Review: When We Met - Various Authors ( 4 Short Stories)

 

Review: When We Met - Collection - Various Authors - November 2014

Are you a huge New Adult fan ? Wanting to find a book where all your favourite New Adult authors have stories written ? When We Met features four New Adult authors including one of my all-time favourites Molly McAdams.

When We Met features four stories all about four roommates who all attend Michigan College. We have Indy, Mischa, Courtney and Chloe - each have been duped by guys in the past that have affected who they are and their attitudes today. 

In the first story written by AL Jackson - Behind Her Eyes - we have Mischa who sadly was just some college bet to see who could have her first and she was left humilated and shamed, not to mention the guy had been filming and her video went around campus. Now three months later, she has worked back up the courage to return and has one goal in mind - to move on from Hunter and not let another guy get the best of her. Though this plan doesn't seem to be working as she has captured the attention of newcomer and next-door neighbour Darryn Wild. Is Darryn the one to help Mischa move forward with her life ? What will happen though when she starts to open up to him and discovers he saw the video of what happened ? Can she ever trust him or another guy again or is she destined to be ruined and damaged because of one guy's prank ?

In Story #2 by Molly McAdams- Saving Me - we meet roommate Indy who has been dating Dean for two years and is about to be engaged to him, arriving on campus early she goes to surprise him - only to discover he has another girlfriend and this one has an engagement ring from him already and supposedly is carrying his baby. What a nightmare this is for Indy.Desperate and alone , she turns to alcohol and drinking and of course she always drinks too much and can never remember anything of her Saturday nights. Enter Kier - he is her saviour - each Saturday night , he is there to help her back to her dorm etc and has the hopes that one day , she will remember him as each week she forgets that he exists and to her - he is like Deja Vu. Reading Indy's story compared to the other's was more heartbreaking as she has to deal with her whole family hating her and that she was the supposed cause of her brother's death and not just any odd brother but her twin Ian. Is Kier the one to save her as we discover , he too has a past which has turned him into the silent type he is today.

In Story #3 written by Tiffany King - Fouling Out - is roommate Courtney's story which is set in the Sport's bar that she works at. Years ago when Courtney was younger, she had a best guy friend called Dalton. That was until they got older to Junior High and he started to ignore her and they drifted apart. Courtney has never forgiven him and from that day on saw him just as another jerk sports jock as he was the first guy to break her heart.  On Campus, Dalton is now the College's star Basketball player and could have any girl he pleases, but of course he want's his old best friend Courtney back and not just in the childhood friendship way anymore. Courtney, though isn't the type to bow down and is definitely going to make Dalton work for her affections. Can Dalton prove to Courtney that he isn't just another dumb jock who sleeps around and that she really is the girl for him ?

Last but not least, we have Story #4 Christina Lee - Beneath Your Layers - In this book we meet roommate #4 Chloe who is doing a fashion degree. In order to pass her degree, she has to do an internship and has been assigned to help design a set. Chloe has been teamed up with Blake - whose Aunt is in charge of the internship programme. This would be good and all, but Chloe has briefly met Blake before and the first impression wasn't exactly sparkling. It was a few months back and she was whistled at and her Blake's comments about how she was not his type etc. This hurt Chloe and for some reason, his words have reverberated and stuck in her mind. Now she has to face him and work with him in order to pass as her livelihood depends on it. All Blake sees when he looks at Chloe for first impressions is a stuck up snob. Can these two work together in order to get the job successfully completed ? What will happen though between the two of them when after spending all that time together, discover that Beneath the Layers - they might possibly be each other's compatible partner ?