**I received this book via YA Bound Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. Any thoughts and opinions are of my own.**
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No More Confessions (Confessions #3)
Release Date: 01/25/15
For Rose Zarelli, freshman year
was about controlling her rage. Sophomore year was about finding her voice.
With all that behind her, junior year should be a breeze, right? Nope. When a
horrific video surfaces, Rose needs the one person she wants to be done with,
the person who has broken her heart twice—Jamie Forta. But as the intensity
between them heats up, Rose realizes she isn’t the only one who needs help. The
thing is, Jamie doesn’t see it that way—and that could cost them both
everything.
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ROSE ZARELLI is done confessing because confessions are for people who have done something wrong. And I haven't done anything wrong. Here, I'll prove it to you.
1) After my mother got that call, I “borrowed” her car. (Because you can’t steal your mother’s car, can you?) I don’t really remember driving downtown, but I do remember...
2) …getting past the bouncer at Dizzy’s (I mean, it’s his job to spot a fake ID, so that’s on him)…
3) …and then later, telling my mother the truth about the bar but lying about how I got in. (A truth totally cancels out a lie, right?)
After all, what’s a little duplicity when finding Jamie Forta is the only thing that’s going to keep you from losing what’s left of your mind?
See? Junior year is off to a great start.
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ROSE ZARELLI is done confessing because confessions are for people who have done something wrong. And I haven't done anything wrong. Here, I'll prove it to you.
1) After my mother got that call, I “borrowed” her car. (Because you can’t steal your mother’s car, can you?) I don’t really remember driving downtown, but I do remember...
2) …getting past the bouncer at Dizzy’s (I mean, it’s his job to spot a fake ID, so that’s on him)…
3) …and then later, telling my mother the truth about the bar but lying about how I got in. (A truth totally cancels out a lie, right?)
After all, what’s a little duplicity when finding Jamie Forta is the only thing that’s going to keep you from losing what’s left of your mind?
See? Junior year is off to a great start.
Review:
No More Confessions is not your ordinary YA novel. It's very raw and heartbreaking but you just can't put it down.
Rose is a great character. She's got just enough grit to make a believable character. The situation that sends her looking for Jamie is a sad one and Jamie makes me want to punch him in the face. One minute I want him and Rose to be together and then the next I just want her to dropkick him and leave him on the sidewalk somewhere.
It's hard for me not to give away stuff in the book. The story line is great and the writing is done so well that it doesn't feel like you're reading a story out of a book. The characters are diverse and have a depth to them that makes them leap off the page.
What comes out in this book, it's something that hurts quite a few people. And it just left me upset and disgusted. It was something that no one should have ever seen. But I also understand why it happens and the book wouldn't have been as good without this happening.
The ending of this book really got me. I don't want to give anything away but I will say that I loved the ending because it's more like real life than any happily ever after. It was heartbreaking and I may have shed a tear or two but I think that it was a perfect ending.
Read the whole series or you will be a little confused as to what is going on in this book. It is hard to put down though so make sure you have plenty of time to read before you get started!
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About the Author
Louise Rozett is an author, a playwright, and a recovering performer. She made
her YA debut with Confessions of an Angry Girl, followed by Confessions of an
Almost-Girlfriend, both published by HarlequinTEEN. The next book in the
series, No More Confessions, is due out January 2015. She lives with her
120-pound Bernese Mountain dog Lester (named after Lester Freamon from THE
WIRE, of course) in sunny Los Angeles, and pines for New York City. Visit www.Louiserozett.com for
more info.
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