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This past weekend at the #RAI2016 (Roanoke Author Invasion) I had the pleasure of meeting Laura Ward. Although I had already purchased "Not Yet" on my kindle, I had never read it!! (totally kicking myself now) At the signing she had Not Yet, The Pledge and Past Heaven sitting out on the table.....All three looked amazing but I decided to purchase Not Yet while my friend purchased Past Heaven. That evening I started Not Yet and completely devoured it!!! Could not put it down not even to sleep!! After I finished and wrote my review I decided to one click "The Pledge" since it sounded amazing as well.........Holy Moly.....how have I not read these books already?!?!?! I LOVED it!!!

What I didn't realize was that not only did Laura write it she wrote it with Christine Manzari. I have yet to read any of her books as well but now I am also equally as hooked and excited to say I have two brand new authors to add to my love list and must read books!! While trying to decide which book I wanted to buy at the #RAI2016 Christine was sitting beside Laura. She knew I was struggling to choose which one and asked me what was some of my favorite reads.......totally hard question because there are so many, but now I wish I would have known her before the event so I could have had a total fan girl moment over her as well, haha. Trust me, next year at the #RAI2017 I will be totally prepared!!!!

Ok, so what this review is suppose to really be about lol.......

From page one I was hooked....High school was never easy for Taren. She never had any friends and was bullied. The one person she fell for in high school that she thought was different was Alec....but one night and one event changes everything for them. An event that has haunted Alec since the day it happened.

College life is a way for them both to start all over....Taren starts to become more confident and begins to make friends while Alec is happy to finally be out from underneath his fathers demands and expectations. When the two bump into each other over and over again on campus will they finally learn that everything they thought was wrong? Will they be able to move on and forgive each other and will they finally realize that they were always meant to be more than friends?

I loved that with this book you get alternate POV's. I love getting into each of the characters heads and seeing where they are at and how they each feel. There is several times you want to shake them both but once they finally wake up and finally put the past behind them....boyyyy do they leave your kindle smoking!!!!!

The secondary characters in this book are equally as amazing and I hope that sometime in the future they will get a book of their own as well. Caz was a hoot!! It will def take a special lady for him (I could def see Julie being her bc she is equally as crazy) Even Jon needs his own book bc when things were really bad there for a bit the way he treated Taren had me loving him as well. William was so sweet, I kind of had a feeling he played in more than we realized and by the end your heart will be completely melted (if it isn't already) I can't wait for Alexis and Liam's story....that little snippet at the end has me already wishing it was out!!!

Amazing job Laura and Christine.....you two are brilliant and I can't wait for more. The two of you should def collaborate more in the future!!! Can't wait to see you both next year at the #RAI2017 but be prepared.....I will prob be your new stalker haha <3


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The Pledge College Bound Series Volume 1 Laura Ward Christine Manzari 9781514823118 Books Reviews

My Rating 4.5

I wanted to read this series because I've recently fallen for Laura Ward's stories. I just got done reading Not Yet and Until Now, so I wanted to give this series a chance. It really didn't disappoint! It had all that I love in a new adult college romance!

I feel like there was a bit of a slow start, Alec and Taren, the main characters didn't actually meet until a few chapters in. While I prefer a story to start off a little quicker, the tension built in the waiting in alternating narratives was actually perfectly matched to the history these two teens actually share. It worked out for the best in this story, even though it's a practice that I typically hate.

The story is told from Alec and Taren's POV's in alternating chapters; super easy to follow and a very well-rounded way to tell this story and to get to know our characters. My favorite part of this book was how developed these characters were - the authors fleshed them out well and I knew exactly how they would react to certain situations that arose just because we learned who they were straight on. I like that in a new adult novel, while the characters are still learning who themselves are, the reader grows and learns with them.

The story isn't always perfect and bright-sided, the dark parts to their part are hard to swallow at times but I like seeing a character grow and that is what these kids went to college to do. Taren and Alec had to work hard for what they wanted and that work completely paid off in the end. It's a great lesson for college aged kids. It's a great second chance at love story and I definitely recommend it! I'm reading the sequel now as well, and it's just as good if not better! (

"Second chances don't change the past. They just prove we can learn from our mistakes."
The Pledge is an amazingly written new adult romance that everyone should read!

Taren is using college to escape the demons of high school and re-invent herself, and Alec is trying to enjoy college while under the ever present thumb of his stubborn father. Neither Taren or Alec realized how quickly the past that they shared would come back to haunt them.

