Perfect Chemistry/ Rules of Attraction

Perfect Chemistry

Enter Alex Fuentes, member of the Latino Blood gang, and senior at Fairfeild High. He's the man of the house, watching over his two little brothers, Carlos (10th grade) and Louis (Middle School), and their Mama.

Enter Brittany Ellis, member (and captain) of the Pom Squad, and senior at Fairfeild High. She's the most "perfect girl in the world," or that's the image everyone sees.

But when these two very different people are paired up in Ms. Peterson's chemistry class, the solar system of Fairfeild begins to unravel. Secrets are spilled, games are played, bets are made.

"Love is more than just a game for two," comes into play here as player Alex and winner Brittany are thrust together and find themselves growing closer, something they never expected.

As to not give too much away, let's just say the experience of their senior year will be branded into them forever.

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Rules of Attraction (the sequel to Perfect Chemistry)

"If you loved Alex Fuentes, wait until you meet his brother Carlos..."

Enter Carlos Fuentes, a senior who is being forced to move back to America from Mexico to live with his reformed brother Alex. This boy wants nothing more than to rejoin his gang back in Mexico, or show Alex that he's the most B.A. person in the world and doesn't give a frying duck what anyone thinks. ("Last time I checked, our papa was dead. I don't have to answer to you.")

Enter Kiara Westford, a shy senior who stutters and is ready to show everyone the girl she can be. She wants nothing more than to fix up her car and have fun this year with Tuck, her gay best friend. ("Tuck know this year I'm determined to show my confident side- the side I've never shown the kids at school.")

What neither of them bargained for was Carlos being forced to move in with Kiara's family for the year. And they definitely didn't expect to be attracted to each other.

Carlos believes the word amor - or the English equivalent, love- isn't in his vocabulary. Kiara believes that Carlos has a side he doesn't want to show anyone, that he inherited the shield Alex used to keep up once his big brother let it go.

Kiara knows who Carlos is. She's seen both sides- the B.A. Carlos, who flirts with Madison, the school slut, and goes to R.E.A.C.H. meetings for possession of drugs. AND the sweet Carlos who plays soccer and G.I. Joe with her six-year-old brother and actually enjoys himself.

To not give too much away, I'll just say that El Diablo, or The Devil makes some complications for these two. But they might just find a way out.

"Kiara:
I start to walk out of the room, but i hear him start to panic and his breathing gets labored. He reaches out to me, 'Don't go. Please.'
I sit next to him on the bed, wondering if he's afraid of being abandoned. He slings his arm around my thigh and rests his forehead against my knee. 'I have to protect you,' he says softly."

The Last Song

"When there's no light to break up the dark, that's when I- I look at you." (When i Look at You, Miley Cyrus)

This book is about a girl named Ronnie who has gone on the wrong track in life. She shoplifts, ignores curfew, fights with her mom...oh, and she despises her father, Steve miller.
But, being sent to live with him for the summer changes all that. After finding potential friends to be creeps, her and her father start getting along and she forgives him for leaving. And she meets him.
Will.
The graceful, easygoing boy who first crashes into her, spilling soda down her shirt.
They develop a relationship as she develops one also with her father.
Then, tradgey strikes.
Add a bunch of secrets, twists and turns, and the eventual shocking truth, and you get the few chapters that made me cry for three hours straight, macara running down my face.
Once again, Nicholas Sparks writes an amzing coming-of-age tale that doesn't just pull on your heartstrings- it yanks as hard a sit can on them.

This is now my FAVORITE book. Its funny, depressing, romantic, shocking, everything and more. You have to read it.

I can't wait to see the movie!

(also check out True Believer by Nick Sparks. It's interesting!)