvage finds the bottle washed up on the shore and responds to
Dakota's letter. Except what if his straight-laced life doesn’t jive with the
free-spirited girl he’s only seen from afar? As Jack creates a persona he
believes she’ll love, they slowly fall for each other with each new letter. Now
Jack is trying to find a way to make this delicate, on-paper romance happen in
real life…without revealing his deception.
I was so excited to read The Truth About Jack
because it was obvious that there was bound to be drama and I love a drama
filled book. However, the beginning was slightly boring to me. Honestly, this
story was a little dry in the beginning and middle, but in the ends things
really came together. It wasn't until the end that I started liking the story
though. That could have been because I was in a reading slump beforehand.
Dakota is interesting and so is jack, but the
storyline seemed to drag on for me. However, towards the end things really
started to pick up and I loved those moments between Dakota and Jack.
Especially the epilogue! Dakota is a main character that you instantly
emotionally connect with because of her situation and that's really important.
She isn't a main character that whines about everything and that's a plus in my
book. She moves on and she is resolved to get past the pain of her friends betrayal.
Then we have Jack, who is so swoon worthy. He is a mixture of shy and
determined and it's so endearing. He is someone that you could love instantly!
I think contemporary
lovers will like this book. I prefer paranormal books over contemporaries
usually so that's probably why this book did not appeal to me that much at the
beginning. I just wished this book was a little bit more interesting towards
the beginning and middle like it was in the end. However, The Truth About Jack
is full of lies, heart break, new beginnings, and new relationships and I think
it's a really good read. If you like Sarah Dessen’s novels then I think you
will like The Truth About Jack. I give it
three out of five stars.
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