When we first meet Taren, she's a bit timid, scared, and afraid of changing, even though she knows she needs to. I loved how quickly she befriended Julie and Alexis, and how their friendship was the one solid thing that kept her grounded throughout this entire book. When she runs into Alec her past catches up with her future, and we soon realize how these two know each other, and why there is so much hatred between them.

Alec on the other hand, he was the god of his high school, and is now a small fish in a large pond, trying to please his father while also trying to figure out what he really wants. With the help of his HILARIOUS roommate Caz, Alec is introduced into a new world he never knew existed, and becomes thrown into the Areoletes world and what a crazy world it is.

Alec and Taren run into each other a few times, but it never ends well for either of them, but finally decide being friends. Flash forward another year, and things are definitely different in both of their worlds. Taren is loving the sorority life, and her new friends, but unhappy with Doug (aka "Whistler" aka "Pickles"). I felt for her with him. He was the first guy to pay attention and she kind of fell into an unhappy thing with him. I hated his character from the get go, and he proved over and over again in this book why he should be despised. He was horrible to Taren, and didn't know what he was missing till she finally wised up and left him. Alec on the other hand, is completely different. He's gone against what his father wanted, and is now making his own way through school, and as much as it sucks, it helps him tremendously.

Watching these two realize that they really didn't hate each other, and that there was so much more between them was frustrating at times, and beautiful at others. So much hurt has happened, and it's hard to trust one another, but when they finally decide to give it a go, my heart was so happy for them. It's funny how their roles were reversed, and how opposite they were from each other, yet found a way to make it work. At times I wanted to strangle Taren though for being so blind to the fact that she never put Alec first above her sorority, and the stupid things she did, but it ended up helping them in the long run.

The Pledge is a beautifully written story, and I couldn't help but fall in love with Alec and Taren's story. It definitely wasn't easy, it wasn't pretty, but in it's own weird way, it was absolutely perfect. These two belong together, and it may have been a bumpy road, but I'm so happy with how this book ended. I can't wait to read Alexis's story and see if she finds "the one" as well!
This past weekend at the #RAI2016 (Roanoke Author Invasion) I had the pleasure of meeting Laura Ward. Although I had already purchased "Not Yet" on my kindle, I had never read it!! (totally kicking myself now) At the signing she had Not Yet, The Pledge and Past Heaven sitting out on the table.....All three looked amazing but I decided to purchase Not Yet while my friend purchased Past Heaven. That evening I started Not Yet and completely devoured it!!! Could not put it down not even to sleep!! After I finished and wrote my review I decided to one click "The Pledge" since it sounded amazing as well.........Holy Moly.....how have I not read these books already?!?!?! I LOVED it!!!

What I didn't realize was that not only did Laura write it she wrote it with Christine Manzari. I have yet to read any of her books as well but now I am also equally as hooked and excited to say I have two brand new authors to add to my love list and must read books!! While trying to decide which book I wanted to buy at the #RAI2016 Christine was sitting beside Laura. She knew I was struggling to choose which one and asked me what was some of my favorite reads.......totally hard question because there are so many, but now I wish I would have known her before the event so I could have had a total fan girl moment over her as well, haha. Trust me, next year at the #RAI2017 I will be totally prepared!!!!

Ok, so what this review is suppose to really be about lol.......

From page one I was hooked....High school was never easy for Taren. She never had any friends and was bullied. The one person she fell for in high school that she thought was different was Alec....but one night and one event changes everything for them. An event that has haunted Alec since the day it happened.

College life is a way for them both to start all over....Taren starts to become more confident and begins to make friends while Alec is happy to finally be out from underneath his fathers demands and expectations. When the two bump into each other over and over again on campus will they finally learn that everything they thought was wrong? Will they be able to move on and forgive each other and will they finally realize that they were always meant to be more than friends?

I loved that with this book you get alternate POV's. I love getting into each of the characters heads and seeing where they are at and how they each feel. There is several times you want to shake them both but once they finally wake up and finally put the past behind them....boyyyy do they leave your kindle smoking!!!!!

The secondary characters in this book are equally as amazing and I hope that sometime in the future they will get a book of their own as well. Caz was a hoot!! It will def take a special lady for him (I could def see Julie being her bc she is equally as crazy) Even Jon needs his own book bc when things were really bad there for a bit the way he treated Taren had me loving him as well. William was so sweet, I kind of had a feeling he played in more than we realized and by the end your heart will be completely melted (if it isn't already) I can't wait for Alexis and Liam's story....that little snippet at the end has me already wishing it was out!!!

Amazing job Laura and Christine.....you two are brilliant and I can't wait for more. The two of you should def collaborate more in the future!!! Can't wait to see you both next year at the #RAI2017 but be prepared.....I will prob be your new stalker haha <